Career
Vija Rožlapa learned to play chess at the age of 12. She fulfilled the chess master norm in 1977. During the period from 1958 to 1983 Vija Rožlapa participated without interruption in all Latvian women"s chess championships.
The last time she took part in Latvian women"s chess championship in 2002.
Among her pupils were Alexei Shirov and Laura Rogule.