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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 ).
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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).
Riga (the Latvian Chess Championship), won by Vladimirs Petrovs, 1938/39. Warsaw won by Mieczysław Najdorf ahead of Dawid Przepiórka , 1938/39. Karlsruhe won by Anton Kohler , Efim Bogoljubow and Eisinger Jr, 26 December 1938 - January 1939.
Riga (the Latvian Chess Championship), won by Vladimir Alatortsev ahead of Alexander Koblencs. Moscow (Championship of the City), won by Vasily Smyslov ahead of Viacheslav Ragozin. Moscow (the 14th USSR Chess Championship), won by Mikhail Botvinnik ahead of Isaac Boleslavsky and David Bronstein, June–July 1945.
Kurt Richter, German IM, theoretician, writer and former Champion of Berlin - December 29; Joao de Souza Mendes, seven times the national champion of Brazil - July 10; Walter Henneberger, Swiss Master and four times the national champion - January 15; Leonids Dreibergs, Latvian-American Master, twice the winner of the Michigan Championship ...
Latvian Chess Championship; Latvian Gambit; Liepājas Rokāde; R. Riga Technical University Open; W. World Chess Championship 1981 This page was last edited on 26 ...