- Jusefs Petkevich
Juzefs Petkēvičs (Jusefs Petkevich, Josef Petkevitch, Józef Pietkiewicz) (born 19 December 1940, Riga) a Latvian chess Grandmaster.
Born into a Polish family (his uncle was a Catholic bishop), [ [http://www.vistula.risp.pl/felietony/wywpiet.htm Pan Józef ] ] he won in Riga Championship in 1967 with fantastic result (13 points from 13 games). [http://www.latchess.lv/lv/hall/2005/12/22/hall_238.html?template=23] He tied for 1st-3rd at Pärnu 1967. He thrice shared 1st in
Latvian Chess Championship (1969, 1974, 1985). [ [http://www.geocities.com/al2055mag/index.html Russian Chess Base ] ] , [ [http://www.geocities.com/al2055urs/index.html Russian Chess Base ] ]Petkēvičs played for Latvia in
Chess Olympiad s:
* In 1994, at first reserve board in the 31st Chess Olympiad in Moscow (+1 –1 =4);
* In 1996, at second reserve board in the 32nd Chess Olympiad in Yerevan (+4 –1 =2);
* In 1998, at first reserve board in the 33rd Chess Olympiad in Elista (+2 –0 =3). [ [http://www.olimpbase.org OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess ] ]He won the 12th
World Senior Chess Championship at Naumburg 2002. [ [http://teleschach.de/aktuelles/sen-wm02.htm TeleSchach / Senioren Weltmeisterschaft ] ]Petkēvičs was awarded the
International Master (IM) title in 1980, and the GM title in 2002.References
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