Olita Rause

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Olita Rause
Country Soviet Union
Latvia
Born (1962-11-21) November 21, 1962 (age 61)
Soviet Union
Title
FIDE   rating 2192 (June 2019)
Peak rating 2360 (July 1994)
ICCF   rating 2684 (October 2005)
ICCF   peak rating 2721 (October 2002)

Olita Rause (born November 21, 1962) is a Latvian chess player who holds the FIDE titles of Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 1993) and International Master (IM, 1995). She also holds the ICCF title of Correspondence Grandmaster (GM, 1998).

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Chess career

Rause won the silver medal in Latvian Chess Championship for women three times: 1981 (tournament won by Astra Goldmane), 1984 (tournament won by Anda Šafranska), 1994 (after she lost additional match against Anda Šafranska - 1½:2½). In 1986, Rause played for Latvia in Soviet Women's Team Chess Championship in Minsk at second board. [1]

Rause played for Latvia in Chess Olympiads: [2]

Rause is one of strongest world's correspondence chess players. She won the ICCF World Cup VI tournament. [3]

Personal life

Rause graduated from the University of Latvia with a Master of Philology degree. From December 2001 to February 2017 she worked as the editor in chief for Janis Roze Publishers in Riga. Rause was married to Igors Rausis.

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References

  1. Wojciech Bartelski. "Soviet Women's Team Chess Championship :: Olita Rause". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2011-12-24.
  2. Wojciech Bartelski. "Women's Chess Olympiads :: Olita Rause". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2011-12-24.
  3. "Wcup-06 Final". Tables.iccf.com. Retrieved 2011-12-24.