Viesturs Meijers

Viesturs Meijers, 2011
Association	Latvia
Born	December 5, 1967 Limbaži , Latvian SSR
title	International Master (1993) Grand Master (2004)
Current  Elo rating	2421 (September 2020)
Best Elo rating	2529 (January 2006)
Tab at the FIDE (English)

Viesturs Meijers (born December 5, 1967 in Limbaži ) is a Latvian chess player .

He has held the title of International Master since 1993, and in 2004 he achieved the standard of chess grandmaster. Meijers part in the Chess Olympiads in 2000 , 2004 , 2006 , 2008 and 2010 and the European Team Championship 2001 Latvian team. In 2000 he won first place at the Latvian Championships . Meijers plays club chess in Germany for ESV Nickelhütte Aue (including in the 2010/11 season in the 1st Bundesliga ), he won the Swedish Elitserien in the 1998/99 season with Sollentuna SK , with whom he also played at the European Club in 1999 Cup participated.

Meijers lives and works in Germany.

literature

• Val Zemitis: Encyclopedia of Latvian chessplayers . Old Amber Publishing Company, Davis, CA, USA, 2009 page M-41

Web links

Commons : Viesturs Meijers  - Collection of Images

• Replayable chess games by Viesturs Meijers on chessgames.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Men's Chess Olympiads :: Viesturs Meijers. In: OlimpBase. Wojciech Bartelski, accessed April 15, 2017 . 
2. ↑ European Men's Team Chess Championship :: Viesturs Meijers. In: OlimpBase. Wojciech Bartelski, accessed April 15, 2017 . 
3. ↑ European Men's Chess Club Cup :: Viesturs Meijers. In: OlimpBase. Wojciech Bartelski, accessed April 15, 2017 .