Anatolijs Šmits
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Anatolijs Šmits was a Latvian chess
master.
Anatolijs Šmits won the Soviet Junior Championship in 1960 and was Latvian Chess Champion
in 1969 and 1975. Also he has second place in Cup of USSR in 1970 (after David Bronstein
).
Anatolijs Šmits played for Latvia in Soviet team competitions:
Anatolijs 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.
Chess
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master.
Anatolijs Šmits won the Soviet Junior Championship in 1960 and was Latvian Chess Champion
Latvian Chess Championship
-History:Professional level Latvian chess players have already appeared in the nineteenth century. They participated in chess tournaments and union congresses, organized by the Riga Chess Association. After the World War I, when Latvia became an independent country, official Latvian chess...
in 1969 and 1975. Also he has second place in Cup of USSR in 1970 (after David Bronstein
David Bronstein
David Ionovich Bronstein was a Soviet chess grandmaster, who narrowly missed becoming World Chess Champion in 1951. Bronstein was described by his peers as a creative genius and master of tactics...
).
Anatolijs Šmits played for Latvia in Soviet team competitions:
- In 1960, at seventh board in 7th Soviet Team Chess Championship in MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
(4,5 from 8); - In 1961, at seventh board in 3rd Soviet Team Chess Cup in MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
(+2, =2, -1); - In 1967, at fourth board in 10th Soviet Team Chess Championship in MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
(+3, =4, -2); - In 1969, at third board in 11th Soviet Team Chess Championship in GroznyGroznyGrozny is the capital city of the Chechen Republic, Russia. The city lies on the Sunzha River. According to the preliminary results of the 2010 Census, the city had a population of 271,596; up from 210,720 recorded in the 2002 Census. but still only about two-thirds of 399,688 recorded in the 1989...
(5,5 from 8); - In 1972, at fourth board in 12th Soviet Team Chess Championship in MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
(+2, =4, -1); - In 1975, at fourth board in 13th Soviet Team Chess Championship in RīgaRigaRiga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...
(+2, =3, -2).
Anatolijs Šmits was an excellent teacher as exemplified by his coaching for the World Championship match of Nona Gaprindashvili
Nona Gaprindashvili
Nona Gaprindashvili is a Georgian chess player, the sixth women's world chess champion , and first female Grandmaster. Born in Zugdidi, Georgia , she was the strongest female player of her generation....
against Nana Alexandria
Nana Alexandria
Nana Alexandria is a Georgian chess Woman Grandmaster and International Arbiter . She was the challenger in two matches for the Women's World Chess Championship....
of Georgia at Pitsunda
Pitsunda
Pitsunda is a resort town in Gagra district of Abkhazia.The town was founded by the Greeks in the 5th century BC as a trade colony Pityus or Pitiunt. Excavations guided by Andria Apakidze unearthed remains of three 4th-century churches and a bath with superb mosaic floors...
/Tbilisi
Tbilisi
Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936...
1975, which Nona Gaprindashvili
Nona Gaprindashvili
Nona Gaprindashvili is a Georgian chess player, the sixth women's world chess champion , and first female Grandmaster. Born in Zugdidi, Georgia , she was the strongest female player of her generation....
won. For this effort Smits received a special prize in 1975 from the Georgian Chess Federation.
External links
player profile at chessgames.com player profile at 365chess.com player profile at chesstempo.com- Žuravļevs, N.; Dulbergs, I.; Kuzmičovs, G. (1980), Latvijas šahistu jaunrade, Rīga, Avots., pp. 61 – 63.