Tarvo Seeman
{{Short description|Estonian chess player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
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| image =Tarvo Seeman.jpg
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| country = Soviet Union
Estonia
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|9|17|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Vändra, Estonia
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| title = International Master (1998)
| peakrating = [https://www.olimpbase.org/Elo/player/Seeman,%20Tarvo.html 2475] (July 1998)
| FideID = 4500547
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Tarvo Seeman (born 17 September 1969) is an Estonian chess player who twice won the Estonian Chess Championship. He received the FIDE title of International Master (IM) in 1998. He was born in Vändra.
Chess career
The first big success – 2nd place in the Estonian Junior Chess Championship in 1986. In the Estonian Chess Championships won two gold medals (1998, 2006) and three bronze medals (2001, 2009, 2014).[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=18 January 2012}} Three-time champion of Estonia in rapid chess (2000, 2002, 2009).[http://www.spordiinfo.ee/esbl/biograafia/Tarvo_Seeman SEEMAN, TARVO]
Tarvo Seeman played for Estonia in Chess Olympiads:{{cite web|author=Wojciech Bartelski |url=http://www.olimpbase.org/players/dvfzlpxd.html |title=Men's Chess Olympiads :: Tarvo Seeman |publisher=OlimpBase |date= |accessdate=9 December 2013}}
- In 1998, at reserve board in the 33rd Chess Olympiad in Elista (+2, =2, −4);
- In 2004, at second reserve board in the 36th Chess Olympiad in Calvia (+2, =3, −3);
- In 2006, at reserve board in the 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin (+3, =2, −2);
- In 2010, at reserve board in the 39th Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk (+1, =2, −1);
- In 2014, at second board in the 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromsø (+9, =1, −1);
- In 2016, at third board in the 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku (+3, =2, −3).
Tarvo Seeman played for Estonia in European Team Chess Championship:{{cite web|author=Wojciech Bartelski |url=http://www.olimpbase.org/playerse/dvfzlpxd.html |title=European Men's Team Chess Championship :: Tarvo Seeman |publisher=OlimpBase |date= |accessdate=9 December 2013}}
- In 2003, at third board in Plovdiv (+1, =2, −4);
- In 2004, at fourth board in Gothenburg (+2, =4, −3).
References
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External links
- {{FIDE}}
- {{Chessgames player|38329}}
- {{365Chess.com player|Tarvo_Seeman}}
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Category:Estonian chess players
Category:Chess Olympiad competitors
Category:Chess International Masters
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