Milda Lauberte (7 October 1918 in Vildoga – October 19, 2009 in Riga) was a

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n chess master. She played in two

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tournaments, sharing third place with

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, behind

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and Clarice Benini at

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1937, and taking sixth place at

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1939 (V. Menchik won).Campeonato Mundo femenino
/ref> Milda Lauberte became the first Latvian chess player to participate in the World Chess Championship for Women in

. In 1940 Lauberte married Lūcijs Endzelīns - chess master and son of the famous Latvian linguist Jānis Endzelīns.

References

1918 births Latvian female chess players Latvian chess players Soviet female chess players Soviet chess players 2009 deaths Riga Stradiņš University alumni {{Latvia-chess-bio-stub