Aulikki Ristoja

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Aulikki Ristoja (also Ristoja-Lehtimäki, born 2 January 1949) is a Finnish chess player who holds the title of Lady International Correspondence Chess Master (LIMC, 1998). She is a three-time winner the Finnish Women Chess Championship (1979, 1988, 2000).

Chess career

In Finnish Chess Championships for women she has won 3 gold (1979, 1988, 2000), 5 silver (1976, 1981 (shared), 1983, 1987, 1997 (shared)) and 4 bronze (1978, 1980, 1985, 1999) medals.{{cite web |url=http://www.shakki.net/shakkipeli/historia/henkilokoht.html |title=ShakkiNet - shakkipeli/historia |website=www.shakki.net}}

Aulikki Ristoja played for Finland in the Women's Chess Olympiads:{{cite web |url=http://www.olimpbase.org/playersw/aaakkeyg.html |title=OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Aulikki Ristoja |first=Wojciech |last=Bartelski |website=www.olimpbase.org}}

Aulikki Ristoja is the first Finnish correspondence chess player who holds the title of Lady International Correspondence Chess Master (LIM, 1998). She was also the first Finnish chess player who participated in ICCF Ladies World Championship and placed 11th in the VI final tournament.{{cite web |url=http://tables.iccf.com/world/ladies/6WCLfinal.html |title=Ladies WC VI - Final |website=tables.iccf.com |access-date=2017-09-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085518/http://tables.iccf.com/world/ladies/6WCLfinal.html |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead}}

Books

  • Ristoja, Aulikki; Ristoja, Thomas (1995). Perusteet. Shakki (in Finnish). {{ISBN|951-0-20505-2}}.

References

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