Juzefs Petkēvičs
Juzefs Petkēvičs (born December 19, 1940 in Riga ; spelling at the World Chess Federation FIDE Jusefs Petkevich ) is a Latvian chess player .
He was able to win the championship of the Latvian SSR twice: 1974 (shared first with Vladimir Kirpičņikovs ) and 1985 (shared first with Alvis Vitolinš ). He played for Latvia in three Chess Olympiads : 1994 to 1998 . He played several times for the Latvian SSR at the Soviet team championships (1967, 1975 and 1979).
In 2002 he became the senior world chess champion in Naumburg .
In 1980 he was awarded the title of International Master (IM) and in 2002 the title of Grand Master (GM).
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Web links
- Juzefs Petkēvičs at the World Chess Federation FIDE (English)
- Playable chess games by Juzefs Petkēvičs on chesstempo.com (English)
- The chess story of Juzefs Petkēvičs with an interview (Polish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Numbers according to FIDE Elo lists. Data sources: fide.com (period since 2001), olimpbase.org (period 1971 to 2001)
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| SURNAME | Petkēvičs, Juzefs |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Latvian chess player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 19, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Riga |