Kārlis Bētiņš (german: Carl Behting; 27 October 1867, Bērzmuiža – 28 March 1943, Riga) was a Latvian

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master and composer of studies. He tied for 3rd-5th at Riga 1899 (the 1st Baltic Congress, his brother Roberts Bētiņš won), took 3rd at Riga 1900 (won by T. Muller), won at Riga 1900/01, shared 1st with Karl Wilhelm Rosenkrantz, W. Sohn and Wilhelm von Stamm at

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(Tartu) 1901 (the 2nd Baltic Congress), and tied for 3rd-4th at

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(Tallinn) 1904 (

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won). In 1902–1910, he was co-editor with Paul Kerkovius of the ''Baltische Schachblätter''. After

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, he took 3rd, behind Hermanis Matisons and

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, at Riga 1924 (1st LAT-ch). Bētinš played for Latvia in the 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad at Paris 1924 (+7 –4 =2), where he took 4th place (team) and tied for 4-7th in Consolation Cup (individual;

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won). The

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(1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5) was named as a tribute to Kārlis Bētiņš, who analyzed it in the early part of the 20th century.http://www.sahistiem.lv/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=65:krlis-bti&catid=27:slavas-zale&Itemid=67

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