Ingrīda Priedīte
Encyclopedia
Ingrīda Priedīte is a Latvian Women International Correspondence Chess
Grandmaster
(1996). Ingrīda Priedīte won the Latvian Chess Championship
for women twice - 1973, and 1979.
She started to play chess at the age of 9. She won the Latvian Junior championship in 1970, Riga women championship in 1972, Latvian Student championship in 1974 and 1977, and achieved Master title in 1976.
In her later years Ingrīda Priedīte is also an excellent correspondence chess player. She was second in the 5th Ladies World Championship final (1993–1998).
Ingrīda Priedīte graduated from the Latvian University and by profession is an economist. After Latvian restoration of independence in 1991 she was the first General-Secretary of the Latvian Chess Federation.
Grandmaster
International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster
International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster is a title created by the FIDE in 1953, second only to that of world correspondence champion. Now awarded by the International Correspondence Chess Federation.-American ICCGMs:* Hans Jack Berliner, GM 1968...
(1996). Ingrīda Priedīte 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 twice - 1973, and 1979.
She started to play chess at the age of 9. She won the Latvian Junior championship in 1970, Riga women championship in 1972, Latvian Student championship in 1974 and 1977, and achieved Master title in 1976.
In her later years Ingrīda Priedīte is also an excellent correspondence chess player. She was second in the 5th Ladies World Championship final (1993–1998).
Ingrīda Priedīte graduated from the Latvian University and by profession is an economist. After Latvian restoration of independence in 1991 she was the first General-Secretary of the Latvian Chess Federation.
External links
player profile at 365chess.com player profile at Latvian Correspondence Chess Federation (in Latvian)- Žuravļevs, N.; Dulbergs, I.; Kuzmičovs, G. (1980), Latvijas šahistu jaunrade, Rīga, Avots., pp. 94 – 95 (in Latvian).