Victor Palciauskas
Victor Palciauskas | |
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Full name | Victor Palciauskas |
Country | United States |
Born | Kaunas, Lithuania | October 3, 1941
Title | ICCF Grandmaster |
ICCF World Champion | 1978–84 |
Dr Victor Palciauskas (born October 3, 1941 in Kaunas, Lithuania as Vytautas Palčiauskas) is an American International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster, most famous for being the tenth ICCF World Champion, 1978–84.
He tied for second place (undefeated 5/8, +2 −0 =6) behind Mikhail Umansky in a "champion of champions" tournament, the ICCF 50 Years World Champion Jubilee. This was a special invitational correspondence tournament involving all living former ICCF World Champions.[1]
References[]
External links[]
- Victor Palciauskas player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Palciauskas at correspondencechess.com
- Palciauskas at chessmail.com
Categories:
- 1941 births
- Living people
- World Correspondence Chess Champions
- Correspondence chess grandmasters
- Lithuanian chess players
- American chess players
- Soviet emigrants to the United States
- Sportspeople from Kaunas
- European chess biography stubs
- Lithuanian sportspeople stubs
- American chess biography stubs