Mai Narva
Estonian chess player (born 1999)
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Mai Narva (born October 22, 1999)[1] is an Estonian chess player holding the titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster.
Estonia- International Master (2022)
- Woman Grandmaster (2021)
Narva in 2023 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 22, 1999 Tallinn, Estonia |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Estonia |
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| FIDE rating | 2426 (May 2026) |
| Peak rating | 2426 (May 2026) |
Biography
Mai Narva was born in a chess player's family. She is Estonian chess master Boris Rõtov's and Lady International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster Merike Rõtova's granddaughter. Her father, Jaan Narva, is a FIDE Master,[2] and her mother, Regina Narva, and sister, Triin Narva, both hold the Woman FIDE Master title.[3]
Mai Narva won the Estonian Women's Chess Championship four times: 2014, 2016 (after play-off),[4] 2017[5] and 2020.[6] She also won silver medal in 2013 Estonian Women's Chess Championship and shared second place in 2015 Estonian Open Chess Championship.[7] In 2014, Mai Narva won 24th European Youth Chess Championship U16 (girls) in Batumi.[8] In 2015, she was a member of Estonian U18 national team that won the 15th European U18 Team Chess Championship (girls) in Karpacz.[9]
In 2024, she won silver medal in Estonian Men's Chess Championship.[10]
Narva won the bronze medal at the 2025 European Women's Championship in Greece.[11][12]
Mai Narva played for Estonia in Chess Olympiads:[13]
- In 2014, at first board in the 41st Chess Olympiad (women) in Tromsø (+6 −4 =1);
- In 2016, at first board in the 42nd Chess Olympiad (women) in Baku (+3 -5 =2);[14]
- In 2018, at first board in the 43rd Chess Olympiad (women) in Batumi (+6, =3, -1);[15]
- In 2022, at first board in the 44th Chess Olympiad (women) in Chennai (+4, =2, -3);[16]
- In 2024, at first board in the 45th Chess Olympiad (women) in Budapest (+6, =2, -2).[17]
She studied at Gustav Adolf Grammar School.[18] She was a member of the UMBC chess team.[19][20] In 2022 she graduate of University of Maryland, Baltimore County as Bachelor of Arts in Psychology.[21]
