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Estonian Chess Championship
The Estonian Chess Championship is played to determine the Estonian champion in chess. The first unofficial championship in Estonia was held in 1903 and was organized by a chess club from Tallinn (then Reval, Russian Empire). After World War I, Estonia became independent. In 1923, the first official Estonian championship was held in Tallinn and has since been organized on an annual basis. In 1945, the first women's championship was held. Unofficial Championships : Official Championships : Multiple Champions Men's Champions : Women's Champions : References * (establishment and results from 1905 through 1910) *https://web.archive.org/web/20120118064310/http://vabaettur.ee/main/results/meistrid.htm *https://web.archive.org/web/20070611070649/http://www.maleliit.ee/modules.php?print=1&name=Arhiiv&a=23&klass=1&id=1Paul Keres [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaido Külaots
Kaido Külaots (born 28 February 1976) is an Estonian chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2001. He has won the Estonian Chess Championship in 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014 and 2020. Külaots has represented Estonia in the Chess Olympiad (in 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2018) and the European Team Chess Championship (in 2003, 2005, 2007, 2019). He tied for 1st–2nd with Evgeny Alekseev at the Rector Cup, Kharkiv 2003 and with Vladislav Nevednichy at Paks 2003, tied for 1st–6th with Evgeniy Najer, Artyom Timofeev, Zoltan Gyimesi, Sergey Grigoriants and Oleg Korneev at the Cappelle-la-Grande Open 2004, tied for 1st–2nd with Artjom Smirnov at the Paul Keres Chess Festival in Tallinn 2004, came 2nd behind Sergei Tiviakov and ahead of Oleg Korneev at the Gausdal Classics 2005, came 1st at the Heart of Finland Open in Jyväskylä 2008, tied for 1st–3rd with Róbert Ruck and Gabor Papp at the 1st Gedeon Barcza Memoria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August Eller
August Eller (1907, Viljandi – 1990, Haapsalu) was an Estonian chess player, who won the Estonian Chess Championship. Biography August Eller participated in two Estonian schoolchildren chess championships (1925, 1926). Best result was 4th place in 1926 in Tartu. In 1938 he shared the first place in a countrywide chess tournament in Rakvere. In 1944, August Eller tied for 1st-2nd with Johannes Türn in Viljandi (14th Estonian Chess Championship). It was his greatest success in chess. After World War II Eller imprisoned in Soviet prison camp but soon Red Army authorities realized he was freed from jail. Eller participated in postwar Estonian Chess Championships in 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958. Highest places are divided 6th-7th in 1949, and divided 4th-6th place in 1958. In 1968 August Eller played for Estonia Sports Club ''Jõud'' in 6th Soviet Team Chess Cup in Riga Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maaja Ranniku
Maaja Ranniku (born 1 March 1941 in Abja-Paluoja - died 24 October 2004 in Tallinn) was an Estonian chess player (represented the Soviet Union until 1991). She was twice the winner of the Women's Soviet Championship: in 1963 (after beating at tiebreak Tatiana Zatulovskaya 4-2) and 1967. She was awarded the title of Woman International Master in 1964. Maaja Ranniku participated to many Estonian Championships, winning the women's title 10 times (1961, 1963, 1967, 1973, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1988, and 1991). At the 1964 women's Candidates Tournament, played in Sukhumi, she placed 6th in a field of 18 players. In 1992 she played with the Estonian team at the 30th Chess Olympiad in Manila, scoring 6½ points out of 11 games played. She had many good results in international tournaments: * 1969 : first place at Budapest * 1971 : first place at Braşov * 1973 : second place at Vrnjačka Banja Vrnjačka Banja ( sr-cyr, Врњачка Бања) is a town and municipality located i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunnar Uusi
Gunnar Uusi (June 23, 1931 – August 7, 1981) was an Estonian chess player who won the Estonian Chess Championship six times. Biography Gunnar Uusi was born June 23, 1931 in Haapsalu, Estonia. In 1950, while still at school, Gunnar Uusi competed in his first Estonian championship, finishing in equal fourth place. In 1951 he graduated from Võru secondary school, and then studied at Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics, and Informatics. During his studies he actively participated in several chess competitions. In 1953 he represented Moscow at the USSR team championship and finished in fifth place at the USSR Chess Championship semi-final in Vilnius. In 1954 he finished equal sixth in the Moscow Chess Championship and was awarded the title of Master of Sport. After completing his studies in 1956 he returned to Estonia and worked in a Tartu agricultural machinery plant as an economist, later becoming a director (1966-1972). In the 1957 Estonian Chess Championship Uusi fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalju Pitksaar
Kalju Pitksaar (18 May 1931, Tallinn – 26 September 1995, Tallinn) was an Estonian chess player, who won the Estonian Chess Championship. Biography Pitksaar first participated in the Estonian Chess Championships in 1947, at the age of 16. In the Estonian Chess Championships, he has won gold (1957) and two silver (1951, 1958) medals. In 1950, he was second in the traditional National Tournament in Pärnu. In 1952, Pitksaar won th Baltic Chess Championship. In 1952, in the Soviet Chess Championships quarterfinal in Krasnodar, he shared 2nd - 3rd place. In 1958, Pitksaar played for Estonia in the Soviet Team Chess Championship in Vilnius Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional urb ..., where his team finished in fourth place. In the same year, Pitksaar's chess career was sudden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aino Kukk
Aino Kukk (née Prits, 10 September 1930 in Raasiku Parish, Estonia – 7 November 2006) was an Estonian chess player, who won the Estonian Women's Chess Championship in 1955. Biography In 1950 graduated from secondary school in Tallinn. After World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ... Aino Kukk was one of the strongest women chess players in Estonia. Almost 30 times participated in Estonian Chess Championships for women, where she has won gold (1955), 2 silver (1953, 1968) and bronze (1952) medals. Four times won Estonian Sports Association «Jõud» Chess Championships for women. From 1959 to 1992 she worked in the Estonian Institute of industrial projects «Eesti Tööstusprojekt» - at first as laboratory assistant, later as chief engineer. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urve Kure
Urve Kure (August 2 1931 — 7 June 2016) was a former Estonian chess player, who won the Estonian Women's Chess Championship three times - 1953, 1958, 1965. Biography In 1950 graduated from secondary school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' secondary education, lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) ... in Tallinn. Urve Kure was one of the strongest women chess players in Estonia in the 1950s and 1960s. In Estonian Chess Championships for women she has won 3 gold (1953, 1958, 1965), 3 silver (1957, 1959, 1964) and 3 bronze (1954, 1961, 1966) medals. Urve Kure three times played for Estonia in Soviet Team Chess Championships (1958, 1960, 1962) and two times played for Estonian team Kalev in Soviet Team Chess Cup (1966, 1968). All her life worked in the rubber production factory Tegur and other factory Teras. References Ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Orav
Marie Orav (23 December 1911, Pikeliai, Telšiai County, Russian Empire – 4 January 1994, Tallinn) was an Estonian chess player, who twice won the Estonian Chess Championship, Estonian Women's Chess Championship - 1952, 1959. Biography In 1929 Marie Orav graduated from Gymnasium (school), gymnasium in Tartu. Marie Orav was one of the first women chess players in Estonia in the 1930s. In 1937 she won Tallinn Chess Championship for women. In 1938 she was first of the Estonian who participated in international women chess tournament. In 1945 Marie Orav lost the Estonian Women's Championship title match to Salme Rootare - 6½:7½. In Estonian Chess Championships for women she has won 2 gold (1952, 1959), 5 silver (1945, 1948, 1954, 1958, 1960) and 3 bronze (1950, 1956, 1957) medals. Marie Orav played for Estonia in Soviet Team Chess Championship in 1959. By the end of life participated in the chess tournaments. She worked in the food industry. References External links * play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tartu
Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after the Northern European country's political and financial capital, Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 91,407 (as of 2021). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of Riga, Latvia. Tartu lies on the Emajõgi river, which connects the two largest lakes in Estonia, Lake Võrtsjärv and Lake Peipus. From the 13th century until the end of the 19th century, Tartu was known in most of the world by variants of its historical name Dorpat. Tartu, the largest urban centre of southern Estonia, is often considered the "intellectual capital city" of the country, especially as it is home to the nation's oldest and most renowned university, the University of Tartu (founded in 1632). Tartu also houses the Supreme Court of Estonia, the Ministry of Education and Research, the Estonian National Museum, and the oldest Estonian-language theatre, Vanemuine. It is also the birthplace of the Estonian Song Festivals. Tar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helju Roosa
Helju is an Estonian feminine given name. As of 1 January 2021, 1,282 women in Estonia have the first name Helju, making it the 141st most popular female name in the country. The average age of people bearing the name Helju is 78 years old, with a median age of 79. The name is most commonly found in Võru County, where 21.78 per 10,000 inhabitants of the county bear the name. Individuals bearing the name Helju include: * Helju Mikkel (1925–2017), Estonian folk dancer and choreographer * Helju Rammo (1926–1998), Estonian children's writer and playwright *Helju Rebane Helju Rebane (born 18 July 1948) is an Estonian writer. She writes mainly prose and science fiction in the Estonian and Russian languages. She was born in Tallinn. Her father was philosopher and her uncles were physicist and former president of ... (born 1948), Estonian prose writer * Helju Vals (1929–2011), Estonian editor and journalist References {{DEFAULTSORT:Helju Feminine given names Estoni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pärnu
Pärnu () is the fourth largest city in Estonia. Situated in southwest Estonia, Pärnu is located south of the Estonian capital, Tallinn, and west of Estonia's second largest city, Tartu. The city sits off the coast of Pärnu Bay, an inlet of the Gulf of Riga, which is a part of the Baltic Sea. In the city, the Pärnu River drains into the Gulf of Riga. Pärnu is a popular summer holiday resort town among Estonians with many hotels, restaurants and large beaches. The city is served by Pärnu Airport. History Perona (german: Alt-Pernau, links=no, et, Vana-Pärnu, links=no), which was founded by the bishop of Ösel–Wiek , suffered heavily under pressure of the concurrent town, and was finally destroyed . Another town, Embeke (later german: Neu-Pernau, links=no, et, Uus-Pärnu, links=no) was founded by the Livonian Order, who began building an Ordensburg nearby in 1265. The latter town, then known by the German name of , was a member of the Hanseatic League and an impor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksander Arulaid
Aleksander Arulaid (24 May 1924, Tallinn – 9 July 1995, Tallinn) was an Estonian chess player. He was a three-time winner of the Estonian Chess Championship. Biography In 1941 Arulaid graduated from secondary school in Tallinn and in 1951 he graduated from Tallinn Polytechnical Institute in electrical machinery and apparatus specialty. From 1952 to 1984 he worked as an engineer in industrial projects. In 1944/45 Aleksander Arulaid ranked third in the Estonian and Latvian strongest players tournament in Riga after Paul Keres and Alexander Koblencs. After World War II he was one of the leading chess players in Estonia. In 1945 Arulaid won a tournament in Tallinn. In 1948 he was second place in Baku tournament. In Estonian Chess Championships he has won 3 gold (1948, 1955, 1964), 3 silver (1943, 1946, 1950) and 3 bronze (1944, 1959, 1960) medals. Arulaid was the winner of Tallinn Chess Championships in 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1960, 1968. In 1954 and 1967 he won the traditional Nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
