Aloyzas Kveinys
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Born | Mažeikiai, Lithuania | 9 July 1962
Died | 26 July 2018 | (aged 56)
Title | Grandmaster (1992) |
Peak rating | 2565 (July 2004) |
Aloyzas Kveinys (9 July 1962 – 26 July 2018[1]) was a Lithuanian chess player who was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1992.
Biography[]
Kveinys was awarded the Soviet Master of Sport title for chess in 1981. He won the Lithuanian championship 5 times: in 1983 (shared with Eduardas Rozentalis),[2] 1986,[3] 2001 (shared with Šarūnas Šulskis), 2008 and 2012.[4] In 2010 he won a tournament in Moss, Norway.[5] In March 2013 he won the Mallorca Masters. In 2016 he won the Chess Festival in Bad Wörishofen.[6] He was awarded the FIDE titles of International Master in 1990 and Grandmaster in 1992. He was a graduate of the chess department of the Moscow Institute of Physical Culture and Sports (now Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism).[7]
Kveinys has played for Lithuania in 8 Chess Olympiads:[8]
- In 1992, at fourth board in the 30th Chess Olympiad in Manila (+4 −4 =6)
- In 1994, at third board in the 31st Chess Olympiad in Moscow (+3 −3 =5)
- In 1996, at fourth board in the 32nd Chess Olympiad in Erevan (+4 −4 =2)
- In 2000, at first board in the 34th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul (+3 −2 =8)
- In 2002, at fourth board in the 35th Chess Olympiad in Bled (+7 −3 =4)
- In 2004, at third board in the 36th Chess Olympiad in Calvia (+3 −3 =6)
- In 2006, at second board in the 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin (+4 −0 =8)
- In 2008, at first board in the 38th Chess Olympiad in Dresden (+1 −4 =6)
He has also represented Lithuania in 5 European Team Chess Championships:[9]
- In 1992, at second board in the 10th European Team Chess Championship in Debrecen (+2 −2 =5);
- In 2003, at first board in the 14th European Team Chess Championship in Plovdiv (+2 −2 =4);
- In 2005, at third board in the 15th European Team Chess Championship in Gothenburg (+1 −0 =8);
- In 2007, at third board in the 16th European Team Chess Championship in Heraklion (+3 −3 =2);
- In 2015, at first board in the 19th European Team Chess Championship in Warsaw (+3 −4 =2).
References[]
- ^ "Liūdna žinia: mirė vienas geriausių Lietuvos šachmatininkų Aloyzas Kveinys". lrytas.lt (in Lithuanian). 2018-07-26. Retrieved 2018-07-28.
- ^ Championship of Lithuania, Vilnius, 1983.03.01-24
- ^ Championship of Lithuania, Vilnius, 1986.04.10-25
- ^ ch-LTU 2012
- ^ "Moss GM May 2010 Norway FIDE Chess Tournament report".
- ^ ChessOrg Festival Bad Wörishofen 26.02. - 05.03.2016 Schedule for Open and Senior Tournament 2016
- ^ "Igor GLEK / Глек И. - Выпускники". Archived from the original on 2011-12-24. Retrieved 2016-02-25.
- ^ Men's Chess Olympiads :: Aloyzas Kveinys
- ^ European Men's Team Chess Championship :: Aloyzas Kveinys
External links[]
- Aloyzas Kveinys rating card at FIDE at the Wayback Machine (archived 2018-06-12)
- Aloyzas Kveinys player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Aloyzas Kveinys chess games at 365Chess.com
- 1962 births
- 2018 deaths
- Chess grandmasters
- Lithuanian chess players
- Soviet chess players
- Chess Olympiad competitors