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Tomas Laurušas
Lithuanian chess grandmaster (born 1996) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tomas Laurušas (born 13 February 1996) is a Lithuanian chess player who holds the title of Grandmaster.[1] He is the four time Lithuanian Chess Championship winner (2016, 2019, 2023, 2024).
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Laurušas successfully started at various European Youth Chess Championship. In 2008, he ranked second at the U-14 age group, but in 2012, he was third at the U-16 age group. In 2012 played for Lithuanian team in the World Youth (U-16) Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, where he won the individual silver medal at the first board.[2] In 2014 he won bronze medal in the Lithuanian Chess Championship,[3] but in 2016 Laurušas won the Lithuanian Chess Championship.[4] In 2018, Laurušas won the blitz tournament in chess festival "Liepājas Rokāde".[5] In 2019, he won Lithuanian Chess Championship.
In 2020, Laurušas tied for 2nd-5th place in the Panevezys International Chess Festival with Aleksandrs Jazdanovs, Bartlomiej Heberla, and Karolis Juksta.[6] He won the 17th Klaipeda Sea Festival with a score of 6.5/7[7]
In 2021, he won the Heldur Valgmae Memorial with a score of 8/9.[8] In August 2021, he finished third in the Riga Technical University Open "A" tournament.[9]
In 2023, in Kaunas he in third time won Lithuanian Chess Championship.[10] In 2024, in Vilnius he in fourth time won Lithuanian Chess Championship.[11] In August 2024, he finished third in the Riga Technical University Open "A" tournament.[12]
Laurušas has played for Lithuania in 2 Chess Olympiads:[13]
- In 2014, at third board in the 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromsø (+6 −3 =1);
- In 2016, at second board in the 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku (+4 −1 =5).
He has also represented Lithuania in 2 European Team Chess Championships:[14]
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