Juris Markauss (born June 5, 1943 in
Riga
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) is a Latvian
chess
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player and International Master in
correspondence chess
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.
He started to play chess as a teenager and took to the next level in high school years. In 1969, he graduated from
Latvijas Universitāte
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History
The University of Latvia, initially named as the Higher School of Latvia () was founded on Se ...
and became a
Candidate Master
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. He has performed effectively as a correspondence chess player since 1974. At international tournament "ŠAHS-25" in 1989 fulfilled the requirements for
International Master
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.
ICCF Congress, Richmond. Title Awards
/ref> In 1993, he represented Team World in game versus Team Russia.
Notable achievements
* 7th Latvian Team Championship 1976/77 – 1st table, 10½ of 14, 1st place;
* 11th Latvian Championship 1977/80 – 9½ of 13, 1st place;
* 16th USSR Championship semifinal 1981/83 – 11½ of 16, 2nd place;
* 16th USSR Championship final 1983/86 – 9½ of 18, 9th place;
* International tournament "ŠAHS-25" 1984/89 – 14 of 18 (International Master requirements – 12 points), 2nd place. Special award for the most beautiful combination;
* 9th USSR Team Championship 1988/92 - 2nd place for the team, 5th table, 14½ of 16, 1st place;
* VIII/IX World Cup round robin 1990/93 - 9 of 10, 1st place;
* 12th Chess Olympics round robin 1992/97 – 1st place for the team, 1st table, 8 of 11, 1st place;
* VIII/IX World Cup semifinal 1994/97 - 9 of 10, 1st place.
References
External links
* Latvian Championship 1992
ICCF 12th Olympics round robin
Chess games of Juris Markauss
Latvian Federation of Correspondence Chess
* "Fernshach International", 10 – (October 1998), 513-517 p.
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1943 births
Living people
Chess players from Riga
Latvian chess players
University of Latvia alumni