Lūcijs (Lucius) Endzelīns (21 May 1909, Dorpat (Tartu), Estonia – 27 October 1981, Adelaide, Australia) was a Latvian-Australian chess master. Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Tartu is the second largest City of Estonia. In contrast to Estonia's political and financial capital Tallinn, Tartu is often considered the intellectual Events 312 - Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia with a Chess is a recreational and competitive Game played between two players.
In 1932, Endzelins tied for 3rd-5th with Fricis Apšenieks and Movsas Feigins, behind Vladimirs Petrovs, and Teodors Bergs, at the Riga championship. Fricis (Fritzis Franz Apšenieks (Apscheneek (born 7th April 1894 Tetele, Latvia – died 25 April 1941 Riga, Latvia was a Latvian chess master Movsas Feigins or Movsa Feigin ( 28 February 1908 - 11 August 1950) was a Latvian Chess master Vladimirs Petrovs or Vladimir Petrov ( 27 September 1907 – 26 August 1943 at Kotlas was a Latvian chess master Teodors Bergs (Theodore Berg ( 27 July 1902, Riga - October 1966 Riga was a Latvian Chess master He played for Latvia in the Chess Olympiads; at seventh board (+10 –6 =2) at unofficial Olympiad at Munich 1936, at first reserve board (+6 –2 =4) at Stockholm 1937, and at fourth board (+7 –5 =3) at Buenos Aires 1939. The Chess Olympiad is a Biennial Chess tournament in which teams from all over the world compete against each other Munich (München; Minga is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. ('stɔkhɔlm is Sweden 's Capital and its largest City. It is the site of the national Swedish government, the parliament, and the Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is geographically located on the southern shore of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern
At the end of World War II, Endzelins, along with many other Baltic players (Arlauskas, Dreibergs, Jursevskis, Mednis, Ozols, Sarapu, Tautvaišas, Vaitonis, Zemgalis, etc. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Edmar John Mednis ( March 22, 1937 &ndash February 13, 2002) was an American International Grandmaster of Chess Kārlis Ozols (born August 9 1912 Riga – died March 23 2001 Australia was a Latvian-Australian chess player Ortvin Sarapu MBE ( 22 January 1924 in Narva, Estonia &ndash 13 April 1999 in Auckland, New Povilas (Paul Vaitonis ( 15 August 1911, in Užpaliai, Lithuania – 23 April 1983, in Hamilton, Canada Elmārs Zemgalis (born 9 September 1923, Riga, Latvia) is a Latvian American Chess master and mathematics professor ), escaped to West just before the advancing the Soviet forces arrived, to avoid deportation to Siberia or any other persecutions of the Soviet occupation (e. Siberia (Сиби́рь Sibir) is the name given to the vast region constituting almost all of Northern Asia and for the most part currently serving g. , those of Vladimirs Petrovs). Vladimirs Petrovs or Vladimir Petrov ( 27 September 1907 – 26 August 1943 at Kotlas was a Latvian chess master In 1946, he played in Augsburg. Augsburg is an independent City in the south-west of Bavaria. The event was won by Wolfgang Unzicker. In 1947, he won, ahead of Elmars Zemgalis and Efim Bogoljubow, at the Mattison Memorial Tourney in Hanau (near Frankfurt a/Main). Elmārs Zemgalis (born 9 September 1923, Riga, Latvia) is a Latvian American Chess master and mathematics professor Efim Dmitriyevich Bogoljubow (Bogoljubov Bogolyubov (Ефи́м Дми́триевич Боголю́бов April 14, 1889 &ndash June 18, Lucius Endzelins migrated from Germany to Australia. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. He won the South Australian Championship eight times. [1] He won the Australian championship in 1961. The Australian Chess Championship is a tournament organised by the Australian Chess Federation and held every two years
Awarded the Correspondence Grandmaster title in 1959. International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster is a title created by the FIDE in 1953 second only to that of world correspondence champion He tied for 2nd place, with Lothar Schmid, behind Viacheslav Ragozin, in the 2nd World Correspondence Championship, held from 1956 to 1959. Lothar Maximilian Lorenz Schmid (born 10 May, 1928) is a German Chess grandmaster who was born in Dresden. Viacheslav Vasilyevich Ragozin ( October 8, 1908 – March 11, 1962) was a Soviet Chess Grandmaster, an International He took 7th in the 3rd WCCh, held in 1959–1962, and tied for 7–8th in the 5th WCCh, held in 1965–1968.