Kalju Pitksaar

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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

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

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In 1947, at age 16 Kalju Pitksaar the first time participated in the Estonian Chess Championships.[1] In Estonian Chess Championships he has won gold (1957) and 2 silver (1951, 1958) medals.[2] In 1950 he was second in traditional National Tournament in Pärnu.[3] In 1952 Kalju Pitksaar won Baltic Chess Championship.[4] In 1952 Soviet Chess Championships quarterfinal in Krasnodar he shared 2nd - 3rd place.[5] In 1958 Kalju Pitksaar played for Estonia in Soviet Team Chess Championship in Vilnius, where his team finished at high fourth place.[6]

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

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