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Leili Pärnpuu

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Leili Pärnpuu
CountrySoviet Union
Estonia
Born(1950-01-30)30 January 1950
Haapsalu, Estonia
Died5 February 2022(2022-02-05) (aged 72)
TitleWoman International Master (1990)
Peak rating2290 (January 1998)

Leili Pärnpuu (30 January 1950 – 5 February 2022[1]) was an Estonian chess player who won the Estonian Women's Chess Championship five times.

Chess career

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In the Estonian Women's Chess Championship Leili Pärnpuu won five gold medals (1975, 1979, 1980, 1986, 1990), 10 silver medals (1976-1977, 1984, 1991, 1993-1995, 2002, 2004, 2009) and six bronze medals (1978, 1988, 1996, 2000–01, 2008).[2] She played three times for Estonia in the Soviet Team chess championship (1981, 1983, 1985).[3]

Leili Pärnpuu played for Estonia in a number of Chess Olympiads:[4]

Personal life

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By profession Leili Pärnpuu was an economist. In the 1990s she worked in the Police and Border Guard Board of the Republic of Estonia.[1]

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