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Kalju Pitksaar (18 May 1931, Tallinn – 26 September 1995, Tallinn) was an Estonian chess player, who won the Estonian Chess Championship.

Kalju Pitksaar
Country	Estonia  Soviet Union  Estonia
Born	(1931-05-18)May 18, 1931 Tallinn, Estonia
Died	September 26, 1995(1995-09-26) (aged 64) Tallinn, Estonia

Biography

Pitksaar first participated in the Estonian Chess Championships in 1947, at the age of 16.[1] In the Estonian Chess Championships, he has won gold (1957) and two silver (1951, 1958) medals.[2]

In 1950, he was second in the traditional National Tournament in Pärnu.[3] In 1952, Pitksaar won th Baltic Chess Championship.[4] In 1952, in the Soviet Chess Championships quarterfinal in Krasnodar, he shared 2nd - 3rd place.[5] In 1958, Pitksaar played for Estonia in the Soviet Team Chess Championship in Vilnius, where his team finished in fourth place.[6]

In the same year, Pitksaar's chess career was suddenly interrupted - he was disqualified with formulation to "improve his behavior". For more than 20 years, he did not participate in a chess tournaments. In 1981, he returned and won the Tallinn Chess Championship. His last chess tournament was the Correspondence Chess Olympiad semifinal (1992-1996).[7]

References

External links

• Kalju Pitksaar player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Kalju Pitksaar player profile at olimpbase.org (Soviet Team Chess Championship)

На других языках

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- [en] Kalju Pitksaar

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[ru] Питксаар, Калью

Ка́лью Пи́тксаар (эст. Kalju Pitksaar, 18 мая 1931, Таллин — 26 сентября 1995, Таллин) — эстонский шахматист, чемпион Эстонии по шахматам (1957). Международный мастер ИКЧФ (1996).

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