| Andres Vooremaa | |
|---|---|
| Country |  Soviet Union  Estonia |
| Born | July 19, 1944 Rae Parish, Estonia |
| Died | December 12, 2022 (aged 78) |
| Title | Soviet Master |
| Peak rating | 2415 (July 1971) |
| Peak ranking | No. 235 (July 1971) |
Andres Vooremaa (born 19 July 1944 - 12 December 2022) was an Estonian chess player, who twice won the Estonian Chess Championship. He was awarded the Soviet Master title in 1969.
Vooremaa was born in Rae Parish. In 1968 he graduated from Tallinn Polytechnical Institute with a degree in industrial electronics. [1] From 1971 to 1994 he worked as an engineer. In 1961 Andres Vooremaa won the Estonian Junior Chess Championship. He won the Tallinn Chess Championship in 1962, 1964 and 1970. In 1969 became a Soviet Master. In 1970 Vooremaa won the Baltic Chess Championship in Pärnu. [2] He twice won the Estonian Chess Championship in 1972 and 1973, finished second three times (1971, 1974, 1985) and finished third once in 1980. [3] He has played for Estonia five times in the Soviet Team Chess Championships (1963, 1972, 1975, 1979, 1981), and twice played for the Estonian team "Kalev" in the Soviet Team Chess Cup (1968, 1980). He also won the Estonian correspondence chess championship in 1968, and the Estonian blitz chess championship in 1972. He was the coach of Tatyana Fomina from 1981 to 1988. [1]
Paul Keres was an Estonian chess grandmaster and chess writer. He was among the world's top players from the mid-1930s to the mid-1960s, and narrowly missed a chance at a World Chess Championship match on five occasions. As Estonia was repeatedly invaded and occupied during World War II, Keres was forced by the circumstances to represent the former Soviet Union and Nazi Germany (1941–44) in international tournaments.
Lubomir (Lubosh) Kavalek was a Czech-American chess player. He was awarded both the International Master and International Grandmaster titles by FIDE in 1965. He won two Czechoslovak and three U.S. championships, and was ranked as the world's No. 10 player in 1974. He was inducted into the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame in 2001. Kavalek was also a chess coach, organizer, teacher, commentator, author and award-winning columnist.
Iivo Nei is an Estonian chess master.
Gunnar Uusi was an Estonian chess player who won the Estonian Chess Championship six times.
Rein-Toomas Etruk was an Estonian chess player who three times won the Estonian Chess Championship.
Boris Rõtov was a Russian-Estonian chess player who won the Estonian Chess Championship (1978).
Urve Kure was a former Estonian chess player, who won the Estonian Women's Chess Championship three times - 1953, 1958, 1965.
Jüri Randviir was an Estonian chess player and journalist, who four times won the Estonian Chess Championship.
Aleksander Arulaid was an Estonian chess player. He was a three-time winner of the Estonian Chess Championship.
Kalju Pitksaar was an Estonian chess player, who won the Estonian Chess Championship.
Helmuth Luik was an Estonian chess player, who won the Estonian Chess Championship.
Aarne Hermlin was an Estonian chess player who won the Estonian Chess Championship. He was awarded the title of International Correspondence Chess Master in 1986 and of FIDE Master in 1992.
Hillar Kärner was an Estonian chess player who won the Estonian Chess Championship seven times. He received the FIDE title of International Master (IM) in 1980.
Valter Heuer was an Estonian writer and chess player, who won the Estonian Chess Championship. He was awarded the Soviet Master title in 1960.
Aleksander Veingold is an Estonian chess player, who won the Estonian Chess Championship. He was awarded the Soviet Master title in 1975 and International Master title in 1983.
August Eller was an Estonian chess player, who won the Estonian Chess Championship.
Heinz Schaufelberger was a Swiss chess FIDE Master who won the Swiss Chess Championship twice.
Orestes Rodríguez Vargas is a Peruvian Grandmaster (GM) (1978), who representing Spain since 1982, five-times Peruvian Chess Championship winner, Chess Olympiad individual silver medal winner (1978), Pan American Chess Championship medalist (1970).
Gerald Bonner is a Scottish chess player, three-times Scottish Chess Championship winner.
Leonid Maslov is a Lithuanian and Uzbekistani chess player who three times won Lithuanian Chess Championships and Uzbekistani Chess Championships.
