Ottomar Ladva

Ottomar Ladva
Ladva in 2012
Country	Estonia
Born	(1997-06-17) 17 June 1997 (age 24) Haapsalu, Estonia
Title	Grandmaster (2016)
FIDE rating	2513 (February 2022)
Peak rating	2522 (January 2018)

Ottomar Ladva (born 17 June 1997) is an Estonian chess player and grandmaster.^[1] He is a four-time Estonian Chess Champion (2013, 2015, 2016 and 2018).^[2][3][4]

Chess career[]

Ottomar Ladva won the Estonian Junior Chess Championships (U18) in 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2014.^[5] Since 2006 he has participated in the European Junior Chess Championships and in European Union's Junior Chess Championships in different age groups.

In the Estonian Chess Championship Ladva has won four gold (2013, 2015, 2016, 2018) and silver (2014) medals.^[6] He became the youngest Estonian Chess Championship winner at age 15, when he beat Lembit Oll's (1982) record.

In June 2015 Ladva won a round-robin tournament in Riga finalised to get a Grandmaster norm.^[7]

Ottomar Ladva represented Estonia in Chess Olympiads:^[8]

• In 2012, at reserve board in the 40th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul (+5, =1, -3);
• In 2014, at first board in the 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromsø (+5, =3, -3);
• In 2016, at second board in the 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku (+4, =5, -2).

References[]

External links[]

• Ottomar Ladva rating card at FIDE
• Ottomar Ladva chess games at 365Chess.com
• Ottomar Ladva player profile and games at Chessgames.com