Margareth Olde (born 15 November 2000) is an Estonian
chess
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player who holds the title of
Woman International Master
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.
Biography
She is the daughter of Estonian chess players Hendrik Olde and Margit Brokko.
In the
Estonian Women's Chess Championship Margareth Olde has won two gold (2015, 2018) and three silver (2016, 2017, 2020) medals. Also she won the Estonian Under-18 Girl's Chess Championship in 2015, and Estonian Under-16 and Under-20 Girl's Chess Championships in 2016. In 2016 Margareth Olde won the Estonian
Rapid Chess Championship. In 2015, she was a member of Estonian U18 national team that won the 15th European U18 Team Chess Championship (girls) in
Karpacz
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. Margareth Olde was named the best young chess player of Estonia in 2015. In August 2021, Margareth Olde was the best among women in the "
Riga Technical University Open
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Margareth Olde played for Estonia in
Chess Olympiad
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s:
* In 2016, at third board in the
42nd Chess Olympiad
The 42nd Chess Olympiad ( az, 42-ci Şahmat Olimpiadası; also known as the Baku Chess Olympiad), organised by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and comprising an openAlthough sometimes referred to as the "men's division", this ...
in
Baku (+4 −3 =3).
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2000 births
Living people
Estonian female chess players
Chess Woman FIDE Masters
Sportspeople from Tallinn
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