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Salme Rootare

Number of games in database: 46
Years covered: 1952 to 1970
Overall record: +12 -14 =20 (47.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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SALME ROOTARE
(born Mar-26-1913, died Oct-21-1987, 74 years old) Estonia

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Fifteen times Estonian champion (w). She was married to Vidrik Rootare.

Wikipedia article: Salme Rootare


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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. V Borisenko vs S Rootare  ½-½251952URS-chTD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
2. S Rootare vs J Gurfinkel  0-1331954USSR Championship (Women)C77 Ruy Lopez
3. S Rootare vs L Volpert  ½-½1419585th Soviet Team Championship FinalD84 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit Accepted
4. S Rootare vs P Todorova  1-0381959Candidates Tournament (Women)B35 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern Variation with Bc4
5. V Borisenko vs S Rootare  ½-½341959Candidates Tournament (Women)D51 Queen's Gambit Declined
6. S Rootare vs E Karakas  1-0401959Candidates Tournament (Women)C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense
7. E Keller-Herrmann vs S Rootare  ½-½201959Candidates Tournament (Women)D25 Queen's Gambit Accepted
8. S Rootare vs S Gonzalez de Huguet  1-0421959Candidates Tournament (Women)B01 Scandinavian
9. K Zvorykina vs S Rootare  ½-½521959Candidates Tournament (Women)C70 Ruy Lopez
10. S Rootare vs L Volpert  ½-½661959Candidates Tournament (Women)D02 Queen's Pawn Game
11. V Nedeljkovic vs S Rootare  1-0651959Candidates Tournament (Women)C03 French, Tarrasch
12. S Rootare vs E Rinder  ½-½741959Candidates Tournament (Women)C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense
13. G Gresser vs S Rootare  ½-½681959Candidates Tournament (Women)B01 Scandinavian
14. S Rootare vs O Rubtsova 1-0201959Candidates Tournament (Women)D05 Queen's Pawn Game
15. M Lazarevic vs S Rootare  1-0491959Candidates Tournament (Women)A02 Bird's Opening
16. S Rootare vs K Eretova  1-0291959Candidates Tournament (Women)C77 Ruy Lopez
17. M Albulet-Pogorevici vs S Rootare  0-1181959Candidates Tournament (Women)C00 French Defense
18. S Rootare vs K Zvorykina  0-13719592nd Soviet Spartakiad Final-BA48 King's Indian
19. V Kausilaite vs S Rootare  0-16019592nd Soviet Spartakiad Final-BC70 Ruy Lopez
20. S Rootare vs Z Nakhimovskaya  ½-½401960Match Latvia - EstoniaC22 Center Game
21. V Borisenko vs S Rootare  ½-½1319607th Soviet Team ChampionshipD50 Queen's Gambit Declined
22. Z Nakhimovskaya vs S Rootare  1-0601961Estonia - LatviaD13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation
23. S Landry vs S Rootare  ½-½281961Estonia - FinlandB12 Caro-Kann Defense
24. A Kushnir vs S Rootare  ½-½4019628th Soviet Team ChampionshipD34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
25. S Rootare vs E Malinova  ½-½5819628th Soviet Team ChampionshipB45 Sicilian, Taimanov
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Mar-24-08  whiteshark: Salme Rootare (* March 22, 1913 – † 1987)

She was 15 <fifteen> times female Estonian Chess Champion.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salme_...

Apr-24-11  BLarsen1967: The Great Salme Rootare played against Paul Keres at least 3 times. She never beat him. - Here's a game from the Estonian Champ. 1942. Interesting how the b queen gets trapped,I also find it a bit surprising that Keres didnt play 2.e5

[Event "EST-ch"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Rootare, Salme"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C29"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Bb4 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8. Qxe4 O-O 9. c3 Ba5 10. Bc4 Qe7 11. d4 Bb6 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Bd3 g6 14. Bf6 Qg4 15. Qe3 Qh5 16. h3 Re8 17. O-O-O Ne7 18. g4 Nd5 19. Qd2 Bxg4 20. hxg4 Qxg4 21. Qh6 Qf4+ 22. Qxf4 Nxf4 23. Rxh7 Kxh7 24. Rh1+ Nh5 25. Rxh5+ 1-0

Apr-24-11
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  Stonehenge: Played by her husband:

Keres vs V Rootare, 1942

Don't trust 365chess.com or wherever you've got that game from.

Mar-26-16  TheFocus: Happy birthday, Salme Rootare.

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