Mai Narva (born October 22, 1999)[1] is an Estonian chess player holding the titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster.
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 Narva in 2023 | |
| Country |  Estonia |
| Born | October 22, 1999 Tallinn, Estonia |
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| FIDE rating | 2413 (December 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2421 (August 2024) |
Biography
editMai Narva was born in a chess player's family. She is Estonian chess master Boris Rõtov's and Lady International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster Merike Rõtova's granddaughter. Her father, Jaan Narva, is a FIDE Master,[2] and her mother, Regina Narva, and sister, Triin Narva, both hold the Woman FIDE Master title.[3]
Mai Narva won the Estonian Women's Chess Championship four times: 2014, 2016 (after play-off),[4] 2017[5] and 2020.[6] She also won silver medal in 2013 Estonian Women's Chess Championship and shared second place in 2015 Estonian Open Chess Championship.[7] In 2014 Mai Narva won 24th European Youth Chess Championship U16 (girls) in Batumi.[8] In 2015, she was a member of Estonian U18 national team that won the 15th European U18 Team Chess Championship (girls) in Karpacz.[9]
In 2024, she won silver medal in Estonian Men's Chess Championship.[10]
Mai Narva played for Estonia in Chess Olympiads:[11]
- In 2014, at first board in the 41st Chess Olympiad (women) in Tromsø (+6 −4 =1);
- In 2016, at first board in the 42nd Chess Olympiad (women) in Baku (+3 -5 =2);[12]
- In 2018, at first board in the 43rd Chess Olympiad (women) in Batumi (+6, =3, -1);[13]
- In 2022, at first board in the 44th Chess Olympiad (women) in Chennai (+4, =2, -3);[14]
- In 2024, at first board in the 45th Chess Olympiad (women) in Budapest (+6, =2, -2).[15]
She studied at Gustav Adolf Grammar School.[16] She is a member of the UMBC chess team.[17]
References
edit- ^ "Mai Narva chess games and profile - Chess-DB.com". chess-db.com.
- ^ "Narva, Jaan FIDE Chess Profile - Players Arbiters Trainers". ratings.fide.com.
- ^ "Narva, Triin FIDE Chess Profile - Players Arbiters Trainers". ratings.fide.com.
- ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Estonian Women Chess Championship 2016 Play-off tournament". chess-results.com.
- ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Estonian Women Chess Championship 2017 and Estonian U-20 Girls Championship 2017". chess-results.com.
- ^ Eesti naiste meistrivõistlused males 2020
- ^ "Tulemused". www.sport24.ee.
- ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 24th EUROPEAN YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2014". chess-results.com.
- ^ "OlimpBase :: 15th European U18 Team Chess Championship (girls), Karpacz 2015, Estonia". www.olimpbase.org.
- ^ Estonian Chess Championship 2024
- ^ "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Mai Narva". www.olimpbase.org.
- ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Women". chess-results.com.
- ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Women". chess-results.com.
- ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 44th Olympiad Chennai 2022 Women". chess-results.com.
- ^ 45th Chess Olympiad Budapest 2024 Women
- ^ "Mai Narva on Eesti meister males". Archived from the original on 2016-02-04. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
- ^ "WIM, Mai Narva - UMBC Chess Program - UMBC". chess.umbc.edu.
External links
edit- Mai Narva rating card at FIDE
- Mai Narva player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Mai Narva chess games at 365Chess.com
