Marie Orav
{{short description|Estonian chess player}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1911|12|23}}
| birth_place = Pikeliai, Telšiai County, Russian Empire
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1994|1|4|1911|12|23}}
| death_place = Tallinn, Estonia
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Marie Orav (23 December 1911 – 4 January 1994) was an Estonian chess player, who twice won the Estonian Women's Chess Championship – 1952, 1959.
Biography
In 1929 Marie Orav graduated from gymnasium in Tartu. Marie Orav was one of the first women chess players in Estonia in the 1930s. In 1937, she won Tallinn Chess Championship for women. In 1938, she was first of the Estonian who participated in international women chess tournament.
In 1945 Marie Orav lost the Estonian Women's Championship title match to Salme Rootare - 6½:7½.
In Estonian Chess Championships for women she has won 2 gold (1952, 1959), 5 silver (1945, 1948, 1954, 1958, 1960) and 3 bronze (1950, 1956, 1957) medals.[http://vabaettur.ee/main/results/meistrid.htm Eesti meistrid 1923—2005] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118064310/http://vabaettur.ee/main/results/meistrid.htm |date=2012-01-18 }} Marie Orav played for Estonia in Soviet Team Chess Championship in 1959. By the end of life participated in the chess tournaments. She worked in the food industry.[http://www.esbl.ee/biograafia/Maria_Orav ORAV, MARIA]
References
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External links
- {{citation
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}} player profile at olimpbase.org (Soviet Team Chess Championship)
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Category:People from Telshevsky Uyezd
Category:Estonian female chess players
Category:Estonian chess players