| Mai Narva | |
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 Narva in 2023 | |
| Country |  Estonia |
| Born | October 22, 1999 Tallinn, Estonia |
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| FIDE rating | 2420 (September 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2405 (August 2022) |
Mai Narva (born October 22, 1999) [1] is an Estonian chess player holding the titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster.
Mai Narva was born in a chess player's family. She is Estonian chess master Boris Rõtov's and Lady International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster Merike Rõtova's granddaughter. Her father, Jaan Narva, is a FIDE Master, [2] and her mother, Regina Narva, and sister, Triin Narva, both hold the Woman FIDE Master title. [3]
Mai Narva won the Estonian Women's Chess Championship four times: 2014, 2016 (after play-off), [4] 2017 [5] and 2020. [6] She also won silver medal in 2013 Estonian Women's Chess Championship and shared second place in 2015 Estonian Open Chess Championship. [7] In 2014 Mai Narva won 24th European Youth Chess Championship U16 (girls) in Batumi. [8] In 2015, she was a member of Estonian U18 national team that won the 15th European U18 Team Chess Championship (girls) in Karpacz. [9]
Mai Narva played for Estonia in Chess Olympiads: [10]
She studied at Gustav Adolf Grammar School. [15] She is a member of the UMBC chess team. [16]
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