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Valerij Zhuravliov

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Valerij Zhuravliov
Full nameValerij Ivanovich Zhuravliov
CountrySoviet Union
Latvia
Born(1938-12-11)December 11, 1938
Moscow, USSR
DiedJuly 18, 2021(2021-07-18) (aged 82)
Jelgava, Latvia
TitleInternational Master (1963)
Peak rating2490 (January 1978)

Valerij Ivanovich Zhuravliov (Russian: Валерий Иванович Журавлёв, Latvian: Valērijs Žuravļovs; December 11, 1938 – July 18, 2021[1]) was a Soviet/Latvian chess master who has won the Latvian Chess Championship three times. He held the FIDE title of International Master (IM).

Chess career

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Valerij Zhuravliov won the Latvian Championship in 1980,[2] 1992, and 1994.[3] In 1968 he shared first place with Jānis Klovāns but lost an additional match,[4] and twice finished second (1984,[5] 1988[6]).

In 1967 Zhuravliov won the Championship of "Dinamo" in Sochi[7] and reached eighth place in the 35th USSR Chess Championship in Kharkov.[8]

In seventies Zhuravliov lived in Kaliningrad. In 1972 he shared first places in Championship of Soviet Army[9] (with Semyon Furman), in Championship of Armed Forces[10] (with Jānis Klovāns), and in 1977 won Russian Chess Championship in Volgograd (shared first place with Lev Psakhis).[11] In 1977 he participated in Mikhail Chigorin memorial in Sochi.[12]

He played for Latvia in the Soviet team chess championship in 1962 and 1969,[13] and for the Latvian team "Riga Chess & Draughts Club" in the Soviet team chess cup in 1990.[14]

He played for Latvia in the Chess Olympiads:[15]

Valerij Zhuravliov played for Latvia in European Team Chess Championship:[16]

  • In 1992, at third board in Debrecen (+2 −2 =4).

In the last years of his life he lived near Rēzekne and still participated in Latvian team competitions.[17]

References

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  1. ^ "Latvijas Šaha Federācija". www.sahafederacija.lv.
  2. ^ "ch Latvia 1980". Al20102007.narod.ru. March 18, 1980. Retrieved January 7, 2012.
  3. ^ "LAT-ch 1994 – 365Chess.com Tournaments". 365chess.com. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
  4. ^ "ch Latvia 1968". Al20102007.narod.ru. Retrieved December 17, 2011.
  5. ^ "ch Latvia 1984". Al20102007.narod.ru. June 27, 1984. Retrieved January 7, 2012.
  6. ^ "ch Latvia 1988". Al20102007.narod.ru. Retrieved January 7, 2012.
  7. ^ "Championship of "Dinamo"- Sochi 1968". al20102007.narod.ru. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
  8. ^ "35 Championship of USSR - Kharkov 7-27.12.1967(swiss-13 games,130 participants)". al20102007.narod.ru. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
  9. ^ "26 Championship of Soviet Army- Batoumi May-June 1972". al20102007.narod.ru. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
  10. ^ "Championship of Armed Forces- Tbilisi 1972". al20102007.narod.ru. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
  11. ^ "Championship of Russia- Volgograd 4-28.5.1977". al20102007.narod.ru. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
  12. ^ "International Tournament". al20102007.narod.ru. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  13. ^ Wojciech Bartelski. "Soviet Team Chess Championship: Valērijs Žuravļovs". OlimpBase. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
  14. ^ Wojciech Bartelski. "Soviet Chess Club Cup: Valērijs Žuravļovs". OlimpBase. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
  15. ^ Wojciech Bartelski. "Men's Chess Olympiads: Valērijs Žuravļovs". OlimpBase. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
  16. ^ Wojciech Bartelski. "European Men's Team Chess Championship: Valērijs Žuravļovs". OlimpBase. Retrieved November 11, 2011.[permanent dead link]
  17. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – Tournament-Database". Chess-results.com. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
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