Estonian Chess Championship

The first unofficial Estonian Chess Championship was held in 1903, organized by a chess club formed in Reval (then Russian Empire) in 1903 and named for the famous Russian master Mikhail Chigorin. After the World War I, when Estonia became an independent country, official Estonian championships started. During the World War II, Estonia was annexed by the Soviet Union in June 1940 and existed as the Estonian SSR till June 1941, then became a part of the German-occupied Reichskommissariat Ostland, and reoccupied by the Soviet Union (Estonian SSR) in 1944. Estonia regained independence in 1991 after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Unofficial Championships

Year	Location	Winner
1903	Reval	W. Sohn
1904	Reval	Bernhard Gregory
1905	Reval	A. Feinstein
1906	Reval	Abels
1909	Reval	Khmelevsky
1910	Reval	A. Feinstein

In 1918 Reval changed its name to Tallinn.

Official Championships

#	Year	Location	Men's Winner	Women's Winner
1	1923	Tallinn	Paul Rinne
2	1925	Tallinn	Johannes Türn
3	1930	Tallinn	Vladas Mikėnas
4	1932	Tallinn	Leho Laurine
5	1933	Tallinn	Gunnar Friedemann
6	1934	Tallinn	Ilmar Raud
7	1935	Tallinn	Paul Keres
8	1936	Tallinn	Paul Felix Schmidt
9	1937	Tallinn	Paul Felix Schmidt
10	1939	Tallinn	Ilmar Raud
11	1941	Tallinn	Johannes Türn
12	1942	Tallinn	Paul Keres
13	1943	Tallinn	Paul Keres
14	1944	Viljandi	Johannes Türn, August Eller
15	1945	Tallinn	Paul Keres	Salme Rootare
16	1946	Tallinn	Raul Renter	-
17	1947	Tallinn	Jüri Randviir	-
18	1948	Tallinn	Aleksander Arulaid	Salme Rootare
19	1949	Pärnu	Jüri Randviir, Raul Renter	Salme Rootare
20	1950	Tallinn	Jüri Randviir	Salme Rootare
21	1951	Tallinn	Iivo Nei	Helju Roosa
22	1952	Tartu	Iivo Nei	Marie Orav
23	1953	Tartu	Paul Keres	Urve Kure
24	1954	Tallinn	Jüri Randviir	Salme Rootare
25	1955	Tallinn	Aleksander Arulaid	Aino Kukk
26	1956	Tartu	Iivo Nei	Salme Rootare
27	1957	Tartu	Kalju Pitksaar	Salme Rootare
28	1958	Tallinn	Gunnar Uusi	Urve Kure
29	1959	Tartu	Gunnar Uusi	Marie Orav
30	1960	Viljandi	Iivo Nei	Salme Rootare
31	1961	Tallinn	Iivo Nei	Maaja Ranniku
32	1962	Tartu	Iivo Nei	Salme Rootare
33	1963	Tallinn	Gunnar Uusi	Maaja Ranniku
34	1964	Tallinn	Aleksander Arulaid	Salme Rootare
35	1965	Tartu	Rein Etruk	Urve Kure
36	1966	Viljandi	Gunnar Uusi	Salme Rootare
37	1967	Tallinn	Helmuth Luik	Maaja Ranniku
38	1968	Tartu	Aarne Hermlin	Mari Kinsigo (off contest)
39	1969	Tallinn	Rein Etruk	Salme Rootare
40	1970	Tartu	Hillar Kärner	Salme Rootare
41	1971	Tallinn	Iivo Nei	Salme Rootare
42	1972	Tartu	Andres Vooremaa	Salme Rootare
43	1973	Tallinn	Andres Vooremaa, Rein Etruk	Maaja Ranniku
44	1974	Tartu	Iivo Nei	Mari Kinsigo (off contest)
45	1975	Pärnu	Hillar Kärner	Leili Pärnpuu
46	1976	Haapsalu	Valter Heuer	Mari Kinsigo (off contest)
47	1977	Viljandi	Hillar Kärner	Tatyana Fomina
48	1978	Tallinn	Boris Rõtov	Tatyana Fomina
49	1979	Tartu	Gunnar Uusi	Leili Pärnpuu
50	1980	Tallinn	Gunnar Uusi	Leili Pärnpuu
51	1981	Haapsalu	Jaan Ludolf	Maaja Ranniku
52	1982	Tallinn	Lembit Oll	Maaja Ranniku
53	1983	Pärnu	Aleksander Veingold, Hillar Kärner	Tatyana Fomina
54	1984	Tallinn	Hillar Kärner	Maaja Ranniku
55	1985	Tallinn	Hillar Kärner	Svetlana Zainetdinova
56	1986	Tartu	Jaan Ehlvest	Leili Pärnpuu
57	1987	Haapsalu	Hillar Kärner	Maaja Ranniku
58	1988	Tallinn	Kalle Kiik	Maaja Ranniku
59	1989	Tallinn	Olav Sepp	Tatyana Fomina
60	1990	Tallinn	Mati Nei	Leili Pärnpuu
61	1991	Tallinn	Olav Sepp	Maaja Ranniku
62	1992	Tallinn	Olav Sepp	Tatyana Fomina
63	1993	Tallinn	Olav Sepp	Tuulikki Laesson
64	1994	Tallinn	Olav Sepp	Monika Tsõganova
65	1995	Tallinn	Olav Sepp	Monika Tsõganova
66	1996	Tallinn	Sergei Zjukin	Tuulikki Laesson
67	1997	Tallinn	Roman Sergejev	Monika Tsõganova
68	1998	Tallinn	Tarvo Seeman	Tatyana Fomina
69	1999	Tallinn	Kaido Külaots	Monika Tsõganova
70	2000	Tallinn	Mihhail Rõtšagov	Viktoria Baškite (off contest)
71	2001	Pühajärve	Kaido Külaots	Monika Tsõganova
72	2002	Kilingi-Nõmme	Kaido Külaots	Tatyana Fomina
73	2003	Tallinn	Kaido Külaots	Tatyana Fomina
74	2004	Tallinn	Meelis Kanep	Monika Tsõganova
75	2005	Tallinn	Meelis Kanep	Monika Tsõganova
76	2006	Tallinn	Tarvo Seeman	Valeriya Gansvind
77	2007	Tallinn	Meelis Kanep	Monika Tsõganova
78	2008	Tallinn	Kaido Külaots	Monika Tsõganova
79	2009	Rakvere	Kaido Külaots	Valeriya Gansvind
80	2010	Tartu	Kaido Külaots	Tuuli Vahtra
81	2011	Tallinn	Pavel Vorobjov	Regina Narva
82	2012	Tallinn	Mark Lapidus	Tatyana Fomina
83	2013	Tallinn	Ottomar Ladva	Tatyana Fomina
84	2014	Tallinn	Kaido Külaots	Mai Narva
85	2015	Tallinn	Ottomar Ladva	Margareth Olde

Multiple champions

#	Men's Winner	Titles	Years
1	Iivo Nei	8	1951-52, 1956, 1960-62, 1971, 1974
2	Kaido Külaots	8	1999, 2001-03, 2008-10, 2014
3	Hillar Kärner	7	1970, 1975, 1977, 1983-85, 1987
4	Gunnar Uusi	6	1958-59, 1963, 1966, 1979-80
5	Olav Sepp	6	1989, 1991-95
6	Paul Keres	5	1935, 1942-43, 1945, 1953
7	Jüri Randviir	4	1947, 1949-50, 1954
8	Johannes Türn	3	1925, 1941, 1944
9	Aleksander Arulaid	3	1948, 1955, 1964
10	Rein Etruk	3	1965, 1969, 1973
11	Meelis Kanep	3	2004-05, 2007
12	Ilmar Raud	2	1934, 1939
13	Paul Felix Schmidt	2	1936-37
14	Raul Renter	2	1946, 1949
15	Andres Vooremaa	2	1972-73
16	Tarvo Seeman	2	1998, 2006
17	Ottomar Ladva	2	2013, 2015

#	Women's Winner	Titles	Years
1	Salme Rootare	15	1945, 1948-50, 1954, 1956-57, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1969-72
2	Maaja Ranniku	10	1961, 1963, 1967, 1973, 1981-82, 1984, 1987-88, 1991
3	Tatyana Fomina	10	1977-78, 1983, 1989, 1992, 1998, 2002-03, 2012-13
4	Monika Tsõganova	9	1994-95, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2004-05, 2007-08
5	Leili Pärnpuu	5	1975, 1979-80, 1986, 1990
6	Urve Kure	3	1953, 1958, 1965
7	Mari Kinsigo	3	1968, 1974, 1976
8	Marie Orav	2	1952, 1959
9	Tuulikki Laesson	2	1993, 1996
10	Valeriya Gansvind	2	2006, 2009