Vesa Meskanen - Chess Player Overview
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Player's name: Vesa Meskanen (FIN) 
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Age: 75 years old (born in 1950)
Highest FIDE Elo achieved: 2166
Vesa Meskanen Chess Games: 135
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1984 (Blitz)
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| Date | Players & Opening | Result | ECO | View |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020.02.15 | Meskanen, Vesa (2019) vs (2239) Carbone, Diego IV Abierto de Montevideo Indian East Indian - Exchange |
1/2-1/2 | D90 | |
| 2020.02.14 | Ramirez, Agustin (1715) vs (2019) Meskanen, Vesa IV Abierto de Montevideo Spanish Modern Steinitz |
0-1 | C72 | |
| 2020.02.13 | Meskanen, Vesa (2019) vs (2267) Contin, Daniel IV Abierto de Montevideo Indian Capablanca |
0-1 | A47 | |
| 2020.02.12 | Vitoux, Colomban (2377) vs (2019) Meskanen, Vesa IV Abierto de Montevideo Reti Symmetrical - Nimzovich |
1/2-1/2 | A05 | |
| 2020.02.11 | Meskanen, Vesa (2019) vs (1697) Osinaga, Eduardo IV Abierto de Montevideo Sicilian Closed |
1-0 | B23 | |
| 2020.02.10 | Lopez Azambuja, Nicolas (2310) vs (2019) Meskanen, Vesa IV Abierto de Montevideo Gruenfeld Exchange - Modern |
1-0 | D85 | |
| 2020.02.09 | Meskanen, Vesa (2019) vs (1539) Cardozo, Camila IV Abierto de Montevideo Queen's Gambit Declined |
1-0 | D30 | |
| 2020.02.09 | Menna Barreto, Felipe Kubiaki (2395) vs (2019) Meskanen, Vesa IV Abierto de Montevideo Sicilian Maroczy |
1-0 | B38 | |
| 2020.02.08 | Meskanen, Vesa (2019) vs (1486) Moreno, Diego IV Abierto de Montevideo King's Indian Modern |
1-0 | E94 |
Vesa Meskanen - Other possible chess games
| Date | Players & Opening | Result | ECO | View |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018.04.16 | Olesen, P (2005) vs (2066) Meskanen, V TCh-EUR Senior +65 2018 Sicilian Dragon - Classical Dragon (Nottingham) |
1-0 | B72 | |
| 2015.07.16 | Meskanen, V. (2071) vs (2198) Franssila, T. 25th Heart of Finland Op Dutch Indian |
0-1 | A81 | |
| 2015.07.15 | Meskanen, V. (2071) vs (2228) Mertanen, J. 25th Heart of Finland Op Modern Benoni Classical |
0-1 | A70 | |
| 2015.07.14 | Meskanen, V. (2071) vs (2245) Tiitta, S. 25th Heart of Finland Op Irregular Queen's Pawn |
0-1 | A40 | |
| 2016.07.22 | Norri, J. (2258) vs (2058) Meskanen, V. 26th Heart of Finland Op Reti Symmetrical |
1-0 | A05 | |
| 2016.07.20 | Meskanen, V. (2058) vs (2458) Karttunen, M. 26th Heart of Finland Op King's Indian Classical |
0-1 | E91 | |
| 2016.07.19 | Meskanen, V. (2058) vs (2300) Rantanen, Y. 26th Heart of Finland Op Queen's Indian Fianchetto - Saemisch |
0-1 | E15 | |
| 2017.07.22 | Ristoja, S. (2259) vs (2038) Meskanen, V. 27th Heart of Finland Op Spanish Berlin - Duras |
1-0 | C65 | |
| 2017.07.21 | Meskanen, V. (2038) vs (2272) Virtanen, Teemu 27th Heart of Finland Op Modern - Czech |
0-1 | B07 | |
| 2017.07.20 | Nivala, T. (2247) vs (2038) Meskanen, V. 27th Heart of Finland Op Indian |
0-1 | A45 | |
| 2017.07.20 | Sysolyatin, E. (2289) vs (2038) Meskanen, V. 27th Heart of Finland Op Sicilian Dragon |
1-0 | B70 | |
| 2017.07.19 | Meskanen, V. (2038) vs (2415) Vlasenko, M. 27th Heart of Finland Op Dutch - Hopton |
0-1 | A80 | |
| 2017.07.18 | Meskanen, V. (2038) vs (1608) Louhi, Tapio 27th Heart of Finland Op Indian Knight - Catalan |
1-0 | D02 | |
| 2017.07.18 | Tiitta, S. (2194) vs (2038) Meskanen, V. 27th Heart of Finland Op Grob's attack |
0-1 | A00 | |
| 2018.04.20 | Ackermann, Ha (2211) vs (2066) Meskanen, V TCh-EUR Senior +65 2018 Reti Symmetrical |
1-0 | A05 | |
| 2018.07.17 | Engman, R (2171) vs (2035) Meskanen, V 28th Heart of Finland Op Reti |
0-1 | A04 | |
| 2018.07.19 | Valkama, Eero (2229) vs (2035) Meskanen, V 28th Heart of Finland Op Sicilian Moscow |
1/2-1/2 | B51 | |
| 2018.07.21 | Meskanen, V (2035) vs (2232) Nevanlinna, R 28th Heart of Finland Op Indian Knight |
0-1 | A46 | |
| 2016.04.24 | Meskanen, V. (2069) vs (1972) Tsomis, D. TCh-EUR Senior 2016 Indian Knight |
1/2-1/2 | A46 | |
| 2016.04.23 | Gruenfeld, Y. (2442) vs (2069) Meskanen, V. TCh-EUR Senior 2016 Spanish Open - Bernstein |
1-0 | C80 | |
| 2019.04.22 | Boudre, JP (2246) vs (2042) Meskanen, V World Senior Teams +65 Sicilian - Slow Sicilian |
1-0 | B20 | |
| 2019.04.16 | Thynne, Trefor F (1907) vs (2042) Meskanen, V World Senior Teams +65 Indian East Indian |
1/2-1/2 | A48 | |
| 2017.05.02 | Meskanen, V. (2052) vs (2223) Polyakov, A. World Senior Teams +50 Irregular Queen's Pawn - Owen |
0-1 | A40 | |
| 2020.02.08 | Meskanen, V (2019) vs (1486) Moreno, Diego 4th Marcel Duchamp Cup King's Indian Modern |
1-0 | E94 | |
| 2020.02.09 | Meskanen, V (2019) vs (1539) Cardozo, Camila 4th Marcel Duchamp Cup Queen's Gambit Declined |
1-0 | D30 | |
| 2017.05.01 | Zilberman, Y. (2430) vs (2052) Meskanen, V. World Senior Teams +50 Indian East Indian |
1-0 | A48 | |
| 2017.04.30 | Meskanen, V. (2052) vs (2383) Kalantarian, No World Senior Teams +50 Irregular Queen's Pawn - Polish |
1/2-1/2 | A40 | |
| 2017.04.28 | Arkell, K. (2411) vs (2052) Meskanen, V. World Senior Teams +50 Indian East Indian - Exchange |
1-0 | D90 | |
| 2017.04.27 | Bhopal, Raj (1951) vs (2052) Meskanen, V. World Senior Teams +50 Sicilian Moscow - Nimzovich |
1-0 | B51 | |
| 2017.04.25 | Solozhenkin, E. (2443) vs (2052) Meskanen, V. World Senior Teams +50 Gruenfeld - Gruenfeld |
1-0 | E60 | |
| 2020.02.10 | Lopez Azambuja, N (2310) vs (2019) Meskanen, V 4th Marcel Duchamp Cup Gruenfeld Exchange - Modern |
1-0 | D85 | |
| 2020.02.13 | Meskanen, V (2019) vs (2267) Contin, D 4th Marcel Duchamp Cup Indian Capablanca |
0-1 | A47 | |
| 2018.04.21 | Carlsten, P (2010) vs (2066) Meskanen, V TCh-EUR Senior +65 2018 Sicilian Yugoslav Dragon |
1/2-1/2 | B75 | |
| 2018.07.18 | Meskanen, V (2035) vs (2154) Narva, J 28th Heart of Finland Op Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Pillsbury - Anti-Meran |
1/2-1/2 | D43 | |
| 2018.04.15 | Meskanen, V (2066) vs (2368) Lisenko, A TCh-EUR Senior +65 2018 Bogo-Indian - Nimzovich |
0-1 | E11 | |
| 2020.02.11 | Meskanen, V (2019) vs (1697) Osinaga, Eduardo 4th Marcel Duchamp Cup Sicilian Closed |
1-0 | B23 | |
| 2020.02.14 | Ramirez, Agustin (1715) vs (2019) Meskanen, V 4th Marcel Duchamp Cup Spanish Modern Steinitz |
0-1 | C72 | |
| 2018.07.17 | Luukkonen, T (2325) vs (2035) Meskanen, V 28th Heart of Finland Op Sicilian Closed |
1-0 | B23 | |
| 2018.04.17 | Fernengel, R (1789) vs (2066) Meskanen, V TCh-EUR Senior +65 2018 Gruenfeld Exchange (Classical) |
1/2-1/2 | D86 | |
| 2018.04.19 | Meskanen, V (2066) vs (1719) Andersson, Finn TCh-EUR Senior +65 2018 Irregular Indian - Blumenfeld |
1-0 | E10 | |
| 2018.04.22 | Meskanen, V (2066) vs (1797) Rintakoski, Pentti TCh-EUR Senior +65 2018 Irregular Queen's Pawn - Franco-Indian |
1-0 | A40 | |
| 2019.04.20 | Zhelnin, V (2429) vs (2042) Meskanen, V World Senior Teams +65 Sicilian |
1-0 | B50 | |
| 2020.02.15 | Meskanen, V (2019) vs (2239) Carbone, D 4th Marcel Duchamp Cup Indian East Indian - Exchange |
1/2-1/2 | D90 | |
| 2018.04.14 | Meskanen, V (2066) vs (1942) Ranki, Martti TCh-EUR Senior +65 2018 Semi-Slav - Anti-Meran |
1-0 | D43 | |
| 2018.04.18 | Meskanen, V (2066) vs (1895) Marks, I TCh-EUR Senior +65 2018 Modern - Tartakower |
0-1 | A41 | |
| 2020.02.09 | Menna Barreto, F (2395) vs (2019) Meskanen, V 4th Marcel Duchamp Cup Sicilian Maroczy |
1-0 | B38 | |
| 2020.02.12 | Vitoux, C (2377) vs (2019) Meskanen, V 4th Marcel Duchamp Cup Reti Symmetrical - Nimzovich |
1/2-1/2 | A05 | |
| 2012.07.11 | Sakalauskas, V. (2413) vs (2065) Meskanen, V. 22nd HOF Open 2012 Tarrasch Rubinstein - Prague |
1-0 | D34 | |
| 2012.07.10 | Norri, J. (2324) vs (2065) Meskanen, V. 22nd HOF Open 2012 Tarrasch Rubinstein - Prague |
1-0 | D34 | |
| 2010.07.09 | Meskanen, V. (2117) vs (2237) Arkhangelsky, B. Heart of Finland Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Pillsbury |
0-1 | D51 | |
| 2010.07.06 | Agopov, M. (2436) vs (2117) Meskanen, V. Heart of Finland Spanish Open |
1-0 | C80 | |
| 2009.07.11 | Alho, S. (2181) vs (2132) Meskanen, V. 19th Heart of Finland Open Spanish Morphy - Mackenzie |
1/2-1/2 | C77 | |
| 2008.07.18 | Kiuttu, R. (2091) vs (2119) Meskanen, V. Heart of Finland Sicilian Yugoslav Dragon |
0-1 | B77 | |
| 2008.07.17 | Meskanen, V. (2119) vs (2187) Kivimaki, J. Heart of Finland Benko's opening |
0-1 | A00 | |
| 2008.07.16 | Valli, F. (2182) vs (2119) Meskanen, V. Heart of Finland Reti |
1/2-1/2 | A04 | |
| 2008.07.15 | Meskanen, V. (2119) vs (1901) Lehtimaki, T. Heart of Finland Benoni |
1-0 | A56 | |
| 2008.07.14 | Nisula, T. (1973) vs (2119) Meskanen, V. Heart of Finland Sicilian - Chekhover |
0-1 | B53 | |
| 2008.07.13 | Meskanen, V. (2119) vs (1878) Raivio, E. Heart of Finland Modern - Tartakower |
1-0 | A41 | |
| 2008.07.13 | Marjusaari, Eero vs (2119) Meskanen, V. Heart of Finland Dunst (Sleipner, Heinrichsen) opening |
1/2-1/2 | A00 | |
| 2008.07.12 | Meskanen, V. (2119) vs Maki, Juha Heart of Finland Semi-Slav - Anti-Meran |
0-1 | D43 | |
| 2008.07.12 | Kivimaki, J. (2187) vs (2119) Meskanen, V. Heart of Finland Sicilian - Tartakower |
1/2-1/2 | B53 | |
| 2001.07.22 | Palmo, P. (2078) vs (2166) Meskanen, V. Heart of Finland Open Sicilian Moscow |
1-0 | B51 | |
| 2001.07.21 | Meskanen, V. (2166) vs (2360) Hentunen, A. Heart of Finland Open Irregular Indian - Blumenfeld |
0-1 | E10 | |
| 2001.07.20 | Meskanen, V. (2166) vs (2346) Lehtinen, H. Heart of Finland Open Irregular Queen's Pawn - Kotov |
0-1 | A40 | |
| 2001.07.10 | Kochyev, A. (2424) vs (2166) Meskanen, V. Heart of Finland Open Sicilian Moscow |
1/2-1/2 | B51 | |
| 2000.07.23 | Issakainen, A. (2221) vs (2162) Meskanen, V. 10th Open King's Indian |
1/2-1/2 | E61 | |
| 2000.07.22 | Lehtinen, H. (2329) vs (2162) Meskanen, V. 10th Open English Symmetrical |
0-1 | A30 | |
| 2000.07.21 | Pulkkinen, K. (2296) vs (2162) Meskanen, V. 10th Open Sicilian Yugoslav Dragon - Rauzer |
1-0 | B76 | |
| 2000.07.20 | Tella, J. (2428) vs (2162) Meskanen, V. 10th Open Sicilian Yugoslav Dragon - Rauzer |
1-0 | B76 | |
| 2000.07.19 | Seeman, T. (2398) vs (2162) Meskanen, V. 10th Open Reti |
1-0 | A04 | |
| 2007.07.20 | Nivala, T. (2195) vs (2118) Meskanen, V. Heart of Finland Benko's opening |
1-0 | A00 | |
| 2007.07.19 | Meskanen, V. (2118) vs (2332) Zozulia, A. Heart of Finland King's Indian Fianchetto (Classical) - Classical |
1-0 | E69 | |
| 2006.07.12 | Meskanen, V. (2125) vs (2400) Maki Uuro, Mi 16th Heart of Finland Open Indian Knight |
0-1 | A46 | |
| 1991.01.01 | Tiilikainen, Aarre vs Meskanen, Vesa JSM JarvSK-SKF Four Knights Spanish - Rubinstein (Exchange) |
1/2-1/2 | C48 | |
| 1996.01.01 | Paasikangas, Johann vs Meskanen, Vesa Helsinki We PasVS Indian - Trompowsky |
1-0 | A45 | |
| 1992.09.01 | Norri, J. (2400) vs Meskanen, V. CUI Gruenfeld Spassky |
1-0 | D87 | |
| 1996.01.01 | Sassi, Pekka vs Meskanen, Vesa Jyvaskyla HOF English Anglo-Indian (Queen's Knight) |
1-0 | A16 | |
| 1989.01.01 | Morant, Paul vs Meskanen, Vesa JSM TuTS-SKF King's Gambit Accepted (Knight's Gambit) - Fischer |
1/2-1/2 | C34 | |
| 1990.01.01 | Pulkkinen, Kari vs Meskanen, Vesa Helsinki SKF Spanish Morphy - Mackenzie |
1/2-1/2 | C77 | |
| 1996.01.01 | Ristoja, Jan vs Meskanen, Vesa Helsinki We G Spanish Open - St. Petersburg |
0-1 | C82 | |
| 1996.01.01 | Perman, Torvald vs Meskanen, Vesa Helsinki We G English Anglo-Indian |
0-1 | A15 | |
| 1990.01.01 | Salo, Heikki vs Meskanen, Vesa Helsinki SKF Neo-Indian - Exchange |
1/2-1/2 | D35 | |
| 1988.01.01 | Salmi, Pertti vs Meskanen, Vesa JSM SKF-PSY Spanish Open |
0-1 | C80 | |
| 1990.01.01 | Pirttimaki, Timo vs Meskanen, Vesa Helsinki SKF Giuoco Piano - Pianissimo |
1/2-1/2 | C54 | |
| 1992.09.01 | Lelchuk, Z. (2335) vs Meskanen, V. CUI English - Snake |
1-0 | A10 | |
| 1988.01.01 | Lehtivaara, Petri vs Meskanen, Vesa JSM MatSK-SKF Vienna Gambit - Spielmann |
1-0 | C29 | |
| 1990.01.01 | Makinen, Ilkka vs Meskanen, Vesa JSM SKF-HSK Reti - Small Center |
0-1 | B06 | |
| 1988.01.01 | Koskinen, Veikko vs Meskanen, Vesa Helsinki SKF Spanish Morphy - Exchange (Bronstein) |
0-1 | C68 | |
| 1996.01.01 | Katajainen, Kimmo vs Meskanen, Vesa Helsinki We PasVS Reti Zukertort - Catalan |
0-1 | D02 | |
| 1993.01.01 | Kukkonen, Mika vs Meskanen, Vesa JSM 9394 Gruenfeld Three Knights - Exchange |
0-1 | D90 | |
| 1987.01.01 | Meskanen, Vesa vs Nokso_Koivisto, Aki JSM SKF-TuTS Slav - Classical Exchange |
1/2-1/2 | D10 | |
| 1987.01.01 | Meskanen, Vesa vs Hergott, D. Toronto Irregular Queen's Pawn - Two Knights |
0-1 | B06 | |
| 1988.01.01 | Meskanen, Vesa vs Alenius, Arto Helsinki SKF Benko Gambit Accepted - Half-Accepted |
1/2-1/2 | A58 | |
| 1988.01.01 | Meskanen, Vesa vs Ornstein, A. Helsinki SKF Nimzo-Indian Rubinstein - Hubner |
0-1 | E41 | |
| 1988.01.01 | Meskanen, Vesa vs Sikkila, M. Helsinki SKF King's Indian Yugoslav (Aronin) - Benko |
0-1 | E99 | |
| 1988.01.01 | Meskanen, Vesa vs Viitanen, Lauri JSM KalSK-SKF Nimzo-Indian St. Petersburg (Fischer) |
1-0 | E44 | |
| 1988.01.01 | Meskanen, Vesa vs Eskola, Risto JSM SKF-EtVaS Dutch Indian - Semi-Leningrad |
0-1 | A81 | |
| 1989.01.01 | Meskanen, Vesa vs Elfving, Jorn JSM G-SKF Dutch Staunton |
1/2-1/2 | A82 | |
| 1990.01.01 | Meskanen, Vesa vs Havansi, Erkki Helsinki SKF Irregular Indian - Blumenfeld |
0-1 | E10 | |
| 1990.01.01 | Meskanen, Vesa vs Kivimaki, Jaakko Helsinki SKF Vienna - Lange (Gambit) |
0-1 | C25 |