Urve Kure

Urve Kure (August 2, 1931 – June 7, 2016) was a former Estonian chess player, who won the Estonian Women's Chess Championship three times, in 1953, 1958, 1965.

Urve Kure was one of the strongest women chess players in Estonia in the 1950s and 1960s.

In Estonian Chess Championships for women she has won 3 gold (1953, 1958, 1965), 3 silver (1957, 1959, 1964) and 3 bronze (1954, 1961, 1966) medals.

[1] Urve Kure three times played for Estonia in Soviet Team Chess Championships (1958, 1960, 1962) and two times played for Estonian team Kalev in Soviet Team Chess Cup (1966, 1968).

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