Karu, Arnold




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1929  668  2175 (78) 14
1930  762  2159 (82) 0
1931  888  2143 (84) 0
1932  977  2128 (86) 0
1933  1062  2112 (85) 0
1934  1150  2096 (84) 0
1935  1269  2081 (81) 24

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Karu, Arnold  
Born:
Died:
 
Notes:
Di Felice has 'Karu, Aivi' in the Tartu Club Jubilee tournament in 1935. Chessgames.com also has a game between Aivi Karu and Keres in Tartu in 1935, as well as correpondence games against Keres. Aivi Karu is a woman chess player, active in Estonia in 1997. A search of Estonian newspapers of the period 1920-1950 for 'Aivi Karu' finds nothing. However, Eesti Maleelu of 1 Jun. 2016 (p.11) lists Arnold Karu in the tournament at Narva in 1928-1929, and an Arnold Karu edited a chess column in Päewaleht at least from the 31 Aug. 1925 issue (p.5), and won a tournament in 1943, according to Postimees of 15 Jan. 1943 (p.2). I am guessing that Di Felice and chessgames.com have this wrong.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 332
Periodicals
   [EM], vol. 3, no. 2, 1 June 2016, page 11
   [Pae], vol. 20, no. 234, 31 Aug. 1925, page 5
   [Pos], vol. 87, no. 11, 15 Jan. 1943, page 2
Web
   [Aivi Karu]

Tournament data

Narva 1929     Estonian Youth Tournament     10  /  14
Tartu 1935     Tartu Club Jubilee     16.5  /  24


Player information updated: 20 Sept. 2025