Juzefs Petkēvičs

Juzefs Petkēvičs (Polish: Józef Pietkiewicz, Russian: Ю́зеф Изодо́рович Петке́вич; 19 December 1940 – 1 May 2024) was a Latvian chess Grandmaster

Juzefs Petkēvičs
Country	Soviet Union  Latvia
Born	(1940-12-19)19 December 1940 Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR
Died	1 May 2024(2024-05-01) (aged 83) Riga, Latvia
Title	Grandmaster (2002)
World Champion	World Senior Champion, 2002
Peak rating	2465 (January 1988)

Biography

Born into a Polish family (his uncle was a Catholic bishop),^[1] he came first in the Riga Championship of 1967, winning all thirteen games.^[2] He tied for 1st-3rd at Pärnu 1967. He thrice shared 1st in Latvian Chess Championship (1969, 1974, 1985).^[3][4]

Petkēvičs played for Latvia in Chess Olympiads:

• In 1994, at first reserve board in the 31st Chess Olympiad in Moscow (+1 –1 =4);
• In 1996, at second reserve board in the 32nd Chess Olympiad in Yerevan (+4 –1 =2);
• In 1998, at first reserve board in the 33rd Chess Olympiad in Elista (+2 –0 =3).^[5]

At Naumburg in 2002, he won the 12th World Senior Chess Championship.^[6]

Petkēvičs was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1980, and the GM title in 2002.

Petkēvičs died in Riga on 1 May 2024, at the age of 83.^[7]