Vaidas Sakalauskas

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Vaidas Sakalauskas
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CountryFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Born (1971-07-02) July 2, 1971 (age 52)
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.

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Biography

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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References

  1. "LTU-ch 2004 - 365Chess.com Tournaments".
  2. "Liepajas Rokade won by Loek van Wely". 17 August 2005.
  3. Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Vaidas Sakalauskas".
  4. Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: European Men's Team Chess Championship :: Vaidas Sakalauskas".