Ingrīda Priedīte ( Bērziņa, born March 13, 1954, in

Rīga 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), Daugava river where ...

) is a Latvian female chess player who holds the

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of Lady Grandmaster (LGM, 1997) and the

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of Woman FIDE Master (WFM, 2014). She is a two-time winner of the

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for women (1973 and 1979). Priedīte started to play chess at the age of 9. She won the Latvian Junior championship in 1970, Riga women championship in 1972, Latvian Student championship in 1974 and 1977, and achieved Master title in 1976. In her later years, Priedīte is also an excellent correspondence chess player. She was second in the 5th Ladies World Championship final (1993–1998). Priedīte graduated from the

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and is an economist by profession. After Latvian restoration of independence in 1991 she was the first General-Secretary of the Latvian Chess Federation.

References

* Žuravļevs, N.; Dulbergs, I.; Kuzmičovs, G. (1980), Latvijas šahistu jaunrade, Rīga, Avots., pp. 94 – 95

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