Olita Rause
Olita Rause (born November 21, 1962 in the Soviet Union) is a Latvian chess player who holds the FIDE titles of Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 1993) and International Master (IM, 1995). She also holds the ICCF title of Correspondence Grandmaster (GM, 1998).
| Olita Rause | |
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| Country | Soviet Union Latvia  | 
| Born | November 21, 1962 Soviet Union  | 
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| FIDE rating | 2192 (June 2019) | 
| Peak rating | 2360 (July 1994) | 
| ICCF rating | 2684 (October 2005) | 
| ICCF peak rating | 2721 (October 2002) | 
Chess career
    
Rause won the silver medal in Latvian Chess Championship for women three times: 1981 (tournament won by Astra Goldmane), 1984 (tournament won by Anda Šafranska), 1994 (after she lost additional match against Anda Šafranska - 1½:2½). In 1986, Rause played for Latvia in Soviet Women's Team Chess Championship in Minsk at second board.[1]
Rause played for Latvia in Chess Olympiads:[2]
- In 1994, at second board in the 31st Chess Olympiad in Moscow (+4, -4, =3).
 
Rause is one of strongest world's correspondence chess players. She won the ICCF World Cup VI tournament.[3]
Personal life
    
Rause graduated from the University of Latvia with a Master of Philology degree. From December 2001 to February 2017 she worked as the editor in chief for Janis Roze Publishers in Riga. Rause was married to Igors Rausis.
References
    
- Wojciech Bartelski. "Soviet Women's Team Chess Championship :: Olita Rause". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2011-12-24.
 - Wojciech Bartelski. "Women's Chess Olympiads :: Olita Rause". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2011-12-24.
 - "Wcup-06 Final". Tables.iccf.com. Retrieved 2011-12-24.
 
External links
    
- Olita Rause rating card at FIDE
 - Olita Rause player details at ICCF
 - Olita Rause player profile and games at Chessgames.com
 - Olita Rause chess games at 365Chess.com
 - Olita Rause chess games at ChessTempo.com
 - Olita Rause player profile at Latvian Correspondence Chess Federation