Paul Keres Memorial Tournament
- Paul Keres Memorial Tournament
The Paul Keres Memorial Tournament is a chess tournament played in honour of the chess legend Paul Keres (1916-1975). It is being played mainly 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. [ [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2158 ChessBase.com - Chess News - Shirov wins Paul Keres Memorial ] ]
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 hearth attack. There has been an annual memorial tournament in Vancouver ever since. [ [http://keresmemorial.chessbc.ca/ The Paul Keres Memorial Chess Tournament - History and Coming Events ] ]
Tallinn
Tallinn International
The Tallinn International has been held every other year from 1969 to 1989. It was named after Keres from 1977. [http://al20102007.narod.ru/it.html] :
Vancouver
The tournament in Vancouver has been played ever since Keres won it in 1975. [ [http://members.shaw.ca/berry5868/kh.htm Keres Memorial Winners in Chess, Vancouver ] ] [ [http://www3.telus.net/public/swright2/keresmem.html Paul Keres Memorial History ] ]
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