Urve Kure (August 2, 1931 – June 7, 2016) was a former Estonian chess player, who won theEstonian Women's Chess Championship three times, in 1953, 1958, 1965.

In 1950 graduated fromsecondary school in Tallinn. Urve Kure was one of the strongest women chess players in Estonia in the 1950s and 1960s. In Estonian Chess Championships for women she has won 3 gold (1953, 1958, 1965), 3 silver (1957, 1959, 1964) and 3 bronze (1954, 1961, 1966) medals.^[1] Urve Kure three times played for Estonia in Soviet Team Chess Championships (1958, 1960, 1962) and two times played for Estonian teamKalev in Soviet Team Chess Cup (1966, 1968).All her life worked in the rubber production factory Tegur and other factory Teras.^[2]

• Urve Kure player profile at olimpbase.org (Soviet Team Chess Championship)
• Urve Kure player profile at olimpbase.org (Soviet Team Chess Cup)

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