Olita Rause (born November 21, 1962) is a Latvian chess player who holds the FIDE titles of Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 1993) and International Master (IM, 1995). She also holds the ICCF title of Correspondence Grandmaster (GM, 1998).
| Olita Rause | |
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| Country | Soviet Union Latvia |
| Born | (1962-11-21) November 21, 1962 (age 59) Soviet Union |
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| FIDE rating | 2192 (June 2019) |
| Peak rating | 2360 (July 1994) |
| ICCF rating | 2684 (October 2005) |
| ICCF peak rating | 2721 (October 2002) |
Rause won the silver medal in Latvian Chess Championship for women three times: 1981 (tournament won by Astra Goldmane), 1984 (tournament won by Anda Šafranska), 1994 (after she lost additional match against Anda Šafranska - 1½:2½). In 1986, Rause played for Latvia in Soviet Women's Team Chess Championship in Minsk at second board.[1]
Rause played for Latvia in Chess Olympiads:[2]
Rause is one of strongest world's correspondence chess players. She won the ICCF World Cup VI tournament.[3]
Rause graduated from the University of Latvia with a Master of Philology degree. From December 2001 to February 2017 she worked as the editor in chief for Janis Roze Publishers in Riga. Rause was married to Igors Rausis.