Ilga Kļaviņa (born March 9, 1941,
Riga
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,
Latvia
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as Ilga Dzenīte) is a
Latvian chess
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player.
Chess career
At the age of 16, in 1957, Ilga Kļaviņa won the
Riga
Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Ba ...
Chess Championship for women. She played for Latvia in 5th Soviet Team Chess Championship in
Vilnius
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at girls board (as Dzenīte) (+1 -3 =4)
Her best result in the
Latvian Chess Championship for women was the 2nd place in 1968 after lost additional match to
Sarma Sedleniece - 1,5:3,5. Also she won three bronze medals in the
Latvian Chess Championship for women in 1958, 1970, and 1971.
Also later Ilga Kļaviņa continues to actively participate in chess competitions. In 2008, she won the women's chess championship of
Vidzeme
Vidzeme (; Old Latvian orthography: ''Widda-semme'', liv, Vidūmō) is one of the Historical Latvian Lands. The capital of Latvia, Riga, is situated in the southwestern part of the region. Literally meaning "the Middle Land", it is situated in n ...
but in 2011 she played in the Latvian Team Chess Championship.
Personal life
Ilga Kļaviņa is a graduate of the
Riga Polytechnical Institute
Riga Technical University (RTU) ( lv, Rīgas Tehniskā universitāte) is the oldest technical university in the Baltic countries established on October 14, 1862. It is located in Riga, Latvia and was previously known as 'Riga Polytechnical Instit ...
as an engineer-technologist. She was married with Latvian chess master
Jānis Kļaviņš (1933–2008).
See also
References
External links
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* player profile at chessgames.com
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1941 births
Living people
Latvian female chess players
Soviet female chess players
Riga Technical University alumni