Johan Hellsten

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|country = Sweden

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|12|25|df=y}}

|birth_place =Malmö, Sweden

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|title = Grandmaster (2004)

|peakrating = 2592 (October 2006)

|FideID = 1702092

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Johan Hellsten (born 25 December 1975) is a Swedish chess grandmaster. He was Swedish Chess Champion in 2006.

Chess career

Born in 1975, Hellsten earned his international master title in 1995 and his grandmaster title in 2004.[https://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=1702092 Hellsten, Johan FIDE Chess Profile] In 2006, he won the Swedish Chess Championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.schack.se/info/mastare.html|title=Svenska mästare|publisher=Swedish Chess Federation|accessdate=27 November 2009}} He played for Sweden in the Chess Olympiads of 1996, 2004 and 2006{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/players/zhtppdzf.html|title=Men's Chess Olympiads: Johan Hellsten|last=Bartelski|first=Wojciech|publisher=OlimpBase|accessdate=27 November 2009}} and in the European Team Chess Championships of 1997, 2003 and 2005.{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/playerse/zhtppdzf.html|title=European Men's Team Chess Championship: Johan Hellsten|last=Bartelski|first=Wojciech|publisher=OlimpBase|accessdate=27 November 2009}} He tied for second–sixth with Laurent Fressinet, Vladimir Baklan, Robert Fontaine and Erik van den Doel in the Abihome Open 2000{{cite web|url=https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic309.html#13|title=TWIC 309: Abihome Open 2000|last=Crowther|first=Mark|date=2000-10-09|publisher=London Chess Center|accessdate=27 November 2009}} and tied for first with Dmitry Svetushkin and Marcin Szymanski in the Ikaros Chess Festival 2003.{{cite web|url=https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic455.html#27|title=TWIC455: Ikaros Chess Festival|last=Crowther|first=Mark|date=2003-07-28|publisher=London Chess Center|accessdate=27 November 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930231914/https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic455.html#27|archivedate=30 September 2011}} As of the July 2020 rating FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2550, making him the No. 4 ranked Swedish player, though he is inactive.