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Paul Keres
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Paul Keres was a male chess player, chess composer, non-fiction writer, and journalist born in Narva on January 7, 1916. He was educated at the University of Tartu and held citizenship in Estonia, the Soviet Union, and Germany. Keres competed for Estonia, the Soviet Union, and Germany in chess, participating in the 6th, 7th, 8th, and 10th Chess Olympiads. He held the titles of Grandmaster and International Judge of Chess Compositions and received the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR, Estonian Athlete of the Year, and Order of the Red Banner of Labour.
He authored 24 works, including *How to Open a Chess Game*, *The 14 games played in the match between Paul Keres and Max Euwe (Holland, 1939/40) with notes from various sources*, *Keres' best games of chess, 1931-1948*, *Art of the Middle Game*, and *Maleaabits*. Keres spoke Russian and Estonian. He died of a myocardial infarction, a natural cause, in Helsinki on June 5, 1975. He is buried at Metsakalmistu and had a sibling named Harald Keres.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1916
- Died
- 1975
- Works
- 24
Top works
- How to Open a Chess Game
- The 14 games played in the match between Paul Keres and Max Euwe (Holland, 1939/40) with notes from various sources
- Keres' best games of chess, 1931-1948
- Art of the Middle Game
- Maleaabits
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Paul
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Narva
- Place of death
- Helsinki
- Sibling
- Harald Keres
- Educated at
- University of Tartu
- Languages spoken
- Estonian
- Participant in
- 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad
- Sport
- chess
- Country for sport
- Germany
- Image
- Paul Keres.jpg
Show 9 more facts
- place of burial
- Metsakalmistu
- Commons category
- Paul Keres
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of birth
- 1916-01-07
- date of death
- 1975-06-05
- manner of death
- natural causes
- title of chess person
- International Judge of Chess Compositions
- name in native language
- Paul Keres
- Elo rating
- 2565
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Encyclopedic overview
Paul Keres (7 January 1916 – 5 June 1975) was an Estonian chess grandmaster and chess writer. He was among the world's top players from the mid-1930s to the mid-1960s, and narrowly missed a chance at a World Chess Championship match on five occasions. As Estonia was repeatedly invaded and occupied during World War II, Keres was forced by the circumstances to represent the Soviet Union (1940–41, 1944–75) and Nazi Germany (1941–44) in international tournaments.
Keres won the AVRO 1938 chess tournament, which led to negotiations for a title match against the reigning World Champion Alexander Alekhine, but the match never took place due to the outbreak of World War II in 1939. Keres was runner-up in the Candidates Tournament on four consecutive occasions in 1953–1962. Due to these and other strong results, many chess historians consider Keres one of the greatest "Super grandmasters" in history, and, along with Viktor Korchnoi, the strongest player never to become world champion.
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