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Country
  
Soviet Union Estonia


Name
  
Leili Parnpuu

Leili Pärnpuu Leili Prnpuu lisas Marek Kolk Nagi

Born
  
January 30, 1950 (age 74) Haapsalu, Estonia (
1950-01-30
)

Title
  
Woman International Master

Leili Pärnpuu (born January 30, 1950 in Haapsalu, Estonia) is an Estonian chess player who five times won the Estonian Chess Championship for women. Woman International Master (1990).

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Chess career

In the Estonian Chess Championship Leili Pärnpuu won 5 gold medals (1975, 1979, 1980, 1986, 1990), 10 silver medals (1976-1977, 1984, 1991, 1993-1995, 2002, 2004, 2009) and 6 bronze medals (1978, 1988, 1996, 2000–01, 2008). Three times played for Estonia in Soviet Team chess championship (1981, 1983, 1985).

Leili Pärnpuu played for Estonia in Chess Olympiads:

  • In 1994, at third board in the 31st Chess Olympiad in Moscow (+1, =6, -2);
  • In 1996, at third board in the 32nd Chess Olympiad in Yerevan (+5, =3, -3);
  • In 1998, at first reserve board in the 33rd Chess Olympiad in Elista (+2, =3, -1);
  • In 2000, at third board in the 34th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul (+2, =7, -2);
  • In 2002, at second board in the 35th Chess Olympiad in Bled (+6, =7, -0) - 2nd place;
  • In 2004, at second board in the 36th Chess Olympiad in Calvia (+5, =5, -3);
  • In 2006, at first reserve board in the 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin (+2, =3, -2);
  • In 2008, at fourth board in the 38th Chess Olympiad in Dresden (+1, =2, -3);
  • In 2010, at third board in the 39th Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk (+3, =3, -2).

    • Personal life

    By profession Leili Pärnpuu is an economist. In 1990s she worked in the Police and Border Guard Board of the Republic of Estonia.

    References

    Leili Pärnpuu Wikipedia
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