Gintautas Piešina
Gintautas Piešina (born April 8, 1952 in Šiauliai , † April 25, 2014 in Vilnius ) was a Lithuanian chess player. In 1988 he was awarded the title of International Master . He won the championship of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic five times (1972, 1974, 1978, 1984 and 1988). In 1988 he was the winner of the joint championship of the Baltic States and Belarus . In 1994 he took part in the Chess Olympiad in Moscow . He played a single game for Lithuania in the first round against Yemen, which he won. He played club chess in Lithuania for the team of the Vilnius Chess School , with which he took part in the European Club Cup in 1996, and in the Polish team championship in 1991 for KSz Hetman Gryfów Śląski . He reached his highest rating of 2430 in January 1989.
Web links
- Replayable chess games by Gintautas Piešina on chessgames.com (English)
- Profile at www.chess-db.com (English)
- In memoriam Gintautas Piešina (Lithuanian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gintautas Piešina's results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
- ↑ Gintautas Piešina's results at European Club Cups on olimpbase.org (English)
- ↑ Gintautas Piešina's results at Polish team championships on olimpbase.org (English)
- ↑ Gintautas Piešina's Elo development until 1991 at olimpbase.org (English)
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Piešina, Gintautas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Piesina, Gintautas (FIDE); Peshina, Gintautas (FIDE until 1991) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lithuanian chess player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 8, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Šiauliai |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 25, 2014 |
| Place of death | Vilnius |