Tomi Nyback
Encyclopedia
Tomi Nyback is a Finnish
chess
Grandmaster (2003) and poker
player.
in 2008. In 2009 he tied for 9th-11th with Mikhail Kobalia
and Boris Grachev
in the European Individual Chess Championship. Played for Finland in the Chess Olympiad
s of 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2008.
Other successful performances include: 1st at Budapest
2002, 1st at Jyväskylä
2008, =2nd with Emanuel Berg
in the Najdorf
Memorial 2008, 3rd in the European Youth Chess Championship
of 2002.
In the November 2009 FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2628, making him Finland's number one.
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
Grandmaster (2003) and poker
Poker
Poker is a family of card games that share betting rules and usually hand rankings. Poker games differ in how the cards are dealt, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown , limits on bet sizes, and how many rounds of betting are allowed.In most modern poker...
player.
Chess career
He won the Finnish ChampionshipFinnish Chess Championship
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in 2008. In 2009 he tied for 9th-11th with Mikhail Kobalia
Mikhail Kobalia
Mikhail Kobalia is a Russian chess Grandmaster .In 1994 he won European Youth Chess Championship in Guarapuava. In 2001 was clear first in the Chigorin Memorial at St. Petersburg. In 2005 came first in the Masters Open Tournament in Biel...
and Boris Grachev
Boris Grachev
Boris Grachyov is a Russian chess Grandmaster .In 1995 he won World Chess U10 Championship in São Lourenço. In 2009 came first in the Masters Open Tournament in Biel, tied for 9th–11th with Mikhail Kobalia and Tomi Nyback in the European Individual Chess Championship and won the first Lublin...
in the European Individual Chess Championship. Played for Finland in the Chess Olympiad
Chess Olympiad
The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams from all over the world compete against each other. The event is organised by FIDE, which selects the host nation.-Birth of the Olympiad:The first Olympiad was unofficial...
s of 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2008.
Other successful performances include: 1st at Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
2002, 1st at Jyväskylä
Jyväskylä
Jyväskylä is the capital of Central Finland and the largest city on the Finnish Lakeland, north-east of Tampere and north of Helsinki, on northern coast of lake Päijänne. The city has been continuously one of the most rapidly growing cities in Finland since World War II. The city is surrounded...
2008, =2nd with Emanuel Berg
Emanuel Berg
Emanuel Berg is a Swedish chess player with the title Grandmaster.-First moves and playing style:As a youngster, he made solid progress and was consequently selected to represent his country in the various age categories of the European Youth and World Youth Championships...
in the Najdorf
Miguel Najdorf
Miguel Najdorf was a Polish-born Argentine chess grandmaster of Jewish origin, famous for his Najdorf Variation....
Memorial 2008, 3rd in the European Youth Chess Championship
European Youth Chess Championship
Since 1991, the European chess union organises the European Youth Chess Championship in the groups under 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18 year. Until 2002, there was also a tournament for the under 20, see European Junior Chess Championship.-Boys winners:...
of 2002.
In the November 2009 FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2628, making him Finland's number one.
Notable games
- Svetozar Gligoric vs Tomi Nyback, Rilton Cup 2003-4 2004, Benko Gambit: Accepted (A59), 0-1
- Santul Kosmo vs Tomi Nyback, Rilton Cup 2006, Pirc Defense: General (B07), 0-1
- Tomi Nyback vs Jens Henrichsen, Politiken Cup 2007, English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense (A17), 1-0
- Tomi Nyback vs Magnus Carlsen, Olympiad 2008, Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack (D37), 1-0