Astra Goldmane is a former Latvian chess player. Astra Goldmane in seventies and eighties was one of the best women's chess player in Latvia. In 1974, she took 4th place in Championship of USSR juniors in Tallinn

Tallinn

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. Astra Goldmane won the Latvian Chess Championship

Latvian Chess Championship

-History:Professional level Latvian chess players have already appeared in the nineteenth century. They participated in chess tournaments and union congresses, organized by the Riga Chess Association. After the World War I, when Latvia became an independent country, official Latvian chess...

 for women three times: 1975, 1981, and 1983.

Astra Goldmane played for Latvia in Soviet team competitions:

• In 1974, the best result at nine board in the Team Cup of USSR in Moscow
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• In 1975, at eighth board in Spartakiada of USSR in Riga
  Riga
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• In 1976, at nine board in the Team Cup of USSR in Tbilisi
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• In 1983, at seventh board in Spartakiada of USSR in Moscow
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External links

player profile at chessgames.com player profile at chessgames.com player profile at 365chess.com

• Žuravļevs, N.; Dulbergs, I.; Kuzmičovs, G. (1980), Latvijas šahistu jaunrade, Rīga, Avots., pp. 98 - 99