Kęstutis Kaunas

Kęstutis Kaunas

Kęstutis Kaunas (born April 19, 1942 ) is a Lithuanian chess player and chess coach.

Life

His trainer was Abramas Sulmanas (1902-1977). Kęstutis Kaunas works as a chess trainer and educator. From 2008 to 2011 he worked as a trainer at the sports school "Jaunalietuvių sporto organizacija" in Kaunas . He also worked at the "Varpo" high school in Kaunas. There he coached the school team that won the 2009 Olympic Festival of Lithuanian Schoolchildren. International master Tomas Laurušas is one of his students . Kaunas was head of the team "Margiris-2" of the chess club "Margiris" in Kaunas.

In 1998 Kaunas took part in the European Club Cup with ŠK Margiris Kaunas . At the team championship of the Soviet Union Republics, he was part of the Lithuanian selection in 1972 and 1975.

Kaunas has held the title of International Master since 1995.

Web links

• Kęstutis Kaunas at the World Chess Federation FIDE (English)
• Replayable chess games by Kęstutis Kaunas on 365Chess.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ KPKC inf.
2. ↑ Lietuvos mokinių olimpiniame festivalyje išaiškinti stipriausi šachmatininkai ( Memento of the original from November 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Paaiškėjo Lietuvos jaunučių at jaunių šachmatų čempionai ( memento of the original from July 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ ŠK vadovai ir kapitonai
5. ↑ Kęstutis Kaunas' results at European Club Cups on olimpbase.org (English)
6. ↑ Kęstutis Kaunas' results at the team championships of the Soviet Union Republics on olimpbase.org (English)