Aleksander Arulaid

Aleksander Arulaid (24 May 1924, Tallinn – 9 July 1995, Tallinn) was an Estonian chess player. He was a three-time winner of the Estonian Chess Championship.[1]

Aleksander Arulaid
Country Estonia
 Soviet Union
 Estonia
Born(1924-05-24)24 May 1924
Tallinn, Estonia
Died9 July 1995(1995-07-09) (aged 71)
Tallinn, Estonia

Biography

In 1941 Arulaid graduated from secondary school in Tallinn and in 1951 he graduated from Tallinn Polytechnical Institute in electrical machinery and apparatus specialty. From 1952 to 1984 he worked as an engineer in industrial projects.[2] In 1944/45 Aleksander Arulaid ranked third in the Estonian and Latvian strongest players tournament in Riga after Paul Keres and Alexander Koblencs.[3] After World War II he was one of the leading chess players in Estonia. In 1945 Arulaid won a tournament in Tallinn.[4] In 1948 he was second place in Baku tournament.[5] In Estonian Chess Championships he has won 3 gold (1948, 1955, 1964), 3 silver (1943, 1946, 1950) and 3 bronze (1944, 1959, 1960) medals.[6] Arulaid was the winner of Tallinn Chess Championships in 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1960, 1968. In 1954 and 1967 he won the traditional National Tournament in Pärnu.[7] He played in Soviet Chess Championships semifinals three times (1949, 1955, 1964) and played for Estonia in the Soviet Team Chess Championships five times (1953, 1955, 1959, 1960, 1967).

References
  1. "ESBL: Aleksander Arulaid". www.esbl.ee. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  2. ARULAID, ALEKSANDER
  3. Tournament of Latvia and Estonia - Riga 25.12.1944-10.1.1945
  4. Tournament of 1 Category - Tallinn 1945
  5. Tournament of candidates to masters - Baku 1948
  6. Eesti meistrid 1923—2005 Archived 2012-01-18 at the Wayback Machine
  7. National Tournament - Parnu 1967
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.