Astra Klovāne
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Astra Klovāne is a former Latvian chess player. Astra Klovāne won the Latvian Chess Championship
for women seven times - 1963, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1977, and 1978. She won also the Latvian women speed championship in 1977, 1978, and 1981.
She learned to play chess at the age of 11. Her first teachers were her father and brother but first coach was Zigurds Pigits. In 1959, at the age of 15, she won the Latvian Girl Championship and two years later she won the Baldone Club Championship. In 1961 she shared 1-3 prize in a Moscow tournament. Astra Klovane won three Latvian Ladies Championships in a row - 1963, 1964, and 1965, without losing a game, and won also the Riga Ladies Championship in 1964.
Astra Klovāne played for Latvia in Soviet team competitions:
In 1968 Astra Klovāne graduated from the Latvian University Foreign Language Faculty and works as a journalist. Astra Klovāne has been active in Latvian Olympic Committee
reconstruction, and for several years was President of the Audit Commission. She was married with the nine-time Latvian Champion Jānis Klovāns
(1935–2010) and had two daughters.
Latvian Chess Championship
-History:Professional level Latvian chess players have already appeared in the nineteenth century. They participated in chess tournaments and union congresses, organized by the Riga Chess Association. After the World War I, when Latvia became an independent country, official Latvian chess...
for women seven times - 1963, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1977, and 1978. She won also the Latvian women speed championship in 1977, 1978, and 1981.
She learned to play chess at the age of 11. Her first teachers were her father and brother but first coach was Zigurds Pigits. In 1959, at the age of 15, she won the Latvian Girl Championship and two years later she won the Baldone Club Championship. In 1961 she shared 1-3 prize in a Moscow tournament. Astra Klovane won three Latvian Ladies Championships in a row - 1963, 1964, and 1965, without losing a game, and won also the Riga Ladies Championship in 1964.
Astra Klovāne played for Latvia in Soviet team competitions:
- In 1962, the best result at ten board in the 8th Soviet Team Chess Championship in LeningradLeningradLeningrad is the former name of Saint Petersburg, Russia.Leningrad may also refer to:- Places :* Leningrad Oblast, a federal subject of Russia, around Saint Petersburg* Leningrad, Tajikistan, capital of Muminobod district in Khatlon Province...
(+3, =5, -0). - In 1967, the best result at nine board in the 10th Soviet Team Chess Championship in MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
(+6, =2, -1).
In 1968 Astra Klovāne graduated from the Latvian University Foreign Language Faculty and works as a journalist. Astra Klovāne has been active in Latvian Olympic Committee
Latvian Olympic Committee
The Latvian Olympic Committee is a non-profit organization that is the National Olympic Committee for Latvia....
reconstruction, and for several years was President of the Audit Commission. She was married with the nine-time Latvian Champion Jānis Klovāns
Janis Klovans
Jānis Klovāns was a Latvian chess Grandmaster. He was a career officer in the Soviet Army.Jānis Klovāns won the Latvian Championship nine times , and participated in several Soviet Championships...
(1935–2010) and had two daughters.
External links
player profile at 365chess.com player profile at newinchess.com profile at Baldone region homepage (in Latvian)- Žuravļevs, N.; Dulbergs, I.; Kuzmičovs, G. (1980), Latvijas šahistu jaunrade, Rīga, Avots., pp. 99 – 101 (in Latvian).