Edvīns Ķeņģis

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Edvins Kengis 2000 Wattenscheid.jpg
Edvīns Ķeņģis in the German Chess League 1999/2000
Association LatviaLatvia Latvia
Born April 12, 1959
Cēsis , Soviet Union
title International Master (1982)
Grand Master (1991)
Current  Elo rating 2536 (August 2020)
Best Elo rating 2594 (July 2002)
Tab at the FIDE (English)

Edvīns Ķeņģis (pronunciation: [ ˈɛdviːns ˈcɛɲɟis ], born April 12, 1959 in Cēsis ) is a Latvian chess grandmaster and coach.

Career

In 1989 Ķeņģis won the Open in Boston and a year later shared 2nd to 4th place at the Lloyds Bank Open. In 2001 he won the Estonian Open Championship in Pühajärve and shared 3rd to 5th place in Kilingi-Nõmme (EST-ch, Kaido Külaots won). In 2002 he won the Bad Wörishofen chess festival ahead of Kiril Georgiew . In 2003 he won the Golden Cleopatra in Egypt and a year later he won the I Jyri Vetemaa Memorial Tournament in Pärnu. In 1982 he became international champion , in 1991 he received the grandmaster title. He has an Elo rating of 2545 (as of May 2016) and would therefore be fourth in the national ranking, but is listed as inactive because he has not played a rated game since a tournament in Sharjah in December 2009 . His highest rating was 2594 in July 2002.

Ķeņģis has won the Latvian championship eight times (1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1997, 2004 and 2005). In 1985 he won the Baltic Championship in Pärnu and in 1986 he shared first place with Alexander Shabalov and Alexander Malevinsky in Haapsalu.

National team

Kengis took as a player six times in Chess Olympiads part ( 1992 - 1998 and 2002 - 2004 ), also at the World Team Championship in 1993 and the European Team Championships in 1997 and 2001 respectively.

societies

In the German Federal Chess League Ķeņģis played from 1999 to 2002 at Godesberger SK and from 2002 to 2007 at SG Porz , with whom he was German team champion in the 2003/04 season . In the Belgian Interclubs he played in the 2005/06 season with Cercle des Echecs de Charleroi , in the Polish team championship in 1999 with KKSz Gant-Hetman Wrocław .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ FIDE Online. Archive - Tournament report January 2002 (English)
  2. ↑ The Week in Chess 409 (English)
  3. ↑ Eesti Maleliit - GM Edvins Kengis won I Jyri Vetemaa Memorial tournament
  4. ^ Willy Iclicki: FIDE Golden book 1924-2002 . Euroadria, Slovenia, 2002, p. 81
  5. ↑ MEN'S CHESS OLYMPIADS: Ķeņģis, Edvīns (Latvia) on OlimpBase (English)
  6. ↑ Edvīns Ķeņģis' results at team world championships on olimpbase.org (English)
  7. ↑ Edvīns Ķeņģis' results at European team championships on olimpbase.org (English)
  8. ↑ Edvīns Ķeņģis' results in the Polish team championship on olimpbase.org (English)
personal data
SURNAME Ķeņģis, Edvīns
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Latvian chess player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Cēsis