Tüdeviin Üitümen

Tüdeviin Üitümen (Mongolian: Түдэвийн Үйтүмэн, internationally often Tudev Ujtumen; born 27 August 1939 – died 1993[1]) was a Mongolian chess master. He became Mongolia's first International Master in 1965.[2]

This is a Mongolian name. The given name is Üitümen, and Tüdeviin is a patronymic, not a family name.

In 1969, he won the West Asian zonal tournament in Singapore.[3] He tied for 20th-22nd in the Interzonal tournament at Palma de Mallorca 1970 (Robert James Fischer won).[4]

In other international tournaments, he took 15th at Sochi 1964 (Chigorin mem, Nikolai Krogius won);[5] took 15th at Sochi 1965 (Chigorin mem, Wolfgang Unzicker and Boris Spassky won);[6] took 9th at Havana 1967 (4th Armies-ch, Vlastimil Hort won);[7] tied for 11-13th at Tbilisi 1971 (Goglidze mem);[8] and took 9th at Dubna 1973 (Mikhail Tal and Ratmir Kholmov won).[9]

Ujtumen was a three-time winner of the Mongolian Chess Championship, in 1972, 1978 and 1986. He played six times for Mongolia in Chess Olympiads (1964–1974). He won the individual gold medal on second board (+11 −1 =5) at Tel Aviv 1964 and silver on second board (+12 −3 =3) at Siegen 1970.[10]

References
  1. hiimori.mn. "Монгол улсын шатрын Арван найм дахь аварга Түдэвийн ҮЙТҮМЭН /1939-1993/". hiimori.mn (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-10-21.
  2. "Т.Үйтүмэн" [T. Ujtumen]. MongolChess. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
  3. Zonals in USSR, CIS and Asia Archived 2007-04-30 at the Wayback Machine
  4. World Chess Championship : 1970-72 cycle : 1970 Palma de Mallorca Interzonal
  5. "Chigorin mem 1964". Archived from the original on October 27, 2009. Retrieved 2008-02-09.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  6. "Chigorin mem 1965". Archived from the original on October 27, 2009. Retrieved 2008-02-09.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  7. Chessmetrics Player Profile: Tudev Ujtumen
  8. https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/al2055urs/it/1971/tbilis71.html&date=2009-10-25+12:13:48
  9. https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/al2055urs/it/1973/dubna73.html&date=2009-10-25+12:13:53
  10. OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess
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