Estonian Chess Championship
Iivo Nei won eight Estonian Chess Championship 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
Official Championships
^ Latvian
Edvīns Ķeņģis won the championship, Külaots was the highest ranking Estonian player.
Multiple Champions
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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
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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
Hartston, William R. (1977), "Estonia", in Golombek, Harry (ed.), Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess , Crown Publishing, p. 109, ISBN 0-517-53146-1 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 Crowther, Mark (3 April 2006), THE WEEK IN CHESS 595: Estonian Championships 2006 Crowther, Mark (29 January 2007), THE WEEK IN CHESS 638: Estonian Championships 2007
External links
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