Viktoria Baškite

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Viktoria Baškite
Country Estonia
Born (1985-08-06) August 6, 1985 (age 38)
Tallinn, Estonia
TitleWoman International Master (2004)
FIDE rating2105 (October 2020)
Peak rating2247 (January 2007)

Viktoria Bashkite[1] (Estonian: Viktoria Baškite,[2] Lithuanian: Viktorija Baškytė, born August 6, 1985, in Tallinn) is an Estonian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM, 2004).

Chess career[edit]

Daughter of Lithuanian father and Russian mother, Baškite is a Tallinn chess school alumni. One of her first trainers was Estonian chess master Iivo Nei. She is a four-time winner of the Estonian Junior Chess Championships from 2000 to 2003. From 1995 to 2003 she participated in the European Junior Chess Championships and the World Junior Chess Championships in different age groups. Her best result is 9th place at the European Junior Chess Championship in the group under 18 years (2002). In 2003 and 2004, she won the Open Sweden Junior Chess Championships. In 2004, she was named the best young chess player in Estonia.

In the Estonian Women's Chess Championship, she has won gold (2000), 2 silver (2001, 2006) and 3 bronze medals (2002, 2003, 2005). In 2001 Baškite won the Estonian Rapid Chess Championship.[3]

Team chess results[edit]

Baškite played for Estonia in several Chess Olympiads:[4]

She played for Estonia in the European Team Chess Championship:[5]

  • In 2007, at fourth board in Heraklion (+4 −1 =3).

Personal life[edit]

In 2003, Baškite graduated from the Russian gymnasium in Lasnamäe. In 2005, she graduated from the Tallinn University of Technology faculty of mechanics with a bachelor's degree and in 2008 she received a master's degree.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Bashkite, Viktoria". FIDE.com. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b "BAŠKITE, VIKTORIA". ESBL.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Eesti meistrid 1923—2005". vabaettur.ee (in Estonian). Archived from the original on January 18, 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Women's Chess Olympiads :: Viktoria Baškite". OlimpBase.org. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  5. ^ "European Women's Team Chess Championship:: Viktoria Baškite". OlimpBase.org. Retrieved 24 January 2014.

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