Igors Rausis

Igors Rausis
Igors Rausis by tournament 11. Winterthurer Schachwoche 2011
Country	Soviet Union  Latvia  Bangladesh  Czech Republic
Born	April 7, 1961 Komunarsk , SSSR
Title	Grandmaster
FIDE rating	2600 (December 2015)

Igors Rausis (born April 7, 1961, in Komunarsk, SSSR) is a Latvian chess grandmaster. He was Latvian champion in 1995. From 2003 to 2007 he represented Bangladesh^[1] but from 2007 he represented the Czech Republic.^[2]

Rausis has played for Latvia in three Chess Olympiads:^[3]

• In 1996, at second board in the 32nd Chess Olympiad in Yerevan (+2, =8, -2);
• In 1998, at third board in the 33rd Chess Olympiad in Elista (+2, =8, -2).
• In 2002, at second board in the 35th Chess Olympiad in Bled (+1, =1, -1).

He has also represented Latvia at the World Team Chess Championship:^[4]

• In 1993, at first reserve board in Lucerne (+0, =2, -2).

Rausis is also active as a trainer, coaching the [(Latvia)] chess team at the 1994 Olympiad, Bangladesh chess team at the 2000, 2002 and 2008 Olympiad, the Algerian team at the 2010 Olympiad and the chess team of Jersey at the 2012 and 2014 Olympiad

References

1. "FIDE Player transfers". Ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
2. "FIDE Player transfers". Ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
3. Wojciech Bartelski. "Men's Chess Olympiads: Igors Rausis". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
4. Wojciech Bartelski. "World Men's Team Chess Championship: Igors Rausis". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2011-10-20.

External links

• Igors Rausis rating card at FIDE
• Igors Rausis player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Igors Rausis player profile at 365chess.com
• Igors Rausis player profile at chesstempo.com