Mai Narva Explained

Mai Narva
Birth Date:	22 October 1999
Birth Place:	Tallinn, Estonia
Peakrating:	2405 (August 2022)
Fideid:	4500512

Mai Narva (born October 22, 1999)^[1] is an Estonian chess player holding the titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster.

Biography

Mai Narva was born in a chess player's family. She is Estonian chess master Boris Rõtov's and Lady International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster Merike Rõtova's granddaughter. Her father, Jaan Narva, is a FIDE Master,^[2] and her mother, Regina Narva, and sister, Triin Narva, both hold the Woman FIDE Master title.^[3]

Mai Narva won the Estonian Women's Chess Championship four times: 2014, 2016 (after play-off),^[4] 2017^[5] and 2020.^[6] She also won silver medal in 2013 Estonian Women's Chess Championship and shared second place in 2015 Estonian Open Chess Championship.^[7] In 2014 Mai Narva won 24th European Youth Chess Championship U16 (girls) in Batumi.^[8] In 2015, she was a member of Estonian U18 national team that won the 15th European U18 Team Chess Championship (girls) in Karpacz.^[9]

Mai Narva played for Estonia in Chess Olympiads:^[10]

• In 2014, at first board in the 41st Chess Olympiad (women) in Tromsø (+6 −4 =1);
• In 2016, at first board in the 42nd Chess Olympiad (women) in Baku (+3 -5 =2);^[11]
• In 2018, at first board in the 43rd Chess Olympiad (women) in Batumi (+6, =3, -1).^[12]

She studied at Gustav Adolf Grammar School.^[13] She is a member of the UMBC chess team.^[14]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mai Narva chess games and profile - Chess-DB.com. chess-db.com.
2. Web site: Narva, Jaan FIDE Chess Profile - Players Arbiters Trainers. ratings.fide.com.
3. Web site: Narva, Triin FIDE Chess Profile - Players Arbiters Trainers. ratings.fide.com.
4. Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Estonian Women Chess Championship 2016 Play-off tournament. chess-results.com.
5. Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Estonian Women Chess Championship 2017 and Estonian U-20 Girls Championship 2017. chess-results.com.
6. http://chess-results.com/tnr531327.aspx?lan=1&art=4 Eesti naiste meistrivõistlused males 2020
7. Web site: Tulemused. www.sport24.ee.
8. Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 24th EUROPEAN YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2014. chess-results.com.
9. Web site: OlimpBase :: 15th European U18 Team Chess Championship (girls), Karpacz 2015, Estonia. www.olimpbase.org.
10. Web site: OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Mai Narva. www.olimpbase.org.
11. Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Women. chess-results.com.
12. Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Women. chess-results.com.
13. Web site: Mai Narva on Eesti meister males. 2016-02-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20160204153902/http://www.gag.ee/mai-narva-eesti-meister-males. 2016-02-04. dead.
14. Web site: WIM, Mai Narva - UMBC Chess Program - UMBC. chess.umbc.edu.