The Estonian Chess Championship is played to determine the

Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

n champion in chess. The first unofficial championship in Estonia was held in 1903 and was organized by a chess club from

Tallinn Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and ...

(then Reval, Russian Empire). After

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, Estonia became independent. In 1923, the first official Estonian championship was held in Tallinn and has since been organized on an annual basis. In 1945, the first women's championship was held.

Unofficial Championships

Official Championships

Multiple Champions

Men's Champions

Women's Champions

References

* (establishment and results from 1905 through 1910) *https://web.archive.org/web/20120118064310/http://vabaettur.ee/main/results/meistrid.htm *https://web.archive.org/web/20070611070649/http://www.maleliit.ee/modules.php?print=1&name=Arhiiv&a=23&klass=1&id=1
Paul Keres
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Estonian Chess Championship 2024Estonian Women's Chess Championship 2024

External links

Official website
{{Chess national championships Chess national championships Women's chess national championships

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1903 in chess Recurring events established in 1903

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1903 establishments in the Russian Empire 1923 establishments in Estonia