Mark Pasman

Mark Pasman (Latvian: Marks Pasmans; March 16, 1932 in Riga, Latvia – August 4, 2011) was a Latvian chess player who won the Latvian Chess Championship in 1951.

Mark Pasman
Country	Latvia
Born	(1932-03-16)March 16, 1932 Riga, Latvia
Died	August 4, 2011(2011-08-04) (aged 79)

Chess career

Pasman learned to play chess at the age of 14 and in 1951 he won the Latvian Chess Championship.^[1] Other results in the Latvian Chess Championship: 1949 – 14th,^[2] 1950 – 4th,^[3] 1952 – 2nd,^[4] 1953 – 5th,^[5] 1954 – 5th,^[6] 1961 – 9th.^[7] In 1958 he won the Riga Chess Championship^[8] and he won the Soviet "Dinamo" championship in 1964.^[9]

Pasman played for Latvia in the Soviet Team chess championships in 1953 (+0 −2 =5), 1958 (+2 −4 =2), and 1960 (5 out of 7).^[10] He also played in the Soviet Team chess cup for teams "Daugava" in 1954 (+3 −5 =2) and "Dinamo" in 1968 (+1 −5 =3).^[11] Despite such impressive results, Pasman did not manage to obtain the Master title. Pasman was a graduate of the University of Latvia.