Hillar Kärner
Kärner in 2013
Country
Born(1935-07-27)27 July 1935
Tallinn, Estonia
Died19 February 2017(2017-02-19) (aged 81)
TitleInternational Master (1980)
Peak rating2425 (January 1978)

Hillar Kärner (27 July 1935 – 19 February 2017) was an Estonian chess player who won the Estonian Chess Championship seven times. He received the FIDE title of International Master (IM) in 1980.

Biography

Kärner was born in Tallinn, Estonia. In 1953 Hillar Kärner graduated from the secondary school in Tallinn. In 1951 he won Estonian school children chess championship. Twice won Estonian rural sports associations chess championships (1965, 1966). In 1964 became a Soviet Master and in 1980 was fulfilled FIDE International Master norm in chess tournament in Bulgaria. In 1980 shared 1st place in Riga Cup.[1] In Estonian Chess Championships he has won 7 gold (1970, 1975, 1977, 1983–85, 1987), 3 silver (1968, 1979, 1988) and bronze (1978) medals.[2] Nine times Kärner played for Estonia in Soviet Team Chess Championships (1962-1967, 1972–1985) and once played for Estonian team «Jõud» in Soviet Team Chess Cup (1968). From 1973 to 1989 participated in the traditional international chess tournaments in Tallinn. The best place is shared 7th - 10th (1977).[3] Since the 1960s, Kärner worked in Tallinn's Excavator factory, later the rural project institute «EKE Projekt» and Paul Keres House of Chess. Kärner is the author of book - «Kuus aastakümmet Caissa lummuses» («Six decades under the spell of Caissa»), Published by Argo, Tallinn, 2012, (ISBN 9789949466580).[4]

Notable games

References

  1. "Cup of Riga - 3-28.10.1980". Narod.ru. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  2. "Eesti meistrid 1923—2005". Vabaettur.ee. Archived from the original on 18 January 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  3. "Memorial P.Keres in Tallinn March 1977". Narod.ru. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  4. "KÄRNER, HILLAR". ESBL.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 31 January 2014.
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