Vija Rožlapa (born January 8, 1942, in Liepāja) is a Latvian chess player who won the Latvian Chess Championship for women four times.
| Vija Rožlapa | |
|---|---|
| Country | Latvia |
| Born | January 8, 1942 Liepāja, Latvia |
| FIDE rating | 1903 (July 2023) |
| Peak rating | 2120 (July 1995) |
Chess career
editRožlapa learned to play chess at the age of 12. She won Latvian Girl Championship in 1958 and Soviet Girl Championship in 1960.[1] She fulfilled the chess master norm in 1977.
During the period from 1958 to 1983 Vija Rožlapa participated without interruption in all Latvian women's chess championships. Four times she was won this tournament (1967, 1971, 1972, 1974), five times were won second place (1961, 1965, 1970, 1975, 1979), and was four times won the third place (1963, 1968, 1976, 1980).[2] The last time she took part in Latvian women's chess championship in 2002.
Rožlapa played for Latvia in Soviet team chess championship in 1959, 1960 (won third place at girl board), 1963 (won third place at second women board), 1967, 1969 (won second place at second women board), 1972, and 1975,[3] and for team "Daugava" in Soviet team chess cup in 1961, 1966, 1968, 1974, and 1976.[4]
Chess teacher and trainer
editIn 1964, Rožlapa decided to become a chess teacher and trainer in Riga Chess school.[5] Among her pupils were Alexei Shirov[6] and Laura Rogule.
References
edit- ^ http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1960/ch_jun60.html
- ^ http://www.chessds.lv/ - Chapter "Turnīri - Latvijas čempionātu rezultāti"
- ^ "OlimpBase :: Soviet Team Chess Championship :: Vija Rožlapa".
- ^ "OlimpBase :: Soviet Team Chess Cup :: Vija Rožlapa".
- ^ "Šaha Skola".
- ^ "Алексей Широв: "Меня нельзя считать продуктом Школы Ботвинника-Каспарова" | chess-news.ru".
- Žuravļevs, N.; Dulbergs, I.; Kuzmičovs, G. (1980), Latvijas šahistu jaunrade, Rīga, Avots., pp. 105 – 106 (in Latvian).
External links
edit- Vija Rozlapa rating card at FIDE
- Vija Rožlapa FIDE rating history at OlimpBase.org
- Vija Rozlapa chess games at 365Chess.com
- Vija Rozlapa player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Vija Rozlapa chess games at ChessTempo.com
