Urve Kure

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Urve Kure
Country	Soviet Union Estonia
Born	(1931-08-02) August 2, 1931 Tallinn, Estonia

Urve Kure (born August 2, 1931, Tallinn) is a former Estonian chess player, who won the Estonian Women's Chess Championship three times - 1953, 1958, 1965.

Biography

In 1950 graduated from secondary school in Tallinn. Urve Kure was one of the strongest women chess players in Estonia in the 1950s and 1960s. In Estonian Chess Championships for women she has won 3 gold (1953, 1958, 1965), 3 silver (1957, 1959, 1964) and 3 bronze (1954, 1961, 1966) medals.^[1] Urve Kure three times played for Estonia in Soviet Team Chess Championships (1958, 1960, 1962) and two times played for Estonian team «Kalev» in Soviet Team Chess Cup (1966, 1968). All her life worked in the rubber production factory «Tegur» and other factory «Teras».^[2]

References

External links

Urve Kure player profile at olimpbase.org (Soviet Team Chess Championship)
Urve Kure player profile at olimpbase.org (Soviet Team Chess Cup)

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Name	Kure, Urve
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Date of birth	1931-08-02
Place of birth	Tallinn, Estonia
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