Mati Nei (born 11 October 1942) is an

Estonian Estonian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe * Estonians, people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent * Estonian language * Estonian cuisine * Estonian culture See also

chess Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves Perfect information, no hidden information and no elements of game of chance, chance. It is played on a square chessboard, board consisting of 64 squares arran ...

player,

Estonian Chess Championship The Estonian Chess Championship is played to determine the Estonian champion in chess. The first unofficial championship in Estonia was held in 1903 and was organized by a chess club from Tallinn (then Reval, Russian Empire). After World War I, ...

winner (1990).

Chess career

Mati Nei is the younger brother of the Estonian chess master

Iivo Nei Iivo Nei (born 31 October 1931 in Tartu) is an Estonian chess grandmaster. Tournament career In 1947, at the beginning of his career, Nei took 3rd in Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) at the sixth USSR juniors championships won by Viktor Korchnoi. I ...

(b. 1931). He is not as successful in chess as his brother, but in 1990 in Tallinn, Mati Nei won the

, which was held according to the Swiss system.Eesti meistrid males
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* * * 1942 births Living people Estonian chess players Soviet chess players {{Estonia-chess-bio-stub