Esat Duraku

Esat Duraku was an Albanian chess player, five-time Albanian Chess Championship winner.

Biography

From the mid-1950s to the end of 1960s Esat Duraku was one of Albania's leading chess players. He five time won Albanian Chess Championship: 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, and 1963.
Duraku played for Albania in the Chess Olympiads:

In 1962, at second board in the 15th Chess Olympiad in Varna,
In 1970, at second board in the 19th Chess Olympiad in Siegen.

Duraku played for Albania in the World Student Team Chess Championship:

In 1958, at second board in the 5th World Student Team Chess Championship in Varna.

After 1970 Esat Duraku did not participate in international chess tournaments.
Esat Duraku died on 2 January 2021, two weeks shy of his 85th birthday.