Viesturs Meijers
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Viesturs Meijers is a Latvian chess
Grandmaster (2004). Plays chess from age 10. First trainer - I. Dambitis. International Master from 1993. He won the Latvian Chess Championship
in 2000. From 1989 to 2010 Viesturs Meijers has participated in more than 80 international tournaments.
Viesturs Meijers played for Latvia in Chess Olympiad
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Viesturs Meijers played for Latvia in European Team Chess Championship:
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
Grandmaster (2004). Plays chess from age 10. First trainer - I. Dambitis. International Master from 1993. He won the 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...
in 2000. From 1989 to 2010 Viesturs Meijers has participated in more than 80 international tournaments.
Viesturs Meijers 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...
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- In 2000, at fourth board in the 34th Chess Olympiad34th Chess OlympiadThe 34th Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament, took place between October 28 and November 12, 2000, in Istanbul, Turkey.- Chess competition :...
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(+3, =7, -3); - In 2004, at reserve board in the 36th Chess Olympiad36th Chess OlympiadThe 36th Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between October 14 and October 31, 2004, in Calvià on the Spanish island of Majorca.-Chess...
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(+5, =2, -2); - In 2006, at fourth board in the 37th Chess Olympiad37th Chess OlympiadThe 37th Chess Olympiad, comprising an open and women's tournament and the general assembly of the Fédération Internationale des Échecs , took place between 20 May and 6 June 2006, in Turin, Italy.-Open tournament:...
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(+3, =3, -4); - In 2008, at third board in the 38th Chess Olympiad38th Chess OlympiadThe 38th Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between 12–25 November 2008, in Dresden, Germany and was won by Armenia.The 2010 Olympiad is...
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(+5, =3, -1); - In 2010, at third board in the 39th Chess Olympiad39th Chess OlympiadThe 39th Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place in 2010 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, on to...
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(+3, =3, -3).
Viesturs Meijers played for Latvia in European Team Chess Championship:
- In 2001, at first reserve board in LeonLeon-Europe:* Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again from 1296 to 1301* Viscounty of Léon, a feudal state in France during the 11th to 13th centuries* Léon, Landes, a commune in France* Isla de León, a Spanish island...
(+3, =3, -1).