Ottomar Ladva
{{short description|Estonian chess grandmaster (born 1997)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox chess player
|name = Ottomar Ladva
|image = Ottomar Ladva 2012 (cropped).jpg
|caption = Ladva in 2012
|country = Estonia
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1997|6|17|df=yes}}
|birth_place = Haapsalu, Estonia
|death_date =
|death_place =
|title = Grandmaster (2016)
|peakrating = 2543 (September 2017)
|FideID = 4500024
}}
Ottomar Ladva (born 17 June 1997) is an Estonian chess player and grandmaster.{{cite web|url=http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/9828-list-of-titles-approved-by-the-general-assembly-in-baku-azerbaijan.html|title=List of titles approved by General Assembly in Baku, Azerbaijan|website=FIDE.com}} He is a four-time Estonian Chess Champion (2013, 2015, 2016 and 2018).[http://chess-results.com/tnr173213.aspx?lan=1&art=4&wi=821 Estonian Men Chess Championship 2015]. Chess-Results.com.[http://chess-results.com/tnr205205.aspx?lan=1&art=4&wi=821 Estonian Men Chess Championship 2016]. Chess-Results.com.{{cite web|url=http://chess-results.com/tnr348965.aspx?lan=1&art=4|title=Estonian and U20 championships 2018|first=Heinz|last=Herzog|website=Chess-Results.com}}
He has also achieved success in high-stakes poker tournaments, such as his €439,400 win in the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona.
https://www.pokernews.com/tours/ept/2024-pokerstars-ept-barcelona/|title=
2024 PokerStars EPT Barcelona}}
Chess career
Ladva won the Estonian Junior Chess Championships (U18) in 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.ecuonline.net/com/news/single/598.html|title=Ottomar Ladva, Margareth Olde Win The Estonian U18 Championships|website=Ecuonline.net|date=2014-02-17|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512213636/http://www.ecuonline.net/com/news/single/598.html|archive-date=2014-05-12}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.sport24.ee/index.php?ac=otsinimidet&id=10919&#tulemusedlist |title=Ottomar Ladva |website=Sport24.ee |language=et}} 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.[http://chess-results.com/tnr173099.aspx?lan=1&art=4&wi=821 2015 Riga Round Robin GM norm]. Chess-Results.com.
Ladva represented Estonia in Chess Olympiads:[http://www.olimpbase.org/players/acsags6e.html Men's Chess Olympiads :: Ottomar Ladva]. OlimpBase.org.
- In 2012, at reserve board in the 40th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul (+5, =1, -3)
- In 2014, at first board in the 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromsø (+5, =3, -3)
- In 2016, at second board in the 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku (+4, =5, -2)
References
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External links
- {{FIDE}}
- {{365Chess.com player|Ottomar_Ladva}}
- {{Chessgames player|132526}}
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Category:Estonian chess players
Category:Chess Olympiad competitors