Ilze Rubene
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Ilze Rubene is a Latvia
n chess
player who holds the title of Woman International Master. She won the Latvian Chess Championship
for women in 1976 and 1995. Ilze Rubene played for Latvia in 1992, at first reserve board in the first European Team Chess Championship (women) in Debrecen
(+2 −3 =1), and in 1996, at second board in the 32nd Chess Olympiad
in Yerevan
(+1 −3 =5). She shared victory in the Sweden Ladies International in 1998 and 1999. Rubene is a graduate of the Riga Polytechnical Institute. From 1992 to 2002 she lived in Sweden.
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...
n chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
player who holds the title of Woman International Master. 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 1976 and 1995. Ilze Rubene played for Latvia in 1992, at first reserve board in the first European Team Chess Championship (women) in Debrecen
Debrecen
Debrecen , is the second largest city in Hungary after Budapest. Debrecen is the regional centre of the Northern Great Plain region and the seat of Hajdú-Bihar county.- Name :...
(+2 −3 =1), and in 1996, at second board in the 32nd Chess Olympiad
32nd Chess Olympiad
The 32nd Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament, took place between September 15 and October 2, 1996, in Yerevan, Armenia.- Chess competition :...
in Yerevan
Yerevan
Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously-inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country...
(+1 −3 =5). She shared victory in the Sweden Ladies International in 1998 and 1999. Rubene is a graduate of the Riga Polytechnical Institute. From 1992 to 2002 she lived in Sweden.
External links
player profile at 365chess.com- Žuravļevs, N.; Dulbergs, I.; Kuzmičovs, G. (1980) (in Latvian), Latvijas šahistu jaunrade, Riga: Avots. pp. 103 – 104 (as Ilze Ramane)