Estonian Chess Championship
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Iivo Nei won eight Estonian Chess Championship titles.
Kaido Külaots is the current chess player with ten titles.
The Estonian Chess Championship is played to determine the Estonian champion in chess.
The first unofficial championship in Estonia was held in 1903 and was organized by a chess club from Tallinn (then Reval, Russian Empire). After World War I, Estonia became independent. In 1923, the first official Estonian championship was held in Tallinn and has since been organized on an annual basis. In 1945, the first women's championship was held.
Unofficial Championships
[edit]Year City Champion 1903 Reval W. Sohn 1904 Reval Bernhard Gregory 1905 Reval Aaron Feinstein 1906 Reval Abels 1909 Reval Khmelevsky 1910 Reval Aaron Feinstein
Official Championships
[edit]- ^ Latvian Edvīns Ķeņģis won the championship, Külaots was the highest ranking Estonian player.
Multiple Champions
[edit]Men's Champions
[edit]# Men's Champions Titles Years 1 Kaido Külaots 10 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2020, 2023 2 Iivo Nei 8 1951, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1971, 1974 3 Hillar Kärner 7 1970, 1975, 1977, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987 4 Gunnar Uusi 6 1958, 1959, 1963, 1966, 1979, 1980 Olav Sepp 6 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 6 Paul Keres 5 1935, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1953 7 Jüri Randviir 4 1947, 1949, 1950, 1954 Ottomar Ladva 4 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018 9 Johannes Türn 3 1925, 1941, 1944 Aleksander Arulaid 3 1948, 1955, 1964 Rein Etruk 3 1965, 1969, 1973 Meelis Kanep 3 2004, 2005, 2007 Aleksandr Volodin 3 2019, 2021, 2022 13 Ilmar Raud 2 1934, 1939 Paul Felix Schmidt 2 1936, 1937 Raul Renter 2 1946, 1949 Andres Vooremaa 2 1972, 1973 Tarvo Seeman 2 1998, 2006
Women's Champions
[edit]# Women's Champions Titles Years 1 Salme Rootare 15 1945, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 2 Maaja Ranniku 10 1961, 1963, 1967, 1973, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1991 Tatjana Fomina 10 1977, 1978, 1983, 1989, 1992, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2012, 2013 4 Monika Tsõganova 9 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008 5 Leili Pärnpuu 5 1975, 1979, 1980, 1986, 1990 6 Mai Narva 4 2014, 2016, 2017, 2020 7 Urve Kure 3 1953, 1958, 1965 Mari Kinsigo 3 1968, 1974, 1976 Anastassia Sinitsina 3 2021, 2022, 2023 8 Margareth Olde 2 2015, 2018 Marie Orav 2 1952, 1959 Tuulikki Laesson 2 1993, 1996 Valeriya Gansvind 2 2006, 2009
References
[edit]- Hartston, William R. (1977), "Estonia", in Golombek, Harry (ed.), Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess, Crown Publishing, p. 109, ISBN 0-517-53146-1 (establishment and results from 1905 through 1910)
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120118064310/http://vabaettur.ee/main/results/meistrid.htm
- https://web.archive.org/web/20070611070649/http://www.maleliit.ee/modules.php?print=1&name=Arhiiv&a=23&klass=1&id=1
- Paul Keres
- RUSBASE (part V) 1919-1937,1991-1994
- RUSBASE (part IV) 1938-1960
- RUSBASE (part III), 1961-1969,1985-1990
- RUSBASE (part II) 1970-1984
- Crowther, Mark (3 September 2001), THE WEEK IN CHESS 356: Estonian Championships 2001, London Chess Center
- Crowther, Mark (3 April 2006), THE WEEK IN CHESS 595: Estonian Championships 2006, London Chess Center
- Crowther, Mark (29 January 2007), THE WEEK IN CHESS 638: Estonian Championships 2007, London Chess Center