Zigurds Lanka

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Zigurds Lanka
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Country Latvia
Born (1960-05-21) May 21, 1960 (age 63)
Baldone, Latvia
Title Grandmaster (1992), Correspondence Chess International Master (1989)
FIDE   rating 2384 (December 2021)
Peak rating 2575 (January 1997)
ICCF   rating 2603 (July 1993)
ICCF   peak rating 2607 (July 1992)

Zigurds Lanka (born May 21, 1960 in Baldone) is a Latvian chess player. In over-the-board chess, he received the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) in 1987 and Grandmaster (GM) in 1992. In correspondence chess, he earned the title of Correspondence Chess International Master (IM) in 1989.

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Lanka started to play chess when he was 6 years old. He won the Latvian Chess Championship in 1993 and 2020. His Elo rating peaks were 2575 in 1997 and 2531 in 2005. Lanka is considered to be an excellent theoretician and trainer. He assisted Alexei Shirov. Zigurds Lanka graduated from the Latvian University and is a journalist by profession. In recent years, Lanka has been living in Germany but he still participates in Latvian tournaments on a regular basis.

Lanka is married to former high jumper Nina Serbina. [1]

Championships [note 1]

Soviet Team Chess Championship [2]

Chess Olympiads [4]

3rd World Team Chess Championship [5]

European Team Chess Championship [4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Lanka played for Latvia in all of these Championships

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References

  1. ↑ Schach-Nomade auf Europa-Tour. TeckBote (2016-02-13). Retrieved on 2017-03-11.
  2. ↑ "Moscow 1983".
  3. ↑ "Moscow 1979".
  4. 1 2 Wojciech Bartelski. "European Men's Team Chess Championship: Zigurds Lanka". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  5. ↑ Wojciech Bartelski. "World Men's Team Chess Championship: Zigurds Lanka". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
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