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

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

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]

References

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