Paul Keres Memorial

The Paul Keres Memorial stands in central Narva on the green area between Aleksander Puškin Street and Peter's Square. The bronze sculpture is dedicated to Narva-born international chess grandmaster Paul Keres and was unveiled to mark the centenary of his birth. Its authors, Aivar Simson and Paul Mänd, portrayed the chess player at a board so that passers-by can sit opposite him and ponder the next move. The sculpture refers to a game against Walter Browne played in Vancouver in 1975. It is a standalone public memorial, not the Pushkin monument or the fortress viewing platform.