Nava Starr
Nava Starr ( born as Gordon Nava, Nava married Shterenberg; born April 4, 1949 in Riga) is a Canadian female chess player of Soviet origin.
Life
Nava Starr grew up in Latvia. After marrying Sasha Shterenberg she took his family name. Both changed their family name to Starr, as they moved to Toronto (Ontario, Canada). She won eight times in 1978, the Canadian Women's Championship, until 1986 under her birth name Nava Shterenberg playing. Due to their success in the Canadian Championship 1978 in Victoria (British Columbia) she received in 1978 by FIDE the title International Champion of women ( WIM).
She has a daughter Regina and two grandchildren. Her husband Sasha Starr is also a strong chess player. She plays very aggressively, combination rich and loves sharp openings. She beat strong players, like Pia Cramling and Barbara dog. Both were invited in 1981 to an International Women's Tournament in Vancouver, the Pia won before Barbara. Nava Starr wrote an article in En Passant magazine called Why men are superior to women in chess.
Candidates Tournaments
At the tournaments for the World Chess Championship for women they participated often. The first time she played the interzonal in 1978 in Alicante. It was followed by the interzonal Bad Kissingen 1982. Moreover, she played the interzonal tournaments in 1985 in Havana, 1990 in Kuala Lumpur and 1993 in Jakarta.
In 2001, she took in Russia at the Women's World Cup (Women 's World Championship ) part, the Zhu Chen won the final against Alexandra Kosteniuk.
Chess Olympiads
She represented Canada at 12 Chess Olympiads, of which ten times on the first board, won a gold medal and a bronze medal. These were the Chess Olympiads in 1976 in Haifa (Gold Medal for best result on first board ), 1978 in Buenos Aires, in 1980 to Malta, 1982 in Lucerne ( bronze medal on first board ), 1984 and 1988 in Salonika, 1992 in Manila, in 1994 in Moscow, 1996 Yerevan, 2002 in Bled, 2004 in Calvia and 2006 in Turin.
Other tournaments
She picked among others on the following chess tournaments: International Open 1995 in Vienna and Zone 2009 tournament in Canada.