Ilmar Raud

Ilmar Raud

Ilmar Raud (April 1913, Viljandi, Estonia – 13 July 1941, Buenos Aires, Argentina) was an Estonian chess master. [ [http://www.maleliit.ee/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=290 Eesti Maleliit - Content ] ]

Biography

Raud played several times in the Estonian championships at Tallinn. In 1933, he tied for 3rd-5th at the 5th EST–ch. The event was won by Gunnar Friedemann. In 1934, he won the 6th EST–ch. In 1936, he took 3rd at the 8th EST–ch. The event was won by Paul Felix Schmidt. In 1937, he took 7th at Parnu (Schmidt won). In 1937, he took 2nd, behind Schmidt, at the 9th EST–ch. In 1939, he won the 10th EST–ch. [ [http://vabaettur.ee/main/results/meistrid.htm Eesti meistrid 1923-2003 ] ]

He played for Estonia on fourth board in the 6th Chess Olympiad at Warsaw 1935 (+4 –4 =7), on second board in 3rd unofficial Olympiad at Munich 1936 (+7 –8 =5), on second board in the 7th Olympiad at Stockholm (+7 –2 =8), on second board in the 8th Olympiad at Buenos Aires 1939 (+7 –5 =5). The Estonian team (Paul Keres, Raud, Schmidt, Friedemann, Johannes Türn) took 3rd place, behind Germany and Poland, in the last pre-war Chess Olympiad. [ [http://www.olimpbase.org OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess ] ] [ [http://www.sportnet.ee/juur.php3?id=1157 Sportnet ] ]

In September 1939, when WW II broke out, Raud, along with many other participants of the 8th Chess Olympiad (Najdorf, Stahlberg, Frydman, Eliskases, Michel, Engels, Becker, Reinhardt, Pelikan, Skalička, Luckis, Feigins, Czerniak, Rauch, Winz, Gromer, Sulik, Seitz, de Ronde, Kleinstein, Sonja Graf, Paulette Schwartzmann, etc.) had decided to stay permanently in Argentina. [http://ar.geocities.com/carloseadrake/AJEDREZ/Asilados_1939.htm]

In 1941, Raud took 14th at Mar del Plata (Gideon Stahlberg won). [ [http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables12.htm 1941 ] ] He died in Argentina at the age of 28.

References

Notable chess games

* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1071645 Paul Keres vs Ilmar Raud, Tallinn 1934, EST–ch, Two Knights Defense, C55, 0-1]
* [http://www.chesslive.de/scripts/server.dll?setplayer?white&Raud,Ilmar Ilmar Raud vs Fricis Apšenieks, Stockholm 1937, 7th Olympiad, French, Paulsen Variation, C10, 1-0]
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1040885 Erich Eliskases vs Ilmar Raud, Mar del Plata 1941, Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, D61, 1/2-1/2]


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