Tamāra Vilerte

Tamāra Vilerte (also Tamāra Rudovska, born March 5, 1954, Omsk) is a Latvian chess player who won the World Senior Women Chess Championship in 2008 (Bad Zwischenahn, Germany)[1] and holds the title of Woman Grandmaster. In 2008, she took second place in European Senior Women Chess Championship in Davos.[2] Vilerte won the Latvian Girl Championship in 1971 and 1972. In 1972 she shared third through seventh place at the Soviet Junior Championship.[3] She also shared the Latvian Chess Championship for women in 1973.

Tamāra Vilerte
Tamāra Vilerte in 2013 (Bad Ragaz)
Country	Latvia
Born	(1954-10-12)October 12, 1954 Omsk, Russia
Title	Woman Grandmaster
Women's World Champion	Women World Senior Champion, 2008
Peak rating	2238

Vilerte graduated from the Daugavpils Pedagogical Institute. She is a biology teacher by profession but works as a chess trainer. Her brother Jānis Vilerts (1943–2001) was director at the Kuldiga Chess School.