Tamāra Vilerte
| Tamāra Vilerte | |
|---|---|
 Tamāra Vilerte in 2013 (Bad Ragaz) | |
| Country | Latvia |
| Born |
March 5, 1954 Omsk, Russia |
| Title | Woman Grandmaster |
| Women's World Champion | Women World Senior Champion, 2008 |
| Peak rating | 2238 |
Tamāra Vilerte (also Tamāra Rudovska, born March 5, 1954, Omsk) is a Latvian chess player who won the World Senior Women Chess Championship in 2008 (Bad Zwischenahn, Germany)[1] and holds the title of Woman Grandmaster. In 2008 she took second place in European Senior Women Chess Championship in Davos.[2] Vilerte won the Latvian Girl Championship in 1971 and 1972. In 1972 she shared third through seventh place at the Soviet Junior Championship.[3] She also shared the Latvian Chess Championship for women in 1973.
Vilerte graduated from the Daugavpils Pedagogical Institute. She is a biology teacher by profession but works as a chess trainer. Her brother Jānis Vilerts (1943–2001) was director at the Kuldiga Chess School.
References
External links
- Tamāra Vilerte rating card at FIDE
- Tamāra Vilerte player profile at 365chess.com
- Žuravļevs, N.; Dulbergs, I.; Kuzmičovs, G. (1980) (in Latvian), Latvijas šahistu jaunrade, Riga: Avots. pp. 95 – 96
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