Raul Renter
| Raul Renter | |
|---|---|
| Country |  Estonia  Soviet Union Estonia |
| Born | 1 August 1920 Tallinn, Estonia |
| Died | 20 November 1992 (aged 72) Tallinn, Estonia |
Raul Renter (1 August 1920 – 20 November 1992) was an Estonian economist and chess player, who twice won the Estonian Chess Championship.
Biography
[edit]In 1938 graduated from Tallinn French Lyceum. In 1948 graduated from Faculty of Economics in Tallinn Polytechnical Institute. In 1964 Renter defended Candidate of Economic Sciences degree, and in 1975 he presented his doctoral dissertation in Economics. The main subject of his research was economic forecasting. From 1957 to 1965 worked as deputy chief of the Department of Economics at the Council of Ministers of the Estonian SSR. From 1965 to 1978 he was director of the laboratory in the Estonian Academy of Sciences Institute of Economics. From 1978 to 1992 he was head of the Department in Institute of Economic Management.[1]
Since the late 1930s, Raul Renter was a participant of the chess competition in Estonia. In Estonian Chess Championships he has won 2 gold (1946, 1949), silver (1945) and 3 bronze (1943, 1947, 1952) medals.[2] In 1950 he won the traditional National Tournament in Pärnu.[3] In 1955 he was a co-author of the chess textbook in the Estonian language - «Maleõpik».
References
[edit]- ^ RENTER, RAUL
- ^ Eesti meistrid 1923—2005 Archived 2012-01-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ National Tournament - Parnu 1950
External links
[edit]- Raul Renter player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Raul Renter chess games at 365Chess.com
- Raul Renter player profile at OlimpBase.org (Soviet Team Chess Championship)
