1961–1968 2) Matti Uitto 1969–1973 3) Raimo Lindroos 1974–1979 and 1984–6.5.1990 4) Leo Lahdenmäki 1980–1983 5) Esko Nuutilainen 6.5.1990–7.10.1990 (as vice chairman) 6) Heikki Brusila 7.10.1990–31.12.1991 and 1.1.1994– 2009 7) Erik Wahlberg 1992–1993 8) Heikki Arppi 2010–present The Finnish championship tournament has officially been run 61 times and unofficially, before the current organization, six times. The most successful player has been Bo Jäderholm from Turku. He has won five gold, two silver and one bronze medal. World Championship Gold and Bronze Pertti Lehikoinen was the first Finn to win the Correspondence Chess World Championship. His moment of glory came in the XX World Championship Final, which took from 25.10.2004 to 20.2.2011. Incidentally, this was the longest Final and his successors from the 21st, 22nd and 23rd Finals are already known. The first Finn to gain access to the World Championship Final was Risto Kauranen from Jyväskylä. He was fifth in the X tournament 1978–1984 and got the bronze medal in the XII tournament 1984–1991. Asko Linna from Kokkola has also been successful in the World Championship Final. He was fourth in the XVII tournament 2002–2007, only half a point from the winner. The Golden 1980s The Finnish correspondence chess had its golden era in the 1980s. In the biggest national tournament, in memoriam Usko Koskinen, as many as 264 players participated. The year was 1984. In 1980 the Finnish Correspondence Chess Federation had 1200 members. In 1974 altogether 1001 players participated in different tournaments and the total number of games played was 3397. Even in the 1990s there was a big tournament, when in the friendly match between Sweden and Finland there were 579 tables. That number is the world record. Twice in the Olympic Final The Finnish national team has reached the Olympic Final twice. In the X Olympic Final (1987–95) Finland was 9th. In the Finnish team there played Juhani Sorri, Pentti Palmo, Olli Koskinen, Timothy Binham, Ilkka Kanko and Torvald Perman. The second time, when Finland is in the Olympic Final, is year 2010. This is one of the last postal Olympic Finals. The Finnish team is composed of Tero Kokkila, Ilkka Salmi, Pertti Raivio and again Pentti Palmo. Ladies World Championship Final A Finn has participated in the Ladies World Championship once, when Aulikki Ristoja-Lehtimäki placed 11th in the VI final tournament in the 1990s. European Championship Finals In the personal European Championship finals Finland has