Tomas Laurušas
| Tomas Laurušas | |
|---|---|
| Country |  Lithuania |
| Born | 13 February 1996 Kaunas, Lithuania |
| Title | International Master |
| FIDE rating | 2563 (July 2024) |
Tomas Laurušas (born 13 February 1996) is a Lithuanian chess International Master (2013)[1]. He is a winner of the Lithuanian Chess Championship (2016).
Biography
Tomas Laurušas successfully started at various European Youth Chess Championship. In 2008, he ranked second at the U-14 age group, but in 2012, he was third at the U-16 age group. In 2012 played for Lithuanian team in the World Youth (U-16) Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, where he won the individual silver medal at the first board[2]. In 2014 he won bronze medal in the Lithuanian Chess Championship[3], but in 2016 Laurušas won the Lithuanian Chess Championship[4]. In 2018, Laurušas won the blitz tournament in chess festival "Liepājas Rokāde"[5].
In 2020, Laurušas tied for 2nd-5th place in the Panevezys International Chess Festival with Aleksandrs Jazdanovs, Bartlomiej Heberla, and Karolis Juksta.[6] He won the 17th Klaipeda Sea Festival with a score of 6.5/7[7]
Laurušas has played for Lithuania in 2 Chess Olympiads:[8]
- In 2014, at third board in the 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromsø (+6 −3 =1);
- In 2016, at second board in the 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku (+4 −1 =5).
He has also represented Lithuania in 2 European Team Chess Championships:[9]
- In 2013, at fourth board in the 19th European Team Chess Championship in Warsaw (+3 −4 =2);
- In 2015, at second board in the 20th European Team Chess Championship in Reykjavik (+3 −2 =4).
References
- ^ Administrator. "FIDE Title Applications (GM, IM, WGM, WIM, IA, FA, IO)". ratings.fide.com.
- ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: 11th World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad, Istanbul 2012, Lithuania". www.olimpbase.org.
- ^ "ch-LTU Final 2014 2014 - 365Chess.com Tournaments". www.365chess.com.
- ^ http://chess-results.com, Dipl.Ing. Heinz Herzog -. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Lietuvos šachmatų čempionatas". chess-results.com.
{{cite web}}: External link in|last= - ^ XXV International Chess Festival Liepajas rokade-2018 Blitz
- ^ "The Week in Chess 1339". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
- ^ "The Week in Chess 1342". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
- ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Tomas Laurušas". www.olimpbase.org.
- ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: European Men's Team Chess Championship :: Tomas Laurušas". www.olimpbase.org.
External links
- Tomas Laurusas rating card at FIDE
- Tomas Laurusas player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Tomas Laurušas chess games at 365Chess.com
