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Paul Keres
Paul Keres was an Estonian chess grandmaster and chess writer. He was among the world's top players from the mid-1930s to the mid-1960s, and narrowly missed a chance at a World Chess Championship match on five occasions. As Estonia was repeatedly invaded and occupied during World War II, Keres was forced by the circumstances to represent the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany (1941–1944) in internation…
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culture · Estonian chess grandmaster (1916–1975) · chess player · chess composer · non-fiction writer · sportsperson · journalist · athlete · also Paul Keres, Keres
Born 7 January 1916 · Died 5 June 1975 · Q207727
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2023· 1 entry
The Guardian: Pride of Estonia: Paul Keres, one of the best to never hold chess world crown
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2000· 1 entry
Keres was elected the Estonian Sportsman of the Century
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1976· 1 entry
After Keres' death, it has been called the Paul Keres Memorial Tournament
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1975· 1 entry
Died 1975-06-05.
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1970· 1 entry
Keres's 3:1 win over Ivkov on the tenth board gave victory to the Soviet team in the match vs Rest of the World
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1965· 1 entry
Awarded Merited Sportsperson of Estonian SSR (1965).
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1959· 1 entry
Awarded Estonian Athlete of the Year (1959).
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1952· 1 entry
When the Soviets entered the event for the first time; Keres was the only Soviet team member with Olympiad experience (from his previous appearances for Estonia), and world champion Mikhail Botvinnik was not on the Sovie
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1951· 1 entry
Triumphed again at Moscow, URS-ch19, with 12/17 (+9−2=6), against a super-class field which included Efim Geller, Petrosian, Smyslov, Botvinnik, Yuri Averbakh, David Bronstein, Mark Taimanov, Lev Aronin, Salo Flohr, I
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1950· 1 entry
Won at Moscow, URS-ch18, with 11½/17 (+8−2=7) against a field which was only slightly weaker than in 1947
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1947· 1 entry
Won at Leningrad, URS-ch15, with 14/19 (+10−1=8); the field included every top Soviet player except Botvinnik
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1946· 1 entry
In the Soviet radio match against Great Britain, and continued his excellent playing form that year and the next year
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1943· 1 entry
Studied at University of Tartu (1937–1943).
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1941· 2 entries
With the top six finishers from the 1940 championship meeting each other four times; it was split between Leningrad and Moscow
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Keres graduated from the University of Tartu and the same year, married fellow student Maria Riives
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1938· 1 entry
Tied with Fine for first, with 8½/14, in the all-star AVRO tournament, held in various cities in the Netherlands, ahead of chess legends Mikhail Botvinnik, Max Euwe, Reshevsky, Alekhine, Capablanca and Flohr
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1937· 1 entry
And this also played a role in the failure to set up a match
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1936· 1 entry
By drawing a challenge match against Paul Felix Schmidt with (+3−3=1)
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1935· 1 entry
Won the Internationaler Fernschachbund (IFSB) international correspondence chess championship
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1916· 2 entries
Born 1916-01-07.
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In Joaoru, a village in the Governorate of Estonia of the Russian Empire then situated just outside the city limits (now administratively part) of Narva, to parents Peeter and Marie Keres (née Lämmergas)
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