Kaido Külaots

Kaido Külaots ( born February 28, 1976 in Pärnu ) is an Estonian chess player.

Seven times he won the Estonian Individual Championship 1999 in Tallinn, 2001 Pühajärv, 2002, 2003 and 2008 ( in Tallinn ), 2008 and 2010 in Rakvere, Tartu. 2004 and 2007 in Tallinn, he finished second. Estonian chess master, he was in 2001, he finished second in 2002. The Estonian flash championship he won in 2000 and 2005. At the 20th Open in Capelle la Grande 2004, he was behind Yevgeny Najer second. In July 2008 he won the tournament Heart of Finland in Jyväskylä.

For Estonia, he took between 1998 and 2010 in seven Chess Olympiads, at the Olympic Games in 2006 and 2008 on board one, with a total score of 42.5 points out of 71 games ( 25, = 35, -11 ) and between 2003 and 2007 to three European Team Championships on top board.

In Estonia, he previously played for the Chess Club Uus - Pärnu, with whom he was, for example, in 2000 the Estonian team champion. He currently plays for K. Külaotsa MK. Club chess he plays in Finland (formerly for Jyväs - Shakki Jyväskylä, with whom he 2004/ 05 won the Finnish Team Championship, later for the Salsk from Salo ), Sweden (formerly Södra / SASS, then for Lunds ASK, the Swedish team champion in 2010 / 11 ), France ( Gif sur Yvette - CC2 - Echecs ), Greece, Denmark (for the Aalborg Skakforening, then for the Skanderborg Skakklub ), Hungary (for the Budapesti Egyetemi Atlétikai Club ) and Iceland ( Reykjavík for Fjölnir ). In Germany he played for VfL blue and white New Monastery.