Anatolijs Šmits
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| Anatolijs Šmits | |
|---|---|
| Country | Latvia |
| Born | September 2, 1941 Pskov region, Russia, USSR |
| Died | January 30, 1998 (aged 56) Riga, Latvia |
| FIDE rating | 2345 (July 1997) |
| Peak rating | 2420 (January 1978) |
Anatolijs Šmits (September 2, 1941 – January 30, 1998), also known as Anatols Šmits or Anatoly Shmit, was a Latvian chess player.
Šmits won the Soviet Junior Championship in 1960[1] and was Latvian Chess Champion in 1969[2] and 1975.[3] He also gained second place in Cup of USSR in 1970 (after David Bronstein).[4]
Šmits played for Latvia in Soviet team competitions:
- In 1960, at seventh board in 7th Soviet Team Chess Championship in Moscow (4,5 from 8);[5]
- In 1961, at seventh board in 3rd Soviet Team Chess Cup in Moscow (+2, =2, -1);[6]
- In 1967, at fourth board in 10th Soviet Team Chess Championship in Moscow (+3, =4, -2);[7]
- In 1969, at third board in 11th Soviet Team Chess Championship in Grozny (5,5 from 8);[8]
- In 1972, at fourth board in 12th Soviet Team Chess Championship in Moscow (+2, =4, -1);[9]
- In 1975, at fourth board in 13th Soviet Team Chess Championship in Rīga (+2, =3, -2).[10]
Šmits was an excellent teacher as exemplified by his coaching for the World Championship match of Nona Gaprindashvili against Nana Alexandria of Georgia at Pitsunda/Tbilisi 1975, which Nona Gaprindashvili won. For this effort, Smits received a special prize in 1975 from the Georgian Chess Federation.
References
[edit]- ^ "Championship of USSR (juniors)- Moscow 25.3-11.4.1960", narod.ru
- ^ "Chess Latvia 1969". Al20102007.narod.ru. Retrieved 2011-12-21.
- ^ "Chess Latvia 1975". Al20102007.narod.ru. 1975-03-15. Retrieved 2011-12-21.
- ^ "Cup of USSR- Dnepropetrovsk 1-21.8.1970, Moscow 1-13.11.1970", narod.ru.
- ^ "Moscow 1960". Al20102007.narod.ru. Retrieved 2011-12-15.
- ^ "Moscow 1961". Al20102007.narod.ru. 1961-12-28. Retrieved 2011-12-15.
- ^ "Moscow 1967". Al20102007.narod.ru. Retrieved 2011-12-15.
- ^ "Grozny 1969". Al20102007.narod.ru. Retrieved 2011-12-15.
- ^ "Moscow 1972". Al20102007.narod.ru. Retrieved 2011-12-15.
- ^ "Riga 1975". Al20102007.narod.ru. 1975-07-27. Retrieved 2011-12-15.
- Žuravļevs, N.; Dulbergs, I.; Kuzmičovs, G. (1980), Latvijas šahistu jaunrade, Rīga, Avots., pp. 61 – 63.
External links
[edit]- Anatoly Shmit FIDE rating history at OlimpBase.org
- Anatoly Shmit chess games at 365Chess.com
- Anatoly Shmit player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Anatoly Shmit chess games at ChessTempo.com