The first Baltic Chess Congress took place in Riga, Latvia (then Russian Empire), in 1899. The winner was Robert Behting, the elder brother of Kārlis Bētiņš, who won a play-off game with Karl Wilhelm Rosenkrantz. The second Baltic Chess Congress was played in Dorpat, Estonia (then Russian Empire), in 1901. There were four winners.

The first Baltic Chess Championship was held in the city of Klaipėda, Lithuania, on May 22–27, 1931. The eight-player single round-robin tournament was won by Isakas Vistaneckis (LTU) 4.5/7, a half point ahead of S. Gordonas (LTU), Paul Saladin Leonhardt (GER), Vladas Mikėnas (EST/LTU) and Vladimirs Petrovs (LAT). The three others, Fricis Apšenieks (LAT), Aleksandras Machtas (LTU), and E. Gertschikoff (GER) finished in consecutive places.

Winners

#YearCityWinner
1*1899Riga Roberts Bētiņš (LAT),  Karl Wilhelm Rosenkrantz (LAT)[1]
2*1901Dorpat Kārlis Bētiņš (LAT),  Wilhelm von Stamm (LAT),
 Karl Wilhelm Rosenkrantz (LAT),  W. Sohn (EST)[2]
3*1904Reval Bernhard Gregory (EST),  Vladimir Ostrogsky (RUS)
4*1907Riga Karl Wilhelm Rosenkrantz (LAT)
5*1911Libau Arvid Kubbel (RUS)
6*1913Mitau Alfrēds Hartmanis (LAT)
11931Klaipėda Isakas Vistaneckis (LTU)[3]
 ? ? ?
1944/45Riga Paul Keres (EST)[4]
1945Riga Vladas Mikėnas (LTU)[5]
1946Vilnius Yuri Averbakh (RUS)
1947Pärnu Paul Keres (EST)
1950Pärnu Raul Renter (EST)
1952Pärnu Kalju Pitksaar (EST)
1955Pärnu Paul Keres (EST)
1958Pärnu Yakov Yukhtman (UKR) &  Taras Prokhorovich (UKR)
1960Pärnu Paul Keres (EST)
1961Palanga Iivo Nei (EST)
1963Estonia Iivo Nei (EST)
1964Pärnu Iivo Nei (EST)
1965Palanga Vladas Mikėnas (LTU)
1966Naroch Grigory Krupsky (BLR)
1967Jūrmala Jānis Klovāns (LAT)
1968Pärnu Alvis Vītoliņš (LAT)
1969Riga Boris Rõtov (EST)
1970Pärnu Andres Vooremaa (EST)
1971Pärnu Leonid Stein (UKR)
1973Homel Viacheslav Dydyshko (BLR)
1974Pärnu Viacheslav Dydyshko (BLR)
1975Riga Alvis Vītoliņš (LAT)
1976Klaipėda Sergey Yuferov (BLR)
1977Homel Gintautas Piešina (LTU)
1978Haapsalu Lev Gutman (LAT)
1979Daugavpils Jānis Klovāns (LAT)
1981Homel Aloyzas Kveinys (LTU)
1982Pärnu Alexander Ivanov (RUS)
1985Pärnu Edvīns Ķeņģis (LAT)
1986Haapsalu Alexander Shabalov (LAT),  Edvīns Ķeņģis (LAT) &
 Alexander Malevinsky (RUS)
1987Kuldīga Alexander Ivanov (RUS),  Lembit Oll (EST) &
 Leonid Basin (RUS)
1988Panevėžys Gintautas Piešina (LTU)

References

  1. ↑ "Edo Ratings, Betins, R".
  2. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2007. Retrieved July 4, 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01
  3. ↑ "Nice 1931". Archived from the original on August 7, 2007. Retrieved February 26, 2009.
  4. ↑ planet.ee - 1GB ruumi kõigest 9EEK eest kuus! Archived February 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Russian Chess Base
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.