Olita Rause
Latvian chess player (born 1962)
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Olita Rause (born November 21, 1962) is a Latvian chess player who holds the FIDE titles of Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 1993) and International Master (IM, 1995). She also holds the ICCF title of Correspondence Grandmaster (GM, 1998).
Latvia
- FIDE Woman Grandmaster (1993)
- FIDE International Master (1995)
- ICCF Grandmaster (1998)
| Personal information | |
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| Born | November 21, 1962 Soviet Union |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Soviet Union Latvia |
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| FIDE rating | 2192 (June 2019) |
| Peak rating | 2360 (July 1994) |
| ICCF rating | 2684 (October 2005) |
| ICCF peak rating | 2721 (October 2002) |
Chess career
Rause won the silver medal in Latvian Chess Championship for women three times: 1981 (tournament won by Astra Goldmane), 1984 (tournament won by Anda Šafranska), 1994 (after she lost additional match against Anda Šafranska - 1½:2½). In 1986, Rause played for Latvia in Soviet Women's Team Chess Championship in Minsk at second board.[1]
Rause played for Latvia in Chess Olympiads:[2]
- In 1994, at second board in the 31st Chess Olympiad in Moscow (+4, -4, =3).
Rause is one of strongest world's correspondence chess players. She won the ICCF World Cup VI tournament.[3]
Personal life
Rause graduated from the University of Latvia with a Master of Philology degree. From December 2001 to February 2017 she worked as the editor in chief for Janis Roze Publishers in Riga. Rause was married to Igors Rausis.
