# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/heikki-westerinen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:29:37.768Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/heikki-westerinen"
name: "Heikki Westerinen"
slug: "heikki-westerinen"
description: "Heikki Markku Julius Westerinen is a Finnish chess player, born in Helsinki.\nHe became a national master at age sixteen, and earned the FIDE titles of International Master in 1967 and Grandmaster in 1975 making him the first Finnish player to obtain chess Grandmaster title.\nWesterinen won the Finnish Championship in 1965, 1966, 1968, and 1970.\nHe played for the national team in the biennial Chess Olympiads from 1962 through 1996, and 2006.\nWesterinen's best tournament results include third place at Berlin 1971, tie for second place at Oslo 1973, first at Sant Feliu de Guixols 1973, and first at Dortmund 1973 and 1975.\nHis style is described as original and combinative."
tagline: "Finnish chess player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Heikki_Westerinen_1970.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1944-04-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             11.47058823529412
  historical:           10.73981333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Вестеринен, Хейкки"
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    title: "هيكى ويستيرينين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Heikki Westerinen"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heikki_Westerinen"
    title: "Heikki Westerinen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heikki_Westerinen"
    title: "Heikki Westerinen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heikki_Westerinen"
    title: "Heikki Westerinen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heikki_Westerinen"
    title: "Heikki Westerinen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heikki_Westerinen"
    title: "Heikki Westerinen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heikki_Westerinen"
    title: "Heikki Westerinen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heikki_Westerinen"
    title: "Heikki Westerinen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heiki_Vesterinens"
    title: "Heiki Vesterinens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heikki_Westerinen"
    title: "Heikki Westerinen"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heikki_Westerinen"
    title: "Heikki Westerinen"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1594647"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump