Olita Rause (born November 21, 1962) is a Latvian chess player who holds the FIDE titles of Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 1993) and

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 ...

(IM, 1995). She also holds the ICCF title of Correspondence Grandmaster (GM, 1998).

Chess career

Rause won the silver medal in Latvian Chess Championship for women three times: 1981 (tournament won by Astra Goldmane), 1984 (tournament won by

Anda Šafranska Anda Šafranska (born December 2, 1960, in Riga) is a Latvian-born chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster. Anda Šafranska for many years was one of the best women's chess players in Latvia. She won the Latvian Chess Championship ...

), 1994 (after she lost additional match against

- 1½:2½). In 1986, Rause played for Latvia in Soviet Women's Team Chess Championship in Minsk at second board. Rause played for Latvia in Chess Olympiads: * In 1994, at second board in the

31st Chess Olympiad The 31st Chess Olympiad (russian: 31-я Шахматная олимпиада, ''31-ya Shakhmatnaya olimpiada''), organized by FIDE and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male an ...

in Moscow (+4, -4, =3). Rause is one of strongest world's

correspondence chess Correspondence chess is chess played by various forms of long-distance correspondence, traditionally through the postal system. Today it is usually played through a correspondence chess server, a public internet chess forum, or email. Less common ...

players. She won the

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World Cup VI tournament.

Personal life

Rause graduated from the University of Latvia with a Master of Philology degree. From December 2001 to February 2017 she worked as the editor in chief for Janis Roze Publishers in

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. Rause was married to Igors Rausis.

References

External links

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Olita Rause
player profile at Latvian Correspondence Chess Federation {{DEFAULTSORT:Rause, Olita 1962 births Living people Latvian female chess players Latvian chess players Soviet female chess players Soviet chess players Chess players from Riga University of Latvia alumni Chess Woman Grandmasters Chess International Masters