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Estonian chess player
Kalju Pitksaar
Country Estonia
 Soviet Union
 Estonia
Born(1931-05-18)May 18, 1931
Tallinn, Estonia
DiedSeptember 26, 1995(1995-09-26) (aged 64)
Tallinn, Estonia

Kalju Pitksaar (18 May 1931, Tallinn – 26 September 1995, Tallinn) was an Estonian chess player, who won the Estonian Chess Championship.

Biography

Pitksaar first participated in the Estonian Chess Championships in 1947, at the age of 16. In the Estonian Chess Championships, he has won gold (1957) and two silver (1951, 1958) medals.

In 1950, he was second in the traditional National Tournament in Pärnu. In 1952, Pitksaar won th Baltic Chess Championship. In 1952, in the Soviet Chess Championships quarterfinal in Krasnodar, he shared 2nd - 3rd place. In 1958, Pitksaar played for Estonia in the Soviet Team Chess Championship in Vilnius, where his team finished in fourth place.

In the same year, Pitksaar's chess career was suddenly interrupted - he was disqualified with formulation to "improve his behavior". For more than 20 years, he did not participate in a chess tournaments. In 1981, he returned and won the Tallinn Chess Championship. His last chess tournament was the Correspondence Chess Olympiad semifinal (1992-1996).

References

  1. Championship of Estonia - 1947
  2. Eesti meistrid 1923—2005 Archived 2012-01-18 at the Wayback Machine
  3. National Tournament - Parnu 1950
  4. National Tournament - Parnu 1952
  5. Quarterfinal of 21 Championship of USSR - Krasnodar July - October 1952
  6. 5th Soviet Team Chess Championship: Vilnius 1958
  7. PITKSAR, KALJU

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