| Kalju Pitksaar | |
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| Birth Date: | 18 May 1931 |
| Birth Place: | Tallinn, Estonia |
| Death Place: | Tallinn, Estonia |
Kalju Pitksaar (18 May 1931, Tallinn – 26 September 1995, Tallinn) was an Estonian chess player, who won the Estonian Chess Championship.
Pitksaar first participated in the Estonian Chess Championships in 1947, at the age of 16.[1] In the Estonian Chess Championships, he has won gold (1957) and two silver (1951, 1958) medals.[2]
In 1950, he was second in the traditional National Tournament in Pärnu.[3] In 1952, Pitksaar won th Baltic Chess Championship.[4] In 1952, in the Soviet Chess Championships quarterfinal in Krasnodar, he shared 2nd - 3rd place.[5] In 1958, Pitksaar played for Estonia in the Soviet Team Chess Championship in Vilnius, where his team finished in fourth place.[6]
In the same year, Pitksaar's chess career was suddenly interrupted - he was disqualified with formulation to "improve his behavior". For more than 20 years, he did not participate in a chess tournaments. In 1981, he returned and won the Tallinn Chess Championship. His last chess tournament was the Correspondence Chess Olympiad semifinal (1992-1996).[7]