Mai Narva (born October 22, 1999) is an

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

n chess player holding the titles of

International Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

and

Woman Grandmaster FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

Biography

Mai Narva was born in a chess player's family. She is Estonian chess master

Boris Rõtov Boris Rõtov ( et, Boriss Rõtov; 20 August 1937 – 10 September 1987) was a Russian-Estonian chess player who won the Estonian Chess Championship (1978). Biography Boris Rõtov was born and raised in Moscow, Russia, where he graduated seco ...

's and Lady

International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster is a correspondence chess title created by FIDE in 1953, second only to that of world correspondence champion. Currently, this title is awarded by the International Correspondence Chess Federation (IC ...

Merike Rõtova Merike Rõtova (née Merike Kuningas; born August 19, 1936), is an Estonian chess player, International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster (LGM, 1996). Biography Rõtova was born in Tallinn. Her father was literary scholar, literary and theatre cr ...

's granddaughter. Her father, Jaan Narva, is

FIDE master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating an ...

, her mother is

Regina Narva Regina Narva (née Rõtova; born 19 May 1970) is an Estonian chess Woman FIDE Master (2007). Biography Narva was born in Tallinn, the daughter of Estonian chess players Boris Rõtov (1937–1987) and Merike Rõtova (1936– ). In the Estonian ...

and her sister

Triin Narva Triin Narva (born November 12, 1994) is an Estonian chess player who holds the title of Woman FIDE Master (2016). Biography Narva was born into a chess playing family. She is the granddaughter of Estonian chess champion Boris Rõtov and Woman In ...

. Mai Narva won the Estonian Women's Chess Championship four times: 2014, 2016 (after play-off), 2017 and 2020. She also won silver medal in 2013 Estonian Women's Chess Championship and shared second place in 2015 Estonian Open Chess Championship. In 2014 Mai Narva won 24th European Youth Chess Championship U16 (girls) in

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. In 2015, she was a member of Estonian U18 national team that won the 15th European U18 Team Chess Championship (girls) in

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. Mai Narva played for Estonia in

Chess Olympiad The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in 2020 and ...

s: * In 2014, at first board in the 41st Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+6 −4 =1); * In 2016, at first board in the 42nd Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+3 -5 =2); * In 2018, at first board in the 43rd Chess Olympiad (women) in

(+6, =3, -1). She studied at

Gustav Adolf Grammar School The Gustav Adolf Grammar School is a secondary school in Tallinn, Estonia.Overview of Gusta ...

. She is a member of the

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chess team.

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