Hillar Kärner (27 July 1935 – 19 February 2017) was an Estonian chess player who won the
Estonian Chess Championship seven times. He received the
FIDE title of International Master (IM) in 1980.
Biography
Kärner was born in
Tallinn,
Estonia. In 1953 Hillar Kärner graduated from the
secondary school
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in Tallinn. In 1951 he won Estonian school children chess championship. Twice won Estonian rural sports associations chess championships (1965, 1966). In 1964 became a
Soviet Master and in 1980 was fulfilled
FIDE
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International Master norm in chess tournament in
Bulgaria. In 1980 shared 1st place in
Riga
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Cup.
In Estonian Chess Championships he has won 7 gold (1970, 1975, 1977, 1983–85, 1987), 3 silver (1968, 1979, 1988) and bronze (1978) medals. Nine times Kärner played for Estonia in Soviet Team Chess Championships (1962-1967, 1972–1985) and once played for Estonian team «Jõud» in Soviet Team Chess Cup (1968).
From 1973 to 1989 participated in the traditional international chess tournaments in Tallinn. The best place is shared 7th - 10th (1977). Since the 1960s, Kärner worked in Tallinn's
Excavator
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factory, later the rural project institute «EKE Projekt» and
Paul Keres House of Chess.
Kärner is the author of book - «Kuus aastakümmet Caissa lummuses» («Six decades under the spell of Caissa»), Published by Argo, Tallinn, 2012, ().
Notable games
Hillar Karner vs Paul Keres Tallinn 1967Victory over Estonia's all-times strongest chess player.
Mikhail Tal vs Hillar Karner Piarnu 1971Victory over World ex-champion.
Hillar Karner vs Anatoly Karpov Moscow 1972Victory over next World champion.
Hillar Karner vs Mikhail Tal Tallinn 1983Another victory over World ex-champion.
References
External links
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player profile at OlimpBase.org (Soviet Team Chess Championship)
player profile at OlimpBase.org (Soviet Team Chess Cup)
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1935 births
2017 deaths
Sportspeople from Tallinn
Estonian chess players
Soviet chess players
Chess International Masters
Burials at Pärnamäe Cemetery