Arturs Neikšāns
| Arturs Neikšāns | |
|---|---|
 Arturs Neikšāns, European Rapid Chess Championship, Warsaw 2012 | |
| Country |
 Latvia |
| Born |
March 16, 1983 Valka, Latvia |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating | 2600 (January 2016) |
| Peak rating | 2576[1] (May 2015) |
Arturs Neikšāns (born March 16, 1983, Valka) is a Latvian chess Grandmaster (2012)[2] and FIDE Trainer (2012).
He three times won the Latvian Chess Championship in 1999, 2011 and 2015. Arturs Neikšāns has been crowned a city champion of two cities: Valka in 1998 and Jelgava in 1999. He won in the Baltic Sea Junior Championship, held in Tallinn in 2001[3] and Aivars Gipslis Memorial tournament, held in Riga in 2002. International Master from 2001. In 2010 he divided 3rd place in 15th Open Balaguer tournament (Spain).[4]
Arturs Neikšāns played for Latvia in Chess Olympiads:[5]
- In 2000, at first reserve board in the 34th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul (+5 −3 =2);
- In 2006, at first reserve board in the 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin (+3 −1 =1);
- In 2012, at third board in the 40th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul (+3 −3 =3);[6]
- In 2014, at third board in the 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromsø (+3 −2 =5).
Arturs Neikšāns played for Latvia in European Team Chess Championship:[7]
- In 1999, at fourth board in Batumi (+2 −3 =4);
- In 2011, at third board in Porto Carras (+5 −2 =2);[8]
- In 2015, at third board in Reykjavik (+3 −1 =3).
References
- ↑ http://ratings.fide.com/id.phtml?event=11601388
- ↑ http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/5908-international-organiser-titles-approved-by-the-1st-quarter-pb-2012.html
- ↑ http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=18506
- ↑ http://www.365chess.com/tournaments/15th_Open_2010
- ↑ Wojciech Bartelski. "Men's Chess Olympiads :: Artūrs Neikšāns". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
- ↑ http://results.chessolympiadistanbul.com//tnr77681.aspx?art=20&fed=LAT&lan=1&flag=30
- ↑ Wojciech Bartelski. "European Men's Team Chess Championship: Artūrs Neikšāns". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
- ↑ http://chess-results.com/tnr57856.aspx?art=9&lan=1&turdet=YES&flag=30&snr=91
External links
- Arturs Neikšāns player profile at chessgames.com
- Arturs Neikšāns player profile at 365chess.com
- Arturs Neikšāns player profile at chesstempo.com
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