Ilze Rubene
Ilze Rubene was a Latvian chess player who held the title of Woman [International Master]. She won the Latvian [Chess Championship] for women in 1976 and 1995. Ilze Rubene played for Latvia in 1992, at first reserve board in the first European [Team Chess Championship] in Debrecen, and in 1996, at second board in the 32nd Chess Olympiad in Yerevan. She shared victory in the Sweden Ladies International in 1998 and 1999. Rubene is a graduate of the Riga Polytechnical Institute. From 1992 to 2002 she lived in Sweden.