International Solving Grandmaster
Which title was conferred to Pauli Perkonoja in 1982?
Pauli Perkonoja Pauli Perkonoja ( born July 19 , 1941 ) is a Finnish chess problemist . Biography . Perkonoja was born in a suburb of Tampere , but after a few years moved to Turku , where he has lived all his life . He worked in the Finnish postal service . In his free time he is devoted crossword and chess study . Perkonoja is known as the chess problemist . He was one of Finlands chess problem magazine Tehtäväniekka authors . In 1969 Perkonoja gained the title of International Master of the FIDE for Chess compositions . In 1982 he became the first chess player in the world , which has received the title of International Solving Grandmaster . Three times Perkonoja won the individual World Chess Solving Championship : 1986 , 1992 and 1995 . In 2005 in Legnica he won the first European Chess Solving Championship . External links . - player profile at jmrw.com - Problems at the PDB-Serve