Estonian Chess Championship
The first unofficial Estonian Chess Championship was held in 1903, organized by a chess club formed in Reval (then Russian Empire) in 1903 and named for the famous Russian master Mikhail Chigorin. After the World War I, when Estonia became an independent country, official Estonian championships started. During the World War II, Estonia was annexed by the Soviet Union in June 1940 and existed as the Estonian SSR till June 1941, then became a part of the German-occupied Reichskommissariat Ostland, and reoccupied by the Soviet Union (Estonian SSR) in 1944. Estonia regained independence in 1991 after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Unofficial Championships
Year Location Winner 1903 Reval W. Sohn 1904 Reval Bernhard Gregory 1905 Reval A. Feinstein 1906 Reval Abels 1909 Reval Khmelevsky 1910 Reval A. Feinstein
In 1918 Reval changed its name to Tallinn.
Official Championships
- ↑ Edvins Kengis had the most points, but since he is Latvian, the title went to Külaots.
Multiple champions
# Men's Winner Titles Years 1 Iivo Nei 8 1951-52, 1956, 1960-62, 1971, 1974 2 Kaido Külaots 8 1999, 2001-03, 2008-10, 2014 3 Hillar Kärner 7 1970, 1975, 1977, 1983-85, 1987 4 Gunnar Uusi 6 1958-59, 1963, 1966, 1979-80 5 Olav Sepp 6 1989, 1991-95 6 Paul Keres 5 1935, 1942-43, 1945, 1953 7 Jüri Randviir 4 1947, 1949-50, 1954 8 Johannes Türn 3 1925, 1941, 1944 9 Aleksander Arulaid 3 1948, 1955, 1964 10 Rein Etruk 3 1965, 1969, 1973 11 Meelis Kanep 3 2004-05, 2007 12 Ottomar Ladva 3 2013, 2015-16 13 Ilmar Raud 2 1934, 1939 14 Paul Felix Schmidt 2 1936-37 15 Raul Renter 2 1946, 1949 16 Andres Vooremaa 2 1972-73 17 Tarvo Seeman 2 1998, 2006 # Women's Winner Titles Years 1 Salme Rootare 15 1945, 1948-50, 1954, 1956-57, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1969-72 2 Maaja Ranniku 10 1961, 1963, 1967, 1973, 1981-82, 1984, 1987-88, 1991 3 Tatyana Fomina 10 1977-78, 1983, 1989, 1992, 1998, 2002-03, 2012-13 4 Monika Tsõganova 9 1994-95, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2004-05, 2007-08 5 Leili Pärnpuu 5 1975, 1979-80, 1986, 1990 6 Urve Kure 3 1953, 1958, 1965 7 Mari Kinsigo 3 1968, 1974, 1976 8 Marie Orav 2 1952, 1959 9 Tuulikki Laesson 2 1993, 1996 10 Valeriya Gansvind 2 2006, 2009 11 Mai Narva 2 2014, 2016
References
- Hartston, William R. (1977), "Estonia", in Golombek, Harry, Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess, Crown Publishing, p. 109, ISBN 0-517-53146-1 (establishment and results from 1905 through 1910)
- http://web.archive.org/web/20120118064310/http://vabaettur.ee/main/results/meistrid.htm
- 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
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