Juzefs Petkēvičs (born 19 December 1940, Riga

Riga

Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...

) a Latvian chess Grandmaster.

Born into a Polish family (his uncle was a Catholic bishop), he came first in the Riga Championship of 1967, winning all thirteen games.
He tied for 1st-3rd at Pärnu 1967. He thrice shared 1st in Latvian Chess Championship

Latvian Chess Championship

-History:Professional level Latvian chess players have already appeared in the nineteenth century. They participated in chess tournaments and union congresses, organized by the Riga Chess Association. After the World War I, when Latvia became an independent country, official Latvian chess...

 (1969, 1974, 1985).

Petkēvičs played for Latvia in Chess Olympiad

Chess Olympiad

The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams from all over the world compete against each other. The event is organised by FIDE, which selects the host nation.-Birth of the Olympiad:The first Olympiad was unofficial...

s:

• In 1994, at first reserve board in the 31st Chess Olympiad
  31st Chess Olympiad
  The 31st Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament, took place between November 30 and December 17, 1994, in Moscow, Russia.- Chess competition :...
  
   in Moscow (+1 –1 =4);
• In 1996, at second reserve board in the 32nd Chess Olympiad
  32nd Chess Olympiad
  The 32nd Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament, took place between September 15 and October 2, 1996, in Yerevan, Armenia.- Chess competition :...
  
   in Yerevan (+4 –1 =2);
• In 1998, at first reserve board in the 33rd Chess Olympiad
  33rd Chess Olympiad
  The 33rd Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament, took place between September 26 and October 13, 1998, in Elista, Kalmykia, . In the open tournament there were 110 teams, and in the women's, 72 teams.-Chess City:The...
  
   in Elista (+2 –0 =3).

He won the 12th World Senior Chess Championship

World Senior Chess Championship

The World Senior Chess Championship is an annual chess tournament established in 1991 by FIDE, the World Chess Federation.Participants must have reached 60 years old on 1 January of the year of the event...

 at Naumburg 2002.

Petkēvičs was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1980, and the GM title in 2002.

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