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Country
  
Soviet UnionEstonia


Name
  
Urve Kure

Born
  
August 2, 1931 (age 93) Tallinn, Estonia (
1931-08-02
)

Urve Kure (born August 2, 1931) is a former Estonian chess player, who won the Estonian Women's Chess Championship three times - 1953, 1958, 1965.

Biography

In 1950 graduated from secondary school in Tallinn. Urve Kure was one of the strongest women chess players in Estonia in the 1950s and 1960s. In Estonian Chess Championships for women she has won 3 gold (1953, 1958, 1965), 3 silver (1957, 1959, 1964) and 3 bronze (1954, 1961, 1966) medals. Urve Kure three times played for Estonia in Soviet Team Chess Championships (1958, 1960, 1962) and two times played for Estonian team Kalev in Soviet Team Chess Cup (1966, 1968). All her life worked in the rubber production factory Tegur and other factory Teras.

References

Urve Kure Wikipedia


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