Ottomar Ladva Explained

Ottomar Ladva
Country:	Estonia
Birth Date:	17 June 1997
Birth Place:	Haapsalu, Estonia
Grandmaster (2016)
Peakrating:	2543 (September 2017)
Fideid:	4500024

Ottomar Ladva (born 17 June 1997) is an Estonian chess player and grandmaster.^[1] He is a four-time Estonian Chess Champion (2013, 2015, 2016 and 2018).^{[2] [3] [4]}

Chess career

Ladva won the Estonian Junior Chess Championships (U18) in 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2014.^[5] Since 2006 he has participated in the European Junior Chess Championships and in European Union's Junior Chess Championships in different age groups.

In the Estonian Chess Championship, he has won four gold (2013, 2015, 2016, 2018) and one silver (2014) medals.^[6] He became the youngest Estonian champion at age 15, when he beat Lembit Oll's (1982) record.

In June 2015, he won a round-robin tournament in Riga finalised to get a Grandmaster norm.^[7]

Ladva represented Estonia in Chess Olympiads:^[8]

• In 2012, at reserve board in the 40th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul (+5, =1, -3)
• In 2014, at first board in the 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromsø (+5, =3, -3)
• In 2016, at second board in the 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku (+4, =5, -2)

Notes and References

1. Web site: List of titles approved by General Assembly in Baku, Azerbaijan. FIDE.com.
2. http://chess-results.com/tnr173213.aspx?lan=1&art=4&wi=821 Estonian Men Chess Championship 2015
3. http://chess-results.com/tnr205205.aspx?lan=1&art=4&wi=821 Estonian Men Chess Championship 2016
4. Web site: Estonian and U20 championships 2018. Heinz. Herzog. Chess-Results.com.
5. Web site: Ottomar Ladva, Margareth Olde Win The Estonian U18 Championships. Ecuonline.net. 2014-02-17. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140512213636/http://www.ecuonline.net/com/news/single/598.html. 2014-05-12.
6. Web site: Ottomar Ladva . Sport24.ee . et.
7. http://chess-results.com/tnr173099.aspx?lan=1&art=4&wi=821 2015 Riga Round Robin GM norm
8. http://www.olimpbase.org/players/acsags6e.html Men's Chess Olympiads :: Ottomar Ladva