- Kārlis Bētiņš
Kārlis Bētiņš (Karlis Betins, Karl Behting) (
27 October 1867 ,Bērzmuiža –28 March 1943 ,Riga ) was aLatvia nchess master and composer of studies.He tied for 3rd-5th at Riga 1899 (Baltic Congress); won at Riga 1900; shared 1st at Dorpat (Tartu) 1901, and tied for 3rd-4th at Reval (Tallin) 1904. [http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdfName Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01]
In 1902–1910, he was co-editor with
Paul Kerkovius of the "Baltische Schachblätter". [cite book | author=Litmanowicz, Władysław & Giżycki, Jerzy| title=Szachy od A do Z | publisher=Wydawnictwo "Sport i Turystyka" Warszawa | year=1986, 1987 | id=ISBN 83-217-2481-7 (1. A-M), ISBN 83-217-2745-x (2. N-Z)]After
World War I , he took 3rd, behindHermanis Matisons andFricis Apšenieks , at Riga 1924 (1st LAT-ch). [ [http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lab/7378/firsts.htm Firsts in chess - by Bill Wall (Feb 7, 2005) ] ] Betinš played for Latvia in1st unofficial Chess Olympiad at Paris 1924 (+7 –4 =2), where he took 4th place (team) and tied for 4-7th in Consolation Cup (individual;Karel Hromadka won). [ [http://www.olimpbase.org/1924/1924fb.html OlimpBase :: Chess Olympiad Paris 1924: consolation cup standings ] ]The
Latvian Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5) was named as a tribute to Karlis Betinš, who analyzed it in the early part of the 20th century. [http://www.latchess.lv/lv/hall/2005/03/21/hall_17.html?template=23 ]References
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