Arturs Neikšāns
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| Arturs Neikšāns, Warsaw 2012 |
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 Latvia
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| Born | March 16, 1983 Valka |
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International Master (2001) Grand Master (2012) |
| Current Elo rating | 2571 (August 2020) |
| Best Elo rating | 2631 (December 2016) |
| Tab at the FIDE (English) | |
Arturs Neikšāns (born March 16, 1983 in Valka ) is a Latvian chess grandmaster .
successes
Neikšāns has been an international master since 2001 and an international grandmaster since 2012. He won the Aivars Gipslis Memorial in 2002. With Latvia he took part in the Chess Olympiads 2000 , 2006 , 2012 and 2014 and the European Team Championships in 1999, 2011 and 2015. Neikšāns played club chess in Latvia for the team from TSI Riga, with whom he participated in the European Club Cup 2001, in the German Bundesliga for SG Speyer-Schwegenheim , in the Swedish Eliteserien for SK Rockaden Stockholm , in the Norwegian Eliteserien for the Stavanger Sjakklub as well as in the French Top 12 for Les Tours de Haute Picardie . In 2012 he completed a seminar in Prague and became the first Latvian trainer to be certified by FIDE .
literature
- Val Zemitis: Encyclopedia of Latvian chessplayers . Old Amber Publishing Company, Davis, CA, USA, 2009
Web links
- Playable chess games by Arturs Neikšāns on chessgames.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of titles approved by the 1st quarter PB 2012, Al-Ain, UAE
- ↑ OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Artūrs Neikšāns. In: OlimpBase. Accessed August 24, 2018 .
- ↑ OlimpBase :: European Men's Team Chess Championships :: Artūrs Neikšāns. In: OlimpBase. Accessed August 24, 2018 .
- ↑ OlimpBase :: European Men's Chess Club Cup :: Artūrs Neikšāns. In: OlimpBase. Accessed August 24, 2018 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Neikšāns, Arturs |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Latvian chess grandmaster |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 16, 1983 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Valka |