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PAUL KERES, 1916 - 1975
Paul Keres was born in Narva on 7 January 1916. At the University of Tartu, he studied mathematics from 1938 to 1941.
In 1935, he became Estonian chess champion for the first time. Paul Keres first appeared in the international
chess arena in the mid-1930s, and remained a prominent figure there for years. By the end of 1950s, he was
one of the strongest chess players in the world. In 1975, the great Estonian grandmaster Paul Keres died suddenly at the
age of 59.
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