| Ottomar Ladva | |
|---|---|
 Ladva in 2012 | |
| Country | Estonia |
| Born | 17 June 1997 Haapsalu, Estonia |
| Title | Grandmaster (2016) |
| FIDE rating | 2513 (October 2022) |
| Peak rating | 2522 (January 2018) |
Ottomar Ladva (born 17 June 1997) is an Estonian chess player and grandmaster. [1] He is a four-time Estonian Chess Champion (2013, 2015, 2016 and 2018). [2] [3] [4]
Ladva won the Estonian Junior Chess Championships (U18) in 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2014. [5] Since 2006 he has participated in the European Junior Chess Championships and in European Union's Junior Chess Championships in different age groups.
In the Estonian Chess Championship, he has won four gold (2013, 2015, 2016, 2018) and one silver (2014) medals. [6] He became the youngest Estonian champion at age 15, when he beat Lembit Oll's (1982) record.
In June 2015, he won a round-robin tournament in Riga finalised to get a Grandmaster norm. [7]
Ladva represented Estonia in Chess Olympiads: [8]
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