Lembit Vahesaar (2 February 1936 in

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju '' ...

– 25 April 2013 in Tallinn) was an

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

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to dist ...

and

draughts Checkers (American English), also known as draughts (; British English), is a group of strategy board games for two players which involve diagonal moves of uniform game pieces and mandatory captures by jumping over opponent pieces. Checkers ...

referee and sports official. He was the best chess coach and organizer in 20th century in Estonia. In 1960 he graduated from Tallinn Pedagogical Institute (as an Estonian language, literature, and history teacher). His chess coach studies were done under the guidance of Kaljus Pettai. Since 1969 he has the highest coach license of

FIDE The International Chess Federation or World Chess Federation, commonly referred to by its French acronym FIDE ( Fédération Internationale des Échecs), is an international organization based in Switzerland that connects the various national c ...

. He was a coach in four matches in World Chess Championships. During 1991-2002 he was permanent representative of Estonia to FIDE. During 1990-1992 he was the president of Estonian Chess Federation. During 1992-2000 he was a member of Estonian Olympic Committee.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vahesaar, Lembit 1936 births 2013 deaths Estonian chess players Estonian referees and umpires Estonian people in sports Tallinn University alumni Sportspeople from Tallinn Burials at Pärnamäe Cemetery