Vesma Baltgailis
{{Short description|Canadian chess player (1950–2021)}}
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| country = Canada
| birth_date = {{birth date|1950|3|23|df=y}}
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| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|12|3|1950|3|23|df=y}}
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| title = {{nowrap|Woman International Master (1985)}}
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| rating = [https://web.archive.org/web/20211218205933/https://ratings.fide.com/profile/2601281/chart 2014] (October 2001)
| peakrating = [https://www.olimpbase.org/Elo/player/Baltgailis,%20Vesma.html 2030] (January 1990)
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Vesma Baltgailis ({{langx|lv|Vēsma Baltgailis}}; 23 March 1950 – 3 December 2021){{cite news|url=https://www.fawcettfuneralhomes.com/memorials/vesma-baltgailis/4797168/|title=Vesma Baltgailis|work=Fawcett Funeral Home|access-date=2022-01-31}} was a Canadian chess player of Latvian origin. She earned the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM) in 1985.{{cite web |url=http://www.canadianchess.info/canadianchesshistory/CanadianChessBiographiesB.html#BALTGAILIS |title=Canadian Chess Biographies: Vesma Baltgailis |website=CanadianChess.info |access-date=25 March 2021}}
Biography
From the late 1970s to the early 1990s, Vesma Baltgailis was one of Canada's leading chess players. From 1978 to 2001, she participated in the Canadian Women's Chess Championship nine times. Her best results: shared 2nd–4th place in 1991, and twice shared 3rd–4th place in 1989 and 1995.
Baltgailis played for Canada in the Women's Chess Olympiads:{{cite web |url=http://www.olimpbase.org/playersw/ki6a2e4h.html |title=Women's Chess Olympiads :: Vesma Baltgailis |website=OlimpBase.org |access-date=25 March 2021}}
- In 1978, at third board in the 8th Chess Olympiad (women) in Buenos Aires (+4, =4, -6),
- In 1982, at third board in the 10th Chess Olympiad (women) in Lucerne (+2, =3, -5),
- In 1984, at third board in the 26th Chess Olympiad (women) in Thessaloniki (+4, =0, -6),
- In 1988, at third board in the 28th Chess Olympiad (women) in Thessaloniki (+1, =1, -6),
- In 1990, at second board in the 29th Chess Olympiad (women) in Novi Sad (+1, =0, -8),
- In 1992, at third board in the 30th Chess Olympiad (women) in Manila (+4, =1, -6).
References
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External links
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021033753/https://ratings.fide.com/profile/2601281 |title=Vesma Baltgailis rating card at FIDE |date=21 October 2021}}
- {{Chessgames player|53036}}
- {{365Chess.com player|Vesma_Baltgailis}}
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Category:Canadian female chess players
Category:20th-century Canadian chess players
Category:Canadian chess players
Category:Chess Woman International Masters
Category:Chess Olympiad competitors
Category:Latvian emigrants to Canada
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