Valerij Zhuravliov | |
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Full name | Valerij Ivanovich Zhuravliov |
Country | Soviet Union Latvia |
Born | Moscow, USSR | December 11, 1938
Died | July 18, 2021 Jelgava, Latvia | (aged 82)
Title | International Master (1963) |
Peak rating | 2490 (January 1978) |
Valerij Ivanovich Zhuravliov ( Russian: Валерий Иванович Журавлёв, Latvian: Valērijs Žuravļovs; December 11, 1938 – July 18, 2021 [1]) was a Soviet/ Latvian chess master who has won the Latvian Chess Championship three times. He held the FIDE title of International Master (IM).
Valerij Zhuravliov won the Latvian Championship in 1980, [2] 1992, and 1994. [3] In 1968 he shared first place with Jānis Klovāns but lost an additional match, [4] and twice finished second (1984, [5] 1988 [6]).
In 1967 Zhuravliov won the Championship of "Dinamo" in Sochi [7] and reached eighth place in the 35th USSR Chess Championship in Kharkov. [8]
In seventies Zhuravliov lived in Kaliningrad. In 1972 he shared first places in Championship of Soviet Army [9] (with Semyon Furman), in Championship of Armed Forces [10] (with Jānis Klovāns), and in 1977 won Russian Chess Championship in Volgograd (shared first place with Lev Psakhis). [11] In 1977 he participated in Mikhail Chigorin memorial in Sochi. [12]
He played for Latvia in the Soviet team chess championship in 1962 and 1969, [13] and for the Latvian team "Riga Chess & Draughts Club" in the Soviet team chess cup in 1990. [14]
He played for Latvia in the Chess Olympiads: [15]
Valerij Zhuravliov played for Latvia in European Team Chess Championship: [16]
In the last years of his life he lived near Rēzekne and still participated in Latvian team competitions. [17]
Valerij Zhuravliov | |
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Full name | Valerij Ivanovich Zhuravliov |
Country | Soviet Union Latvia |
Born | Moscow, USSR | December 11, 1938
Died | July 18, 2021 Jelgava, Latvia | (aged 82)
Title | International Master (1963) |
Peak rating | 2490 (January 1978) |
Valerij Ivanovich Zhuravliov ( Russian: Валерий Иванович Журавлёв, Latvian: Valērijs Žuravļovs; December 11, 1938 – July 18, 2021 [1]) was a Soviet/ Latvian chess master who has won the Latvian Chess Championship three times. He held the FIDE title of International Master (IM).
Valerij Zhuravliov won the Latvian Championship in 1980, [2] 1992, and 1994. [3] In 1968 he shared first place with Jānis Klovāns but lost an additional match, [4] and twice finished second (1984, [5] 1988 [6]).
In 1967 Zhuravliov won the Championship of "Dinamo" in Sochi [7] and reached eighth place in the 35th USSR Chess Championship in Kharkov. [8]
In seventies Zhuravliov lived in Kaliningrad. In 1972 he shared first places in Championship of Soviet Army [9] (with Semyon Furman), in Championship of Armed Forces [10] (with Jānis Klovāns), and in 1977 won Russian Chess Championship in Volgograd (shared first place with Lev Psakhis). [11] In 1977 he participated in Mikhail Chigorin memorial in Sochi. [12]
He played for Latvia in the Soviet team chess championship in 1962 and 1969, [13] and for the Latvian team "Riga Chess & Draughts Club" in the Soviet team chess cup in 1990. [14]
He played for Latvia in the Chess Olympiads: [15]
Valerij Zhuravliov played for Latvia in European Team Chess Championship: [16]
In the last years of his life he lived near Rēzekne and still participated in Latvian team competitions. [17]