Tomas Laurušas | |
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Country | Lithuania |
Born | Kaunas, Lithuania | 13 February 1996
Title | Grandmaster (2021) |
FIDE rating | 2576 (May 2024) |
Peak rating | 2590 (January 2024) |
Tomas Laurušas (born 13 February 1996) is a Lithuanian chess player who holds the title of Grandmaster. [1] He is the three time Lithuanian Chess Championship winner (2016, 2019, 2023).
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 2019, he won Lithuanian Chess Championship.
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]
In 2021, he won the Heldur Valgmae Memorial with a score of 8/9. [8] In August 2021, he finished third in the Riga Technical University Open "A" tournament. [9]
In 2023, in Kaunas he in third time won Lithuanian Chess Championship. [10]
Laurušas has played for Lithuania in 2 Chess Olympiads: [11]
He has also represented Lithuania in 2 European Team Chess Championships: [12]
Tomas Laurušas | |
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Country | Lithuania |
Born | Kaunas, Lithuania | 13 February 1996
Title | Grandmaster (2021) |
FIDE rating | 2576 (May 2024) |
Peak rating | 2590 (January 2024) |
Tomas Laurušas (born 13 February 1996) is a Lithuanian chess player who holds the title of Grandmaster. [1] He is the three time Lithuanian Chess Championship winner (2016, 2019, 2023).
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 2019, he won Lithuanian Chess Championship.
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]
In 2021, he won the Heldur Valgmae Memorial with a score of 8/9. [8] In August 2021, he finished third in the Riga Technical University Open "A" tournament. [9]
In 2023, in Kaunas he in third time won Lithuanian Chess Championship. [10]
Laurušas has played for Lithuania in 2 Chess Olympiads: [11]
He has also represented Lithuania in 2 European Team Chess Championships: [12]