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ESTONIAN SPORTS

ESTONIAN SPORTS. 20. 26. 27. Paul Keres 1916 – 1975 Chess player, was active during Estonia’s independence- and occupation period. 7x winner of the Chess Olympics (NL) At the World Championships contenders tournament competed 5x, 3x got second place “Timeless Chess Crown Prince”

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ESTONIAN SPORTS

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  1. ESTONIAN SPORTS

  2. 20 26 27

  3. Paul Keres1916 – 1975Chess player,was active during Estonia’s independence- andoccupation period

  4. 7x winner of the Chess Olympics (NL) • At the World Championships contenders tournament competed 5x, 3x got second place “Timeless Chess Crown Prince” • 3x USSR chess champion • 3x European team champion • 10x Estonian champion • European correspondence chess champion in 1935

  5. Destiny–The SecondWorld War • Due to the II World War he wasn’t allowed to compete in the • World Championships with the world champion Aleksandr Alehhin • In 1944 he tried to escape from Estonia, but failed • His participation in competitions was restricted and he was under a • strict control of the Soviet Unit Keres versus Botvinnik 1947

  6. Modest and polite • Maintained the belief into • independent Estonia • “Keres fever” • Was a role model to the whole • chess world

  7. About 100 000 people sent Keres off in his last journey, it was shown on TV

  8. Chess tournaments • Keres-named streets • Postmark • The only chess player in the world to be on a banknote

  9. How to be a brilliant chess player? As a 4-year-old boy, broke his arm and started to play chess just to entertain himself Mother destroyed his chess board, she was afraid of her son’s addiction to gambling Little Paul

  10. Estonian sports

  11. “Without drugs to the clouds!”

  12. Kiiking Estonians has always loved swinging Invented and developed in Estonia by Ado Kosk 1997 Kiiking starts when legs are higher than head

  13. High swing (with long shafts) require more energy and strength A strong athlete can swing on longer shafts, he can defy gravity Guiness World Record – Andrus Aasmäe, his swing with 7.02-m-long shafts

  14. Wife carrying 2 members in a team – a man and a woman The man must pass the track while carrying the woman The World Championships have taken place since 1996

  15. Rules The track is 253,5 m long, it consists of sand-, grass- and asphalt parts There is 1 water obstacle up to 1 m deep and 2 dry obstacles in the track The woman must be at least 17 years old, 49 kg If a man drops a woman then he gets penalty 15 seconds The winner of the competition is a couple which passes the track quicker than the others

  16. In Finland the Wife Carrying World Champinships are held once a year Competitors have been from Germany, France, Australia, Ireland, Estonia, Finland and Denmark

  17. Winners of the Championships 1997 – Finland 1998 –Estonia 1999 – Estonia 2000 – Estonia 2001 – Estonia 2002 – Estonia 2003 – Estonia 2004 – Estonia 2005 – Estonia 2006 – Estonia 2007 – Estonia 2008 – Estonia 2009 - Finland Margo Uusorg has won 7 times World Champinships in wife carrying In 2006 he set a new world record – 56,9 seconds

  18. Piggyback Estonian-style wife carriyng

  19. Thank you for listening! 

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