Kārlis Klāsups (July 1, 1922,
Zaļenieki parish – August 1, 1991,
Riga
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) was a
Latvian chess
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master who won
Latvian Chess Championship in 1959.
Chess career
Kārlis Klāsups participated in the
Latvian Chess Championship finals 12 times. He won third place twice. (1950, 1955) but in 1959 Kārlis Klāsups reached the greatest success in own career and divided first place in this tournament with Pēteris Kampenuss. Kārlis Klāsups won additional match for Latvian title - 4:3.
He has participated in
USSR Chess Championship
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preliminary tournaments in 1955 and 1959 but without great success.
Also Kārlis Klāsups played for Latvia in 1955, at sixth board in 4th Soviet Team Chess Championship in
Voroshilovgrad
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and won the third place (+2 −1 =6).
Personal life
He worked as a crane driver at the port of
Rīga. Because of poor health Kārlis Klāsups had to give up chess. After the end of his chess career he lived alone and news of his death took a long time to reach the Latvian chess society.
Notable games
Kārlis Klāsups vs Mikhail Tal, Rīga 1950Draw with the future 8th world champion.
Kārlis Klāsups vs Mikhail Tal, Rīga 1953Victory with sacrife over the future 8th world champion.
Mikhail Tal vs Kārlis Klāsups, URS 1951Endgame victory over the future 8th world champion.
References
* Žuravļevs, N.; Dulbergs, I.; Kuzmičovs, G. (1980), Latvijas šahistu jaunrade, Rīga, Avots.(in Latvian), pp. 68 – 69.
External links
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player profile at OlimpBase.org (Soviet Team Chess Championship)
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1922 births
1991 deaths
Latvian chess players
Soviet chess players
People from Jelgava Municipality
20th-century chess players