Benita Vēja
| Benita Vēja | |
|---|---|
| Country | Latvia |
| Born | January 15, 1948 Kuldīga, Latvia |
Benita Vēja (née Vilerte, born January 15, 1948, in Kuldīga) is a Latvian chess master who won the Latvian Chess Championship for women in 1966.
Chess career
[edit]Benita Vēja started playing chess in early childhood and won the Latvian Girl championship in 1961. In 1963, she wonthe Soviet Girl championship.[1] She won the Rīga women's chess championship twice, in 1972 and 1975. She won the Latvian Chess Championship for women in 1966, defeating the leading Latvian women chess leader Astra Klovāne with a score of 2.5:1.5. Vēja was the runner-up in 1963 and 1972, and she earned third prizes in 1964, 1967, and 1969. She represented Latvia in the Soviet team chess championship in 1967 and 1972[2] and played for the team "Daugava" in Soviet team chess cup in 1964, 1966, 1968, and 1971.[3] In the 1967 Soviet team chess championship, she secured second place on the girl's board,[4] and in the 1971 Soviet Team Chess Cup, she achieved third place on the first women's board.[5]
Personal life
[edit]By profession, Benita Vēja is an engineer mathematician. Her brother, Jānis Vilerts (1943–2001) was the director of the Kuldiga Chess School, and her sister, Tamāra Vilerte is a Woman Grandmaster.
References
[edit]- ^ 12 Championship of USSR juniors- Moscow January 1963
- ^ Wojciech Bartelski. "Soviet Team Chess Championship: Benita Vilerte". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
- ^ Wojciech Bartelski. "Soviet Team Chess Cup: Benita Vilerte". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
- ^ "Moscow 1967". Al20102007.narod.ru. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
- ^ "Rostov-on-Don 1971". Al20102007.narod.ru. 1971-10-08. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
- Žuravļevs, N.; Dulbergs, I.; Kuzmičovs, G. (1980), Latvijas šahistu jaunrade, Rīga, Avots., pp. 107 – 108 (in Latvian).
External links
[edit]- Benita Vilerte player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Benita Vilerte chess games at 365Chess.com