alvis, vītoliņš, this, article, uses, algebraic, notation, describe, chess, moves, sometimes, anglicised, alvis, vitolins, vitolinsh, june, 1946, sigulda, february, 1997, latvian, chess, master, countrylatviaborn, 1946, june, 1946sigulda, latviadied16, februar. This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves Alvis Vitolins sometimes anglicised as Alvis Vitolins or Vitolinsh 15 June 1946 in Sigulda 16 February 1997 was a Latvian chess master Alvis VitolinsCountryLatviaBorn 1946 06 15 15 June 1946Sigulda LatviaDied16 February 1997 1997 02 16 aged 50 Gauja LatviaTitleInternational Master 1980 Peak rating2475 January 1981 Awarded the International Master title in 1980 he was Latvian Champion in 1973 jointly 1976 1977 1978 1982 1983 and 1985 jointly His name is attached to the Vitolins Variation in the Sicilian Defence Scheveningen Variation 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 e6 6 Bb5 1 and the Vitolins Variation of the Sicilian Defence Dragon Variation 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 g6 6 Bg5 Bg7 7 Bb5 2 He committed suicide by jumping onto the frozen ice of the Gauja river from a railway bridge in 1997 3 Notable games editLev Gutman vs Alvis Vitolinsh USSR 1979 Nimzo Indian Defense Reshevsky Variation E46 0 1 Alvis Vitolinsh vs Igor Viksni Riga 1985 Russian Game Cochrane Gambit Center Variation C42 1 0References edit Sicilian Defense Richter Rauzer Variation Vitolins Variation B62 Chess com Archived from the original on 2012 03 09 Retrieved 2009 11 01 IM Andrew Martin Combating the Sicilian Dragon jeremysilman com Archived from the original on 2012 06 23 Retrieved 2011 10 17 Republika lv Zurnals domatajiem un daritajiemExternal links editAlvis Vitolinsh player profile and games at Chessgames com nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to a Latvian chess figure is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alvis Vitolins amp oldid 1189903736, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
