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Paul Keres Memorial Tournament

Paul Keres

The Paul Keres Memorial Tournament is a chess tournament played in honour of chess grandmaster Paul Keres (1916–1975). It usually takes place in Vancouver, Canada and Tallinn, Estonia.

An annual international chess tournament has been held in Tallinn every other year since 1969. Keres won this tournament in 1971 and 1975. Starting in 1977 after Keres' death, it has been called the Paul Keres Memorial Tournament. From 1991, the tournament has been held yearly and changed into a rapid event. From 1999 this tournament also had a women's section. In the past twenty years, apart from this rapid tournament, several other memorial tournaments have been played in honour of Keres.[1]

In 1975, Keres won a tournament in Vancouver. It was his last tournament he would ever play in, as on his way back to his native Estonia, he died from a heart attack. There has been an annual memorial tournament in Vancouver ever since.[2]

Tallinn

Tallinn International

The Tallinn International has been held every other year from 1969 to 1989. It was named after Keres from 1977.[3]

Tallinn Rapid

From 1991 the Tallinn international has been replaced by an annual rapid tournament. From 1999, the tournament has had a separate women's section.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]

Keres Memorial Festival

In the 1990s there have been several Keres memorials in Tallinn which were played at regular time control. These tournaments seem to have been held irregularly.[18][19][20][21] At present there is an annual Keres Memorial Festival which started in 2004 with a special rapid tournament, where Viswanathan Anand emerged as a winner,[22] followed by a regular tournament. The winners of the regular tournament for 2004 and subsequent years are listed below. The field of these tournaments has been notably weaker than that of the rapid tournaments.[23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30]

Vancouver

The tournament in Vancouver has been played ever since Keres won it in 1975. It was Keres' final tournament, as he died shortly thereafter.[33][34]

References

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  7. ^ "The Week in Chess 114". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  8. ^ "The Week in Chess 166". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  9. ^ "The Week in Chess 222". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  10. ^ "The Week in Chess 273". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  11. ^ "The Week in Chess 322". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  12. ^ "The Week in Chess 375". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  13. ^ "The Week in Chess 428". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  14. ^ "The Week in Chess 479". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  15. ^ "The Week in Chess 532". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  16. ^ http://www.shakki.net/nuoriso/turn/Keres08.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  17. ^ Paehtz, Yemelin and Dreev Victorious at Paul Keres Memorial
  18. ^ "The Week in Chess 71". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  19. ^ "The Week in Chess 191". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  20. ^ "The Week in Chess 303". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  21. ^ "The Week in Chess 352: Paul Keres Memorial". The Week in Chess. 2001-08-06. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
  22. ^ "The Week in Chess 525". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  23. ^ PAUL KERESE MÄLESTUSFESTIVAL 2004 Archived September 14, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
  24. ^ "Paul Keres Memorial Festival". Maleliit.ee. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
  25. ^ "Paul Keres - 90 Memorial Festival". Maleliit.ee. Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
  26. ^ "Paul Keres Memorial Festival". Maleliit.ee. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
  27. ^ "Paul Keres Memorial Festival". Maleliit.ee. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
  28. ^ "The Week in Chess 507". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  29. ^ "The Week in Chess 636". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  30. ^ "The Week in Chess 689". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  31. ^ Paul Keres Memorial. Tournament report FIDE
  32. ^ International Paul Keres Memorial Tournament 2014. Tournament report FIDE
  33. ^ "Keres Memorial Winners in Chess, Vancouver". Members.shaw.ca. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
  34. ^ "Paul Keres Memorial History". .telus.net. Archived from the original on 2012-03-19. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
  35. ^ Report 2014 Keres Memorial Canadian Chess Newsfeed
  36. ^ 40th Paul Keres Memorial. Tournament report FIDE