Mai Narva

Mai Narva (born October 22, 1999)[1] is an Estonian chess player holding the titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster.

Mai Narva
Narva in 2016
Country Estonia
Born (1999-10-22) October 22, 1999
Tallinn, Estonia
Title
FIDE rating2389 (August 2023)
Peak rating2405 (August 2022)

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 FIDE master,[2] her mother is Regina Narva and her sister Triin Narva.[3]

Mai Narva won the Estonian Women's Chess Championship four times: 2014, 2016 (after play-off),[4] 2017[5] and 2020.[6] She also won silver medal in 2013 Estonian Women's Chess Championship and shared second place in 2015 Estonian Open Chess Championship.[7] In 2014 Mai Narva won 24th European Youth Chess Championship U16 (girls) in Batumi.[8] In 2015, she was a member of Estonian U18 national team that won the 15th European U18 Team Chess Championship (girls) in Karpacz.[9]

Mai Narva played for Estonia in Chess Olympiads:[10]

She studied at Gustav Adolf Grammar School.[13] She is a member of the UMBC chess team.[14]

References
  1. "Mai Narva chess games and profile - Chess-DB.com". chess-db.com.
  2. "Narva, Jaan FIDE Chess Profile - Players Arbiters Trainers". ratings.fide.com.
  3. "Narva, Triin FIDE Chess Profile - Players Arbiters Trainers". ratings.fide.com.
  4. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Estonian Women Chess Championship 2016 Play-off tournament". chess-results.com.
  5. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Estonian Women Chess Championship 2017 and Estonian U-20 Girls Championship 2017". chess-results.com.
  6. Eesti naiste meistrivõistlused males 2020
  7. "Tulemused". www.sport24.ee.
  8. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 24th EUROPEAN YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2014". chess-results.com.
  9. "OlimpBase :: 15th European U18 Team Chess Championship (girls), Karpacz 2015, Estonia". www.olimpbase.org.
  10. "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Mai Narva". www.olimpbase.org.
  11. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Women". chess-results.com.
  12. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Women". chess-results.com.
  13. "Mai Narva on Eesti meister males". Archived from the original on 2016-02-04. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
  14. "WIM, Mai Narva - UMBC Chess Program - UMBC". chess.umbc.edu.
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