Toivo Salo Explained

Toivo Salo
Country:	Finland
Birth Date:	22 January 1909
Birth Place:	Helsinki, Finland
Death Place:	Helsinki, Finland

Toivo Salo (22 January 1909 – 5 April 1981) was a Finnish chess player, three-time Finnish Chess Championship winner (1938, 1949, 1956).

Biography

From the late 1930s to the early 1960s, Toivo Salo was one of Finland's leading chess players. In Finnish Chess Championships he has won three gold (1938, 1949, 1956), five silver (1936, 1937, 1950, 1953, 1957) and bronze (1952) medals.

Toivo Salo played for Finland in the Chess Olympiads:^[1]

• In 1935, at reserve board in the 6th Chess Olympiad in Warsaw (+1, =3, -3),
• In 1937, at fourth reserve board in the 7th Chess Olympiad in Stockholm (+4, =5, -5),
• In 1952, at fourth board in the 10th Chess Olympiad in Helsinki (+2, =3, -4),
• In 1954, at first board in the 11th Chess Olympiad in Amsterdam (+1, =3, -7),
• In 1956, at second board in the 12th Chess Olympiad in Moscow (+2, =4, -8).

Toivo Salo played for Finland in the unofficial Chess Olympiad:^[2]

• In 1936, at fourth board in the 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad in Munich (+5, =7, -5).

Toivo Salo played for Finland in the European Team Chess Championship preliminaries:^[3]

• In 1961, at second board (+1, =2, -1).

External links

• • Toivo Salo chess games at 365chess.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Toivo Salo. www.olimpbase.org.
2. Web site: OlimpBase :: unofficial Chess Olympiads :: Toivo Salo. www.olimpbase.org.
3. Web site: OlimpBase :: European Men's Team Chess Championship (preliminaries) :: Toivo Salo. www.olimpbase.org.