Famous life · 1976
Paul Keres Street in Nõmme
Chess grandmaster Paul Keres spent his childhood and youth in Pärnu. At 13 he scored eight points out of eight in his first rapid tournament there, and soon no one in town could match him. After finishing Pärnu Boys' Gymnasium in spring 1934, he even started making ocarinas and little clay flutes. Later Keres had a two-storey family house built on Õie Street in Nõmme. It was designed by Peeter Tarvas and finished in terrazzo render. In June 1975 Keres was returning home from a tournament win in Vancouver when he had a heart attack during a stop in Helsinki. He died there aged 59. In 1976 his stretch of Õie Street was renamed Paul Keres Street.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Maletaja ja suurmeister Paul Keres veetis lapsepõlve ja nooruse Pärnus. 13-aastaselt kogus ta seal oma esimesel kiirturniiril 8 punkti 8-st ja peagi ei leidunud talle linnas enam väärilist vastast. Pärast Pärnu Poeglaste Gümnaasiumi lõpetamist 1934. aasta kevadel hakkas ta isegi okariine ja väikeseid saviflööte valmistama. Hiljem lasi Keres oma perele Nõmmele Õie tänavale ehitada kahekorruselise eramu. Selle projekteeris Peeter Tarvas ja välisviimistluseks oli terrasiitkrohv. 1975. aasta juunis, kui Keres naasis Vancouverist turniirivõiduga, tabas teda Helsingis peatudes infarkt. Ta suri seal 59-aastaselt. 1976. aastal nimetati tema osa Õie tänavast Paul Kerese tänavaks.