Aarne Ilmari Niemelä


Aarne Ilmari Niemelä was a Finnish chess player, Finnish Chess Championship winner.

Biography

From the late 1940s to the late 1960s, Aarne Ilmari Niemelä was one of Finland's leading chess players. In Finnish Chess Championships he has won gold and three bronze medals. Aarne Ilmari Niemelä two times participated in FIDE European Zonal tournaments. In 1959, he participated in International Chess tournament in Riga where ranked 12th place.
Aarne Ilmari Niemelä played for Finland in the Chess Olympiads:
Aarne Ilmari Niemelä played for Finland in the European Team Chess Championship preliminaries: