Harri Hurme

Harri Heikki Veikko Hurme (2 June 1945 – 23 September 2019) [1] was a Finnish chess FIDE Master (FM) (1980), International Solving Master (1993), three-times Finnish Chess Championship silver medalist (1971, 1974, 1978).

Harri Hurme
CountryFinland
Born(1945-06-02)2 June 1945
Helsinki, Finland
DiedSeptember 23, 2019(2019-09-23) (aged 74)
TitleFIDE Master (FM) (1980), International Solving Master (1993)

Biography

In the 1970s Harri Hurme was one of the top Finnish chess players. He has three times won silver medals at the Finnish Chess Championships (1971, 1974, 1978).[2]

Harri Hurme played for Finland in the Chess Olympiads:[3]

Harri Hurme played for Finland in the World Student Team Chess Championships:[4]

  • In 1968, at second reserve board in the 15th World Student Team Chess Championship in Ybbs (+5, =2, -3),
  • In 1969, at first reserve board in the 16th World Student Team Chess Championship in Dresden (+3, =2, -6).

Harri Hurme played for Finland in the Nordic Chess Cups:[5]

  • In 1973, at sixth board in the 4th Nordic Chess Cup in Ribe (+2, =3, -0),
  • In 1974, at fourth board in the 5th Nordic Chess Cup in Eckernförde (+1, =2, -2).

Harri Hurme is winner of several competitions in chess composition. He has tasks included in FIDE Album (1971-1973).

Chess composition
Competition Lindroos JT 71 (2nd prize),

FIDE Album (1971—1973)

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8
8
77
66
55
44
33
22
11
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Mat in 3 moves

Competition Lindroos JT 71 (2nd prize), FIDE Album (1971—1973).

1. Ke6!

1... Ke4 2. Rg3+ Kf4 3. Be5#

1... Kf4 2. Rg1 g5 3. Be5#

1... g5 2. Be5 Ke4 (2... g4 3. Rh2#) 3. Rg3#

Competition «Subotica Internet Ty.», 2009 (2nd prize)

Competition "Subotica Internet Ty.", 2009

(2nd prize)

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8
8
77
66
55
44
33
22
11
abcdefgh
Mat in 2 moves

1. Bf5! (1. e7? Qg8!).

gollark: (well, below about that)
gollark: (Small = below 700M parameters)
gollark: I can run small GPT models for us.
gollark: Just have it arrange them into an overly large grid and make some of the connections skip over the empty cells.
gollark: In that case, we can probably apinate the topology somehow.

References
  1. https://www.shakkiliitto.fi/harri-hurme-in-memoriam/
  2. "ShakkiNet - shakkipeli/historia". www.shakki.net.
  3. "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Harri Hurme". www.olimpbase.org.
  4. "OlimpBase :: World Student Team Chess Championship :: Harri Hurme". www.olimpbase.org.
  5. "OlimpBase :: Nordic Chess Cup :: Harri Hurme". www.olimpbase.org.


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