| Mai Narva | |
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 Narva in 2023 | |
| Country |  Estonia |
| Born | (1999-10-22) October 22, 1999 (age 25) Tallinn, Estonia |
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| Peak rating | 2421 (August 2024) |
Mai Narva (born October 22, 1999) is an Estonian chess player holding the titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster.
Biography
Mai Narva was born in a chess player's family. She is Estonian chess master Boris Rõtov's and Lady International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster Merike Rõtova's granddaughter. Her father, Jaan Narva, is a FIDE Master, and her mother, Regina Narva, and sister, Triin Narva, both hold the Woman FIDE Master title.
Mai Narva won the Estonian Women's Chess Championship four times: 2014, 2016 (after play-off), 2017 and 2020. She also won silver medal in 2013 Estonian Women's Chess Championship and shared second place in 2015 Estonian Open Chess Championship. In 2014, Mai Narva won 24th European Youth Chess Championship U16 (girls) in Batumi. In 2015, she was a member of Estonian U18 national team that won the 15th European U18 Team Chess Championship (girls) in Karpacz.
In 2024, she won silver medal in Estonian Men's Chess Championship.
Mai Narva played for Estonia in Chess Olympiads:
- In 2014, at first board in the 41st Chess Olympiad (women) in Tromsø (+6 −4 =1);
- In 2016, at first board in the 42nd Chess Olympiad (women) in Baku (+3 -5 =2);
- In 2018, at first board in the 43rd Chess Olympiad (women) in Batumi (+6, =3, -1);
- In 2022, at first board in the 44th Chess Olympiad (women) in Chennai (+4, =2, -3);
- In 2024, at first board in the 45th Chess Olympiad (women) in Budapest (+6, =2, -2).
She studied at Gustav Adolf Grammar School. She is a member of the UMBC chess team.
References
- "Mai Narva chess games and profile - Chess-DB.com". chess-db.com.
- "Narva, Jaan FIDE Chess Profile - Players Arbiters Trainers". ratings.fide.com.
- "Narva, Triin FIDE Chess Profile - Players Arbiters Trainers". ratings.fide.com.
- "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Estonian Women Chess Championship 2016 Play-off tournament". chess-results.com.
- "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Estonian Women Chess Championship 2017 and Estonian U-20 Girls Championship 2017". chess-results.com.
- Eesti naiste meistrivõistlused males 2020
- "Tulemused". www.sport24.ee.
- "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 24th EUROPEAN YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2014". chess-results.com.
- "OlimpBase :: 15th European U18 Team Chess Championship (girls), Karpacz 2015, Estonia". www.olimpbase.org.
- Estonian Chess Championship 2024
- "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Mai Narva". www.olimpbase.org.
- "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Women". chess-results.com.
- "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Women". chess-results.com.
- "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 44th Olympiad Chennai 2022 Women". chess-results.com.
- 45th Chess Olympiad Budapest 2024 Women
- "Mai Narva on Eesti meister males". Archived from the original on 2016-02-04. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
- "WIM, Mai Narva - UMBC Chess Program - UMBC". chess.umbc.edu.
External links
- Mai Narva rating card at FIDE
- Mai Narva player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Mai Narva chess games at 365Chess.com