Rein Etruk

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Rein Etruk
Born	(1938-03-22)March 22, 1938 Tallinn, Estonia
Died	September 11, 2012(2012-09-11) (aged 74) Tallinn, Estonia

Rein Etruk (Estonian: Rein-Toomas Etruk; March 22, 1938, Tallinn – September 11, 2012, Tallinn) was a Estonian chess player who three times won the Estonian Chess Championship.

Biography

In 1954 and 1955 Rein Etruk won Estonian Junior chess championship. Rein Etruk played for Estonia in various Soviet Team Chess Championships. He won 1st place at his table in 1958^[1] and 1967^[2] but in 1962 he was the third.^[3] Rein Etruk won 9 medals in Estonian Chess Championship: three gold (1965, 1969, 1973), three silver (1964, 1966, 1970) and three bronze (1962, 1967, 1968).^[4] In 1974 and 1990 he won Estonian Blitz Chess Championship. In 1971 he was 6th in strong Pärnu chess tournament.^[5]

Rein Etruk is a graduate Faculty of Philology of the University of Tartu.^[6]

References

External links

Rein Etruk player profile and games at Chessgames.com
Rein Etruk player profile at 365chess.com
Rein Etruk player profile at olimpbase.org (Soviet Team Chess Championship)
Rein Etruk player profile at olimpbase.org (Soviet Team Cup)

Persondata
Name	Etruk, Rein
Alternative names
Short description	Chess player
Date of birth	March 22, 1938
Place of birth	Tallinn, Estonia
Date of death	September 11, 2012
Place of death	Tallinn, Estonia

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