Vaidas Sakalauskas | |
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Country | Soviet Union Lithuania |
Born | July 2, 1971 |
Title | International Master (1998) |
FIDE rating | 2327 (September 2021) |
Peak rating | 2481 (October 2005) |
Vaidas Sakalauskas (born July 2, 1971) is a Lithuanian chess player. He received the FIDE title of International Master in 1998 and won an individual gold medal in 36th Chess Olympiad in 2004.
Sakalauskas is a graduate of the Faculty of History of the Vilnius Pedagogical University in 1994. From 1994 to 2006 he worked in Radviliškis sports center as chess trainer. His best-known student is a Lithuanian Grandmaster (GM) Viktorija Čmilytė.
He regularly participated in Lithuanian Chess Championship. His best result is 3rd place in 2004. [1] In 2005 Sakalauskas won blitz tournament in "Liepājas Rokāde". [2]
Sakalauskas played for Lithuania in Chess Olympiads: [3]
He played for Lithuania in European Team Chess Championships: [4]
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