Valter Heuer (14 July 1928, Elva,

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– 2 March 2006, Jämejala,

) was an Estonian writer and chess player, who won the

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, ...

. He was awarded the Soviet Master title in 1960.

Chess career

In 1960 Valter Heuer became a Soviet Master after won classification match against German Fridshtein — 7½ : 1½ (+6 −0 =3). He won the

in 1976, finished second in 1962 and finished third in 1961. In 1981 Heuer won the Estonian

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Chess Championship. Heuer has played for Estonia five times in the Soviet Team Chess Championships (1953, 1955, 1962, 1963, 1975), and once played for the Estonian team "Kalev" in the Soviet Team Chess Cup (1966).

Writer

Valter Heuer graduated from

University of Tartu The University of Tartu (UT; et, Tartu Ülikool; la, Universitas Tartuensis) is a university in the city of Tartu in Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is the only classical university in the country, and also its biggest ...

with a degree in Estonian philology. Many years he worked as sports journalist in various magazines. He was a co-author of the Estonian book about 1964 Summer Olympics - "

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1964". In 1977 Heuer published his biographical book about the legendary Estonian chess master

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- "Meie Keres" ("Our Keres"). This monograph has several editions and translations but Heuer received the prestigious Estonian Writers' Union

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prize (1977). In 2001 Valter Heuer was awarded by the 4th Class Order of the Estonian Red Cross.HEUER, VALTER
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References

External links

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player profile at olimpbase.org (Soviet Team Chess Championship)

player profile at olimpbase.org (Soviet Team Chess Cup) {{DEFAULTSORT:Heuer, Valter 1928 births 2006 deaths Estonian chess players Soviet chess players University of Tartu alumni Estonian non-fiction writers People from Elva, Estonia Chess writers 20th-century chess players