Algimantas Butnorius | |
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Country |
Lithuania (until 2014) Monaco (since 2014) |
Born | [1] Kaunas, Lithuania | 20 February 1946
Died | 30 October 2017[1] Kaunas, Lithuania | (aged 71)
Title | Grandmaster (2007), International Correspondence Chess Master (2012) |
Peak rating | 2456 (July 1999) |
Algimantas Butnorius (20 February 1946 – 30 October 2017) was a Lithuanian chess grandmaster and world seniors champion in 2007. From 2014 he represented Monaco. [2]
He won the Lithuanian Chess Championship on ten occasions: in 1967, 1968 (shared with Vladas Mikėnas), 1970, 1972 (shared with Gintautas Piešina), 1973 (shared with Jegor Čiukajevas), 1975, 1976, 1980, 1982 and 1993. [3] In team chess, he represented Lithuania at the Chess Olympiads of 2000, 2004, 2006 [4] and in the European Team Chess Championships of 1999 and 2003. [5] He won the World Senior Chess Championship in 2007. [6] In 2010, he tied for 2nd–4th with Vitaly Tseshkovsky and Nikolai Pushkov in the European Seniors' Rapid Championship. [7]
Butnorius was awarded the International Master title in 1983 and the Grandmaster title in 2007, as a result of winning the World Senior Chess Championship.
Butnorius studied journalism at Vilnius University, graduating in 1973. In 1975–1989, he hosted a chess program on LRT televizija. He also contributed chess-related articles and chess problems to Jaunimo Gretos, Kauno Tiesa, Komunizmo Vėliava, Lietuvos Aidas, Kauno Diena, and Vakarinis Kaunas. [1]
Algimantas Butnorius | |
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Country |
Lithuania (until 2014) Monaco (since 2014) |
Born | [1] Kaunas, Lithuania | 20 February 1946
Died | 30 October 2017[1] Kaunas, Lithuania | (aged 71)
Title | Grandmaster (2007), International Correspondence Chess Master (2012) |
Peak rating | 2456 (July 1999) |
Algimantas Butnorius (20 February 1946 – 30 October 2017) was a Lithuanian chess grandmaster and world seniors champion in 2007. From 2014 he represented Monaco. [2]
He won the Lithuanian Chess Championship on ten occasions: in 1967, 1968 (shared with Vladas Mikėnas), 1970, 1972 (shared with Gintautas Piešina), 1973 (shared with Jegor Čiukajevas), 1975, 1976, 1980, 1982 and 1993. [3] In team chess, he represented Lithuania at the Chess Olympiads of 2000, 2004, 2006 [4] and in the European Team Chess Championships of 1999 and 2003. [5] He won the World Senior Chess Championship in 2007. [6] In 2010, he tied for 2nd–4th with Vitaly Tseshkovsky and Nikolai Pushkov in the European Seniors' Rapid Championship. [7]
Butnorius was awarded the International Master title in 1983 and the Grandmaster title in 2007, as a result of winning the World Senior Chess Championship.
Butnorius studied journalism at Vilnius University, graduating in 1973. In 1975–1989, he hosted a chess program on LRT televizija. He also contributed chess-related articles and chess problems to Jaunimo Gretos, Kauno Tiesa, Komunizmo Vėliava, Lietuvos Aidas, Kauno Diena, and Vakarinis Kaunas. [1]