Benita Vēja
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Benita Vēja is a Latvian chess master who won the Latvian Chess Championship
for women in 1966.
women chess championship she won twice: 1972 and 1975.
She won the Latvian Chess Championship
for women in 1966 (after match victory over the sixties Latvian women chess leader Astra Klovāne
- 2,5:1,5), was the runner-up in 1963, and 1972 and won the third prize in 1964, 1967, and 1969.
Benita Vēja played for Latvia
in Soviet team chess championship in 1967 and 1972. and for team "Daugava" in Soviet team chess cup in 1964, 1966, 1968, and 1971. In Soviet team chess championship in 1967 she won second place at girl board. but in Soviet team chess cup in 1971 she won third place at first women board.
Chess School but her sister Tamāra Vilerte
is a Woman Grandmaster.
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 in 1966.
Chess player career
Benita Vēja started to play chess in early childhood and won the Latvian Girl championship in 1961 but in 1963 she won Soviet Girl championship. RīgaRiga
Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...
women chess championship she won twice: 1972 and 1975.
She won the Latvian Chess Championship
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 in 1966 (after match victory over the sixties Latvian women chess leader Astra Klovāne
Astra Klovāne
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...
- 2,5:1,5), was the runner-up in 1963, and 1972 and won the third prize in 1964, 1967, and 1969.
Benita Vēja played for Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
in Soviet team chess championship in 1967 and 1972. and for team "Daugava" in Soviet team chess cup in 1964, 1966, 1968, and 1971. In Soviet team chess championship in 1967 she won second place at girl board. but in Soviet team chess cup in 1971 she won third place at first women board.
Personal life
By profession Benita Vēja is an engineer mathematician. Her brother Jānis Vilerts (1943 - 2001) was director at the KuldigaKuldiga
Kuldīga is a town in western Latvia. It is the center of Kuldīga municipality with a population of approximately 13,500.Kuldīga was first mentioned in 1242. It joined the Hanseatic League in 1368...
Chess School but her sister Tamāra Vilerte
Tamāra Vilerte
Tamāra Vilerte is a Latvian chess player who won the World Senior Women Chess Championship in 2008 and holds the title of Woman Grandmaster. In 2008 she took second place in European Senior Women Chess Championship in Davos.Vilerte won the Latvian Girl Championship in 1971 and 1972...
is a Woman Grandmaster.
External links
player profile at chessgames.com (as Benita Vilerte) player profile at 365chess.com (as Benita Vilerte)- Žuravļevs, N.; Dulbergs, I.; Kuzmičovs, G. (1980), Latvijas šahistu jaunrade, Rīga, Avots., pp. 107 – 108 (in Latvian).