Lembit Oll

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Lembit Oll (23 April 1966 – 17 May 1999) was an Estonian chess Grandmaster.

Oll played for Estonia four times in Chess Olympiads.

• In 1992, at second board at the 30th Olympiad in Manila (+7 –1 =6);
• In 1994, at first board at the 31st Olympiad in Moscow (+3 –2 =8);
• In 1996, at second board at the 32nd Olympiad in Yerevan (+2 –1 =9);
• In 1998, at first board at the 33rd Olympiad in Elista (+1 –0 =7).^[1]

He was Estonian Champion in 1982, was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1983, and the Grandmaster (GM) title in 1992. Personal problems led him to take his own life in Tallinn in 1999.

[edit] References

1. ^ Oll, Lembit team chess record at www.olimpbase.org

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[edit] Further reading

• New In Chess, 1999, #4

[edit] External links

• Lembit Oll at ChessGames.com
• Crowther, Mark (24 May 1999), THE WEEK IN CHESS 237: Lembit Oll 1966-1999, London Chess Center, <http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic237.html#3>