Olita Rause

Olita Rause
Country	Soviet Union Latvia
Born	(1962-11-21)November 21, 1962 Soviet Union
Title	FIDE Woman Grandmaster(1993) FIDE International Master(1995) ICCF Grandmaster(1998)
FIDErating	2192(June 2019)
Peak rating	2360(July 1994)
ICCFrating	2684(October 2005)
ICCFpeak rating	2721 (October 2002)

Olita Rause(born November 21, 1962) is a Latvian chess player who holds theFIDE titlesofWoman Grandmaster(WGM, 1993) andInternational Master(IM, 1995). She also holds theICCF titleofCorrespondence Grandmaster(GM, 1998).

Chess career

Rause won the silver medal inLatvian Chess Championshipfor women three times: 1981 (tournament won byAstra Goldmane), 1984 (tournament won byAnda Šafranska), 1994 (after she lost additional match againstAnda Šafranska- 1½:2½). In 1986, Rause played for Latvia in Soviet Women's Team Chess Championship inMinskat second board.

Rause played for Latvia inChess Olympiads:

• In 1994, at second board in the31st Chess OlympiadinMoscow(+4, -4, =3).

Rause is one of strongest world'scorrespondence chessplayers. She won theICCFWorld Cup VI tournament.

Personal life

Rause graduated from theUniversity of Latviawith a Master of Philology degree. From December 2001 to February 2017 she worked as the editor in chief for Janis Roze Publishers inRiga.Rause was married toIgors Rausis.

External links

• Olita Rauserating card atFIDE
• Olita Rauseplayer details atICCF
• Olita Rauseplayer profile and games atChessgames.com
• Olita Rausechess games at 365Chess.com
• Olita Rausechess games at ChessTempo.com
• Olita Rauseplayer profile at Latvian Correspondence Chess Federation