Benita Vēja (née Vilerte, born January 15, 1948, in Kuldīga) is a Latvian chess master who won the Latvian Chess Championship for women in 1966.
| Benita Vēja | |
|---|---|
| Country | Latvia |
| Born | January 15, 1948 Kuldīga, Latvia |
Chess career edit
Benita Vēja started to play chess in early childhood and won the Latvian Girl championship in 1961 but in 1963 she won Soviet Girl championship.[1] Rīga women chess championship she won twice: 1972 and 1975. She won the Latvian Chess Championship for women in 1966 (after match victory over the sixties Latvian women chess leader Astra Klovāne – 2,5:1,5), was the runner-up in 1963, and 1972 and won the third prize in 1964, 1967, and 1969. Benita Vēja played for Latvia in Soviet team chess championship in 1967 and 1972[2] and for team "Daugava" in Soviet team chess cup in 1964, 1966, 1968, and 1971.[3] In Soviet team chess championship in 1967 she won second place at girl board,[4] but in Soviet team chess cup in 1971 she won third place at first women board.[5]
Personal life edit
By profession Benita Vēja is an engineer mathematician. Her brother Jānis Vilerts (1943–2001) was director at the Kuldiga Chess School but her sister Tamāra Vilerte is a Woman Grandmaster.
References edit
- ^ 12 Championship of USSR juniors- Moscow January 1963
- ^ Wojciech Bartelski. "Soviet Team Chess Championship: Benita Vilerte". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
- ^ Wojciech Bartelski. "Soviet Team Chess Cup: Benita Vilerte". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
- ^ "Moscow 1967". Al20102007.narod.ru. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
- ^ "Rostov-on-Don 1971". Al20102007.narod.ru. 1971-10-08. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
- Žuravļevs, N.; Dulbergs, I.; Kuzmičovs, G. (1980), Latvijas šahistu jaunrade, Rīga, Avots., pp. 107 – 108 (in Latvian).
External links edit
- Benita Vilerte player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Benita Vilerte chess games at 365Chess.com