Erkki Wirtanen
- Birth Date:
- 11.04.1911
- Death date:
- 03.10.1979
- Length of life:
- 68
- Days since birth:
- 41759
- Years since birth:
- 114
- Days since death:
- 16747
- Years since death:
- 45
- Categories:
- Chess player
- Nationality:
- finn
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Erkki Aukusti Wirtanen (11-04-1911 - 03-10-1979) Finnish chess composer and International Master
Erkki Wirtanen composed more than 1500 chess problems (mostly direct mates) during a period spanning over 50 years.
He was also an International Judge.
In 1982 Matti Myllyniemi and Veikko Hynösen published an anthology of Wirtanen's chess problems.
Source: chesscomposers.blogspot.com
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