Ortvin Sarapu

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Ortvin Sarapu (originally Ortvin Sarapuu , born January 22, 1924 in Narva , † April 13, 1999 in Auckland ) was a New Zealand chess player of Estonian origin.

Life

He learned to play chess when he was eight. His role model was Paul Keres, also from Narva . In 1940 Sarapu won the Estonian Junior Championship in Pärnu . In 1943 he managed to escape from his occupied homeland to Finland. He was later interned in Sweden until the end of the war. He then came to Denmark and made a name for himself as a chess player. He was then invited to an international tournament in Oldenburg in 1949 . There he finished 5th, but won against the tournament winner Efim Bogoljubow . At this tournament he met the New Zealand champion Robert Graham Wade , who helped him to get a visa through a letter of recommendation.

From 1950 Sarapu lived with his wife Barbara, nee Bialonczyk, in New Zealand and won the national championship for the first time in 1952. In the same year he played a match against Cecil Purdy in Auckland , which ended 4: 4 in 2 draws. In 1957, Sarapu also won the Australian Championship .

In 1966 he received the title of International Master from the World Chess Federation FIDE and qualified for the interzonal tournament in Sousse in 1967, in which, however, he landed penultimate place with only 4 points from 22 rounds.

In the course of his chess career he was national champion 20 times, which is a world record. He took part with New Zealand in the 1970 , 1972 , 1974 , 1978 , 1980 , 1982 , 1984 , 1986 , 1988 and 1992 Chess Olympiads and the 1977 Asian Team Championship.

Sarapu's best Elo rating was 2360 in July 1990, and before the Elo was introduced, he had his best historical rating of 2577 in September 1950.

literature

  • Ortvin Sarapu: "Mr. Chess". The Ortvin Sarapu story . New Zealand Chess Supplies, Wainuiomata 1993. ISBN 0-473-01607-9 .
  • Ortvin Sarapu: Chess Championships. 25 years of New Zealand Chess Championships 1952-1977 . Auckland 1977

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ortvin Sarapus results at Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
  2. ↑ Ortvin Sarapus results at Asian team championships on olimpbase.org (English)
personal data
SURNAME Sarapu, Ortvin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sarapuu, Ortvin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION New Zealand chess player of Estonian origin
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Narva
DATE OF DEATH April 13, 1999
Place of death Auckland