Triin Narva (born November 12, 1994) is an Estonian
chess
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player who holds the
title
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of
Woman FIDE Master
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(2016).
Biography
Narva was born into a chess playing family. She is the granddaughter of Estonian chess champion
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 ...
and Woman
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 c ...
. Her father Jaan Narva is
FIDE master
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, while both her mother
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 Estonia ...
and her sister
Mai Narva
Mai Narva (born October 22, 1999) is an Estonian chess player holding the titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster.
Biography
Mai Narva was born in a chess player's family. She is Estonian chess master Boris Rõtov's and Lady Inter ...
have won the
Estonian Women's Chess Championship.
Chess career
From 2004 to 2011, Narva won twelve Estonian Junior Chess Championships in different age groups (U10, U12, U14, U16, U18). From 2003 to 2012 she participated in the
European Junior Chess Championship The first chess youth championship in Europe was the yearly European Junior Championship for under age 20. It was played from 1971–2002. FIDE officially introduced the European Junior Championship in 1970 at their Annual Congress and so the 19 ...
s and the
World Junior Chess Championship
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The idea was the brainchild of William Ritso ...
s in different age groups. Her best result was a 3rd place at the European Junior Chess Blitz Championship in the group under 18 years (2012). She has won 3 silver (2010, 2011, 2012) and 4 bronze medals (2009, 2014, 2020, 2021) in the Estonian Women's Championship. Narva also won the Estonian
Rapid
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and Blitz Chess Championships in 2010.
Narva played for Estonia in four
Chess Olympiad
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s:
* 2010, on the reserve board in the
39th Chess Olympiad
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in
Khanty-Mansiysk
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(+5 −2 =0);
* 2012, on the third board in the
40th Chess Olympiad
The 40th Chess Olympiad ( tr, 40. Satranç Olimpiyatı), organised by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place in Istan ...
in
Istanbul
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(+3 −3 =3);
* 2014, on the third board in the
41st Chess Olympiad
The 41st Chess Olympiad ( no, Den 41. Sjakkolympiade), organised by the FIDE, Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took pla ...
in
Tromsø
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Tromsø lies ...
(+4 −3 =4);
* 2016, on the fourth 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
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(+7 −0 =2).
Private life
Narva graduated from the
in 2013.
References
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1994 births
Living people
Estonian female chess players
Chess Woman FIDE Masters
Estonian people of Russian descent
Sportspeople from Tallinn