- Edvins Kengis
Edvins Kengis (Edvīns Ķeņģis) (born 12 April 1959, Cesis) is a
Latvia n chess Grandmaster. [http://www.latchess.lv/lv/hall/2005/06/10/hall_87.html?template=23]Kengis was eight-time Latvian Champion (1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1997, 2004, 2005). He won
Baltic Chess Championship at Pärnu 1985, and shared 1st withAlexander Shabalov andAlexander Malevinsky , at Haapsalu 1986.He won at Boston open 1989, tied for 2nd-4th at Lloyds Bank open 1990, won Estonian National Championship in Pühajärve in 2001, [ [http://www.fide.com/ratings/trarc.phtml?event16=184&codt=2 FIDE Online. Archive - Tournament report January 2002 ] ] , tied for 3rd-5th at Kilingi-Nõmme (EST-ch,
Kaido Külaots won), [ [http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic409.html The Week in Chess 409 ] ] won Golden Kleopatra in Egypt in 2003, won I Jyri Vetemaa Memorial tournament at Pärnu 2004. [ [http://www.maleliit.ee/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=54 Eesti Maleliit - GM Edvins Kengis won I Jyri Vetemaa Memorial tournament ] ]Kengis six times represented Latvia in
Chess Olympiads (1992-1998 and 2002-2004), once in the 3rd World Chess Team Championship at Lucerne 1993, and twice in theEuropean Team Chess Championship at Pula 1997 and Leon 2001. [ [http://www.olimpbase.org/players/640usyce.html OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Edvīns Ķeņģis ] ] He was awarded the GM title in 1991.References
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