Antanas Algimantas Česnauskis (25 April 1936 – 31 March 2008) was a Lithuanian

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player who won

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(1969).

Biography

Antanas Algimantas Česnauskis won

in 1969. He won silver medals in the Lithuanian Chess Championship in 1962, 1964 and 1966, and bronze medal in 1972. Together with Vilnius city team, he was a multiple winner of the Lithuanian Team Chess Championships (1957, 1958, 1961). Antanas Algimantas Česnauskis was four-time winner of Lithuanian Sports Associations ''Nemunas'' Chess Championships (1955, 1972, 1974, 1979). Antanas Algimantas Česnauskis with

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national team, he was a multiple participant in the USSR Team Chess Championships and

Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR The Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR (, Spartakiada narodov SSSR; ; ) were mass multi-event competitions in the Soviet Union in 1956–1991, descendants of the 1928 All-Union Spartakiad that took place in Moscow. The competitions were designed t ...

(in 1969 he played on the 1st board). The overall result of performances in team tournaments of all-Union significance: +8, -10, =11. His best result was at Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR in 1963: small silver medal on the 6th board.OlimpBase :: Soviet Team Chess Championship :: Algimantas Česnauskas
/ref> He was the coach of the Lithuanian SSR team. For many years he led the city chess club in Panevezys. In 2003, he was awarded the medal of the Municipality of Panevezys for merits in the sport.

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* * 1936 births 2008 deaths Chess coaches Lithuanian chess players Soviet chess players {{Lithuania-chess-bio-stub