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Mai Narva (born October 22, 1999) is an
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 chess player holding the titles of
International Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...
and
Woman Grandmaster FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...
.


Biography

Mai Narva was born in a chess player's family. She is Estonian chess master
Boris Rõtov Boris Rõtov (; 20 August 1937 – 10 September 1987) was a Russian-Estonian chess player who won the Estonian Chess Championship (1978). Biography Boris Rõtov was born and raised in Moscow, Russia, where he graduated secondary school. From ...
's and Lady
International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster is a correspondence chess title created by FIDE in 1953, second only to that of world correspondence champion. Currently, this title is awarded by the International Correspondence Chess Federation (IC ...
Merike Rõtova's granddaughter. Her father, Jaan Narva, is a
FIDE Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...
, and her mother, Regina Narva, and sister, Triin Narva, both hold the
Woman FIDE Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...
title. Mai Narva won the Estonian Women's Chess Championship four times: 2014, 2016 (after play-off), 2017 and 2020. She also won silver medal in 2013 Estonian Women's Chess Championship and shared second place in 2015 Estonian Open Chess Championship. In 2014, Mai Narva won 24th European Youth Chess Championship U16 (girls) in
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. In 2015, she was a member of Estonian U18 national team that won the 15th European U18 Team Chess Championship (girls) in
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. In 2024, she won silver medal in Estonian Men's Chess Championship. Narva won the bronze medal at the 2025 European Women's Championship in Greece. Mai Narva played for Estonia in
Chess Olympiad The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in FIDE Onli ...
s: * In 2014, at first board in the 41st Chess Olympiad (women) in
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(+6 −4 =1); * In 2016, at first board in the 42nd Chess Olympiad (women) in
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(+3 -5 =2); * In 2018, at first board in the 43rd Chess Olympiad (women) in
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(+6, =3, -1); * In 2022, at first board in the 44th Chess Olympiad (women) in
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(+4, =2, -3); * In 2024, at first board in the 45th Chess Olympiad (women) in
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(+6, =2, -2). She studied at
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. She is a member of the UMBC chess team.


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Narva, Mai 1999 births Living people Chess players from Tallinn Estonian female chess players Estonian chess players Chess Woman Grandmasters Estonian people of Russian descent Chess International Masters University of Maryland, Baltimore County alumni Chess Olympiad competitors