Johan Hellsten
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Johan Hellsten | |
|---|---|
| Country | Sweden |
| Born | 25 December 1975 Malmö, Sweden |
| Title | Grandmaster (2004) |
| FIDE rating | 2550 (July 2025) |
| Peak rating | 2592 (October 2006) |
Johan Hellsten (born 25 December 1975) is a Swedish chess grandmaster. He was Swedish Chess Champion in 2006.
Born in 1975, Hellsten earned his international master title in 1995 and his grandmaster title in 2004.[1] In 2006, he won the Swedish Chess Championship.[2] He played for Sweden in the Chess Olympiads of 1996, 2004 and 2006[3] and in the European Team Chess Championships of 1997, 2003 and 2005.[4] He tied for second–sixth with Laurent Fressinet, Vladimir Baklan, Robert Fontaine and Erik van den Doel in the Abihome Open 2000[5] and tied for first with Dmitry Svetushkin and Marcin Szymański in the Ikaros Chess Festival 2003.[6] As of the July 2020 rating FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2550, making him the No. 4 ranked Swedish player, though he is inactive.[1] Hellsten was champion in the chess tournament "Semana Valdiviana", Chile, 2002.
