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Kalju Pitksaar
Kalju Pitksaar (18 May 1931, Tallinn – 26 September 1995, Tallinn) was an Estonian chess player, who won the Estonian Chess Championship.
Biography.
In 1947, at age 16 Kalju Pitksaar the first time participated in the Estonian Chess Championships. In Estonian Chess Championships he has won gold (1957) and 2 silver (1951, 1958) medals. 
In 1950 he was second in traditional National Tournament in Pärnu. In 1952 Kalju Pitksaar won Baltic Chess Championship. In 1952 Soviet Chess
Medical Officer, R.C.N. Hospital, Cornwallis, NS, Apr., 1955 to Sep., 1956.
Medical Officer, R.C.N. Hospital, Halifax, NS, Sep., 1956 to June, 1957.
Rank on discharge: Surgeon Lieutenant Commander.
Awards.
- In 2000 Dr. Halpern was given the Human Rights Award from the American Psychiatric Association.
- In 2003 he received the Medical Society State of New York's President's Citizenship Award.
- In 2004 he received the William C. Menninger Memorial Award for