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Mikhail Tal [a] (9 November 1936 – 28 June 1992) [1] was a Soviet and Latvian chess player and the eighth World Chess Champion. He is considered a creative genius and is widely regarded as one of the most influential players in chess history. Tal played in an attacking and daring combinatorial style.
The Latvian Chess Championship (Latvian: Latvijas Šaha čempionāts) is the annual national chess tournament of Latvia among men and women players, which was established in 1924. It is organized by the Latvian Chess Federation (Latvian: Latvijas Šaha federācija), previously - Latvian Chess Union (Latvian: Latvijas Šaha savienība).
Alexander Koblencs (Latvian: Aleksandrs Koblencs, Russian: Александр Кобленц, German: Alexander Koblenz; 3 September 1916, Riga – 9 December 1993, Berlin) was a Latvian chess master, trainer, and writer. He is best known as the trainer of the 1960-61 World Champion Mikhail Tal. In 1935, he took 4th place in Rosas (Salo Flohr won).
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz (Latvian: Aleksandrs Voitkevičs; January 15, 1963 – July 14, 2006) was a Polish chess grandmaster. He was born in Latvia. In his early teens he was already a strong player; a student of ex-world champion Mikhail Tal whom he assisted in the 1979 Interzonal tournament in Riga. He won the Latvian Chess Championship in ...
In the first half of the 1990s, she was one of the leading Latvian chess players. In 1992 at the Latvian Open Chess championship, she received the award as the best participant in the women's competition. In 1996, she won a silver medal at the Latvian Women's Chess Championship, defeating the winner of the tournament Anda Šafranska in a mutual ...
Following a dispute with chess officials, Bagirov moved to Latvia in the late 1970s, and coached former World Champion Mikhail Tal, and future grandmasters Alexei Shirov and Alexander Shabalov. Bagirov was also an openings theoretician , with one of his favourites the unusual Alekhine's Defence .
In 1977 he participated in Mikhail Chigorin memorial in Sochi. [12] He played for Latvia in the Soviet team chess championship in 1962 and 1969, [13] and for the Latvian team "Riga Chess & Draughts Club" in the Soviet team chess cup in 1990. [14] He played for Latvia in the Chess Olympiads: [15]
Reizniece-Ozola won the Latvian Chess Championship for women in 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001. In 1998 and 1999, she won the Girls Under 18 section of the European Youth Championships . [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In 2000, Reizniece-Ozola competed in the Women's World Chess Championship , held in New Delhi , India; she was eliminated in the first round after ...