Rein-Toomas Etruk (March 22, 1938 – November 11, 2012) was an Estonian chess player who three times won the Estonian Chess Championship.
Biography In 1954 and 1955, Etruk won the Estonian Junior chess championship. Etruk played for Estonia in various Soviet Team Chess Championships. He finished with the highest score on his board in 19585th Soviet Team Chess Championship in Vilnius 1958 and 196710th Soviet Team Chess Championship Moscow 1967 but in 1962, came third.8th Soviet Team Chess Championship: Leningrad 1962 Etruk won nine medals in the Estonian Chess Championship: three gold (1965, 1969, 1973), three silver (1964, 1966, 1970) and three bronze (1962, 1967, 1968).Eesti Meistrid 1923-2005 In 1974 and 1990, he won the Estonian Blitz Chess Championship. In 1971, Etruk finished sixth in the Pärnu tournament, which was won by Leonid Stein, ahead of Mikhail Tal, Paul Keres and David Bronstein.National Tournament in Parnu June 1971
Etruk was a graduate of the faculty of philology of the University of Tartu.
References
External links
Rein Etruk player profile at OlimpBase.org (Soviet Team Chess Championship) Rein Etruk player profile at OlimpBase.org (Soviet Team Cup)