The first unofficial Lithuanian Chess Championship was held in Kaunas (Temporary capital of Lithuania) in 1921. The Champion's title was granted after victorious or drawn match between previous champion and challenger, mostly a winner of Championship of Kaunas (later - the Championship of Lithuania) in the period from 1922 to World War II. The first official Lithuanian championship was held in 1929. The next year, Lithuania joined FIDE, the World Chess Federation.
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^Litmanowicz, Władysław & Giżycki, Jerzy (1986, 1987). Szachy od A do Z. Wydawnictwo Sport i Turystyka Warszawa. ISBN83-217-2481-7 (1. A-M), ISBN83-217-2745-X (2. N-Z)
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FIDE player information (names and birth years for some currently active players)
Details of the 2000 edition
Details 2002-2007 editions
Šarūnas Šulskis biography (in Polish)
April 08, 2024
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The first unofficial Lithuanian Chess Championship was held in Kaunas Temporary capital of Lithuania in 1921 The Champion s title was granted after victorious or drawn match between previous champion and challenger mostly a winner of Championship of Kaunas later the Championship of Lithuania in the period from 1922 to World War II The first official Lithuanian championship was held in 1929 The next year Lithuania joined FIDE the World Chess Federation When Lithuania was part of the Soviet Union June 1940 June 1941 and July 1944 March 1990 players from other Soviet Republics were sometimes invited to play in the championship In 1951 Ratmir Kholmov won the championship ahead of the guests Andor Lilienthal Tigran Petrosian and Vladimir Simagin Contents 1 Winners 2 Women 3 Notes 4 ReferencesWinners editThis list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items August 2008 Year City Winner 1 1921 A Rimsa 1 2 the winner of Championship of Kaunas 2 1922 Antanas Gustaitis became the Champion Benjamin Blumenfeld emigrated to Russia before a playoff match could be arranged 3 1923 Aleksandras Machtas Champion of Kaunas 4 1924 Aleksandras Machtas Champion of Kaunas 5 1926 Aleksandras Machtas Champion of Kaunas 6 1927 Aleksandras Machtas won a match with S Gordonas Champion of Klaipeda instead of Markas Luckis Champion of Kaunas 7 1928 Aleksandras Machtas won a match with S Gordonas Champion of Klaipeda instead of Markas Luckis Champion of Kaunas 1 1929 Aronas Jeglinas Champion of Kaunas and Lithuania2 1930 Isakas Vistaneckis 3 3 1931 Aleksandras Machtas4 1932 Kaunas Aleksandras Machtas5 1933 Vladas Mikenas won a match against Aleksandras Machtas 4 6 1934 Vladas Mikenas won a match against Povilas Vaitonis 6 2 7 1935 Vladas Mikenas drew a match with Isakas Vistaneckis 8 8 8 1937 Vladas Mikenas won a match against Povilas Vaitonis 5 5 4 5 9 1938 Vladas Mikenas won a match against Povilas Vaitonis 9 3 10 1941 Isakas Vistaneckis11 1942 Leonardas Abramavicius12 1943 Vilnius Mecislovas Birmanas 5 1944 Povilas Vaitonis was leading the interrupted tournament13 1945 Kaunas Vladas Mikenas14 1947 Vilnius Vladas Mikenas15 1948 Vilnius Vladas Mikenas16 1949 Vilnius Ratmir Kholmov Isakas Vistaneckis17 1950 Vilnius Ratmir Kholmov18 1951 Vilnius Ratmir Kholmov19 1952 Vilnius Ratmir Kholmov20 1953 Vilnius Ratmir Kholmov21 1954 Vilnius Isakas Vistaneckis22 1955 Vilnius Ratmir Kholmov23 1956 Kaunas Isakas Vistaneckis24 1957 Vilnius Ratmir Kholmov25 1958 Vilnius Ratmir Kholmov26 1959 Vilnius Isakas Vistaneckis Ratmir Kholmov27 1960 Vilnius Ratmir Kholmov28 1961 Vilnius Vladas Mikenas29 1962 Druskininkai Leonidas Maslovas30 1963 Vilnius Leonidas Maslovas31 1964 Vilnius Vladas Mikenas32 1965 Vilnius Vladas Mikenas33 1966 Vilnius Leonidas Maslovas34 1967 Vilnius Algimantas Butnorius35 1968 Vilnius Vladas Mikenas36 1969 Vilnius Antanas Algimantas Cesnauskis37 1970 Kaunas Algimantas Butnorius38 1971 Vilnius Jegor Ciukajevas39 1972 Kaunas Gintautas Piesina40 1973 Klaipeda Algimantas Butnorius41 1974 Vilnius Gintautas Piesina42 1975 Vilnius Algimantas Butnorius43 1976 Kaunas Algimantas Butnorius44 1977 Klaipeda Yuri Balashov45 1978 Vilnius Gintautas Piesina46 1979 Panevezys Levas Seveliovas47 1980 Kaunas Algimantas Butnorius48 1981 Klaipeda Eduardas Rozentalis49 1982 Plunge Algimantas Butnorius50 1983 Vilnius Aloyzas Kveinys51 1984 Klaipeda Gintautas Piesina52 1985 Vilnius Algirdas Bandza Emilis Slekys53 1986 Vilnius Aloyzas Kveinys54 1987 Vilnius Vidmantas Malisauskas55 1988 Vilnius Gintautas Piesina56 1989 Klaipeda Vidmantas Malisauskas57 1990 Klaipeda Vidmantas Malisauskas58 1991 Vilnius Sarunas Sulskis59 1992 Vilnius Virginijus Dambrauskas60 1993 Vilnius Algimantas Butnorius61 1994 Vilnius Sarunas Sulskis62 1995 Vilnius Antanas Zapolskis63 1996 Vilnius Vytautas Slapikas64 1997 Vilnius Virginijus Grabliauskas 6 65 1998 Vilnius Vidmantas Malisauskas66 1999 Vilnius Antanas Zapolskis67 2000 Vilnius Viktorija Cmilyte68 2001 Kaunas Sarunas Sulskis69 2002 Vilnius Eduardas Rozentalis70 2003 Vilnius Vidmantas Malisauskas71 2004 Vilnius Darius Zagorskis72 2005 Siauliai Viktorija Cmilyte73 2006 Vilnius Vidmantas Malisauskas74 2007 Siauliai Sarunas Sulskis75 2008 Kaunas Aloyzas Kveinys 7 76 2009 Vilnius Sarunas Sulskis77 2010 Nemencine Vidmantas Malisauskas 8 78 2011 Nemencine Sarunas Sulskis 9 79 2012 Vilnius Aloyzas Kveinys80 2013 Vilnius Darius Zagorskis81 2014 Vilnius Sarunas Sulskis82 2015 Kaunas Sarunas Sulskis83 2016 Vilnius Tomas Laurusas84 2017 Vilnius Vidmantas Malisauskas85 2018 Kaunas Vidmantas Malisauskas86 2019 Vilnius Tomas Laurusas87 2020 Vilnius Karolis Juksta 10 88 2021 Vilnius Titas Stremavicius 11 89 2022 Vilnius Karolis Juksta 12 90 2023 Kaunas Tomas Laurusas 13 Women editYear City Winner1938 Kaunas Elena Raclauskiene1949 Vilnius Elena Raclauskiene Lukauskiene1950 Vilnius Klavdiya Ciukajeva1951 Vilnius Klavdiya Ciukajeva1952 Vilnius Klavdiya Ciukajeva1953 Vilnius Klavdiya Ciukajeva1954 Vilnius Maria Lichtenfeld1955 Vilnius Maria Lichtenfeld1956 Kaunas Marija Kartanaite1957 Vilnius Marija Kartanaite1958 Vilnius Marija Kartanaite1959 Vilnius Nina Spikiene1960 Vilnius Nina Spikiene1961 Vilnius Vilhelmina Kausilaite1962 Vilnius Ilana Epsteinaite1963 Vilnius Marija Kartanaite1964 Vilnius Marija Kartanaite1965 Vilnius Ilana Rozentaliene1966 Vilnius Marija Kartanaite1967 Vilnius Marija Kartanaite1968 Vilnius Vilhelmina Kausilaite1969 Vilnius Marija Kartanaite1970 Vilnius Marija Kartanaite1971 Vilnius Vilhelmina Kausilaite1972 Vilnius Vilhelmina Kausilaite1973 Vilnius Lilija Benensonaite1974 Kaunas Vilhelmina Kausilaite1975 Vilnius Vilhelmina Kausilaite1976 Vilnius Vilhelmina Kausilaite1977 Panevezys Vilhelmina Kausilaite1978 Vilnius Rasa Kartanaite1979 Panevezys Rasa Kartanaite1980 Vilnius Marija Kartanaite1981 Vilnius Esther Epstein1982 Vilnius Esther Epstein1983 Vilnius Rasa Kartanaite1984 Vilnius Esther Epstein1985 Vilnius Marina Kurkul1986 Siauliai Esther Epstein1987 Siauliai Laima Domarkaite1988 Siauliai Renata Domkute1989 Siauliai Laima Domarkaite1990 Siauliai Vilma Domkute1991 Panevezys Rita Dambravaite1992 Panevezys Kamile Baginskaite1993 Vilkaviskis Marina Kurkul1994 Vilkaviskis Dagne Ciuksyte1995 Panevezys Laima Domarkaite1996 Marijampole Dagne Ciuksyte1997 Siauliai Dagne Ciuksyte1998 Vilnius Zivile Ciuksyte1999 Vilnius Rita Dambravaite Varniene2000 Vilnius Viktorija Cmilyte2001 Vilnius Renata Turauskiene2002 Nemencine Zivile Sarakauskiene2003 Panevezys Dagne Ciuksyte2004 Siauliai Daiva Batyte2005 Vilnius Simona Limontaite2006 Siauliai Deimante Daulyte2007 Vilnius Deimante Daulyte2008 Panevezys Deimante Daulyte2009 Vilnius Zivile Sarakauskiene2010 Nemencine Vesta Kalvyte2011 Nemencine Zivile Sarakauskiene2012 Vilnius Deimante Daulyte2013 Vilnius Deimante Daulyte2014 Vilnius Salomeja Zaksaite2015 Vilnius Daiva Batyte2016 Vilnius Salomeja Zaksaite2017 Vilnius Simona Kiseleva2018 Kaunas Ieva Zalimaite2019 Vilnius Marija Sibajeva2020 Vilnius Kamile Baginskaite 10 2021 Vilnius Gabija Simkunaite 14 2022 Vilnius Olena Martynkova 15 2023 Panevezys Olena Martynkova 16 Notes edit http www chesslyga lt index php lang 1 amp sid 390 amp tid 430 Sachmatu istorija www straipsniai lt gt Sachmatai Archived from the original on 2007 09 24 Retrieved 2007 10 10 Sachmatai Lietuvoje Istorine apybraiza Litmanowicz Wladyslaw amp Gizycki Jerzy 1986 1987 Szachy od A do Z Wydawnictwo Sport i Turystyka Warszawa ISBN 83 217 2481 7 1 A M ISBN 83 217 2745 X 2 N Z http www chess lt lithuania lit htm asmen life htm Archived 2016 03 03 at the Wayback Machine Vladas Mikenas Lietuvos sachmatu istorija Archived from the original on 2007 09 27 Retrieved 2007 10 04 Lietuvos cempionatai Lietuvos sporto enciklopedija www chessfed lt www chess results com www chess results com a b Juksta and Baginskaite claim 2020 Lithuanian Championship titles www fide com Retrieved 2021 08 17 Naujojo Lietuvos cempiono pavarde Titas Stremavicius Retrieved 20 June 2022 2022 m Lietuvos sachmatu cempionato finalas 2023 m Lietuvos sachmatu cempionato finalas Naujieji Lietuvos cempionai Stremavicius ir Simkunaite 2022 m Lietuvos moteru sachmatu cempionato finalas 2023 m Lietuvos moteru sachmatu cempionato finalasReferences editLithuanian Chess Federation and Department of Physical education and Sport 1994 Sachmatu taisykles Vilnius A Uogele 1993 Mano sachmatai Lietuvos cempionatai most results and crosstables for 1943 2002 Lietuvos vyru sachmatu cempionatai 1943 2007 in Lithuanian RUSBASE part V 1919 1937 1991 1994 RUSBASE part IV 1938 1960 RUSBASE part III 1961 1969 1985 1990 RUSBASE part II 1970 1984 Hartston William R 1977 Lithuania in Golombek Harry ed Golombek s Encyclopedia of Chess Crown Publishing p 182 ISBN 0 517 53146 1 Gaige Jeremy 1987 Chess Personalia A Biobibliography McFarland ISBN 0 7864 2353 6 full names and brief biographical details for some players FIDE player information names and birth years for some currently active players Details of the 2000 edition Details 2002 2007 editions Sarunas Sulskis biography in Polish Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lithuanian Chess Championship amp oldid 1173276840, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
