Leonid Maslov (russian: Леонид Петрович Маслов; lt, Leonidas Maslovas; born 1935) is a Lithuanian and Uzbekistani

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to disti ...

player who three times won

Lithuanian Chess Championship The first unofficial Lithuanian Chess Championship was held in Kaunas (Temporary capital of Lithuania) in 1921. The Champion's title was granted after victorious or drawn match between previous champion and challenger, mostly a winner of Championshi ...

s (1962, 1963, 1966) and Uzbekistani Chess Championships (1970, 1972, 1973).

Biography

Leonid Maslov lived in

Vilnius Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional urb ...

, played for Lithuanian Sports Associations ''Žalgiris''. He three times won

: 1962, 1963, and 1966. He participated in the Baltic Chess Championship in 1960 and 1961. Leonid Maslov with Lithuanian SSR national team was a multiple participant in the USSR Team Chess Championships (1958, 1962) and

Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR The Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR (russian: Спартакиада народов СССР, Spartakiada narodov SSSR) was a mass multi-sport event in the Soviet Union which lasted from 1956–1991. The competition was a descendant of the in ...

Team Chess Tournaments (1959, 1963, 1967). In 1963 and 1967 he played on the 1st board. Also he played for Lithuanian SSR in Match-Tournaments with East Germany chess team and the

Latvian SSR The Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic (Latvian SSR), also known as Soviet Latvia or simply Latvia, was a federated republic within the Soviet Union, and formally one of its 16 (later 15) constituent republics. The Latvian Soviet Socialist Rep ...

team (1961) and Poland chess team (1969). Leonid Maslov with Lithuanian Sports Associations ''Žalgiris'' chess team participated in the USSR Club Chess Championship in 1966 in group B. In the late 1960s Leonid Maslov moved to

Tashkent Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of ...

. He three time won Uzbekistani Chess Championships: 1970, 1972, and 1973. Leonid Maslov was member of the national team of the Uzbek SSR and participated of the All-Union Chess Olympiad in 1972, Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR Team Chess Tournament (1975). In 1973 he was shared 1st-2nd places with

Vitaly Tseshkovsky Vitaly Valeryevich Tseshkovsky (russian: Виталий Валерьевич Цешковский; 25 September 1944, Omsk – 24 December 2011, Krasnodar) was a Russian chess Grandmaster and a former champion of the USSR. Tseshkovsky (Cieszkow ...

in A. Khodzhaev Memorial Chess Tournament in Tashkent.Memorial A.Khodzhaev - Tashkent 21.11-13.12.1973
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* * 1935 births Living people Lithuanian chess players Soviet chess players Uzbekistani chess players {{Uzbekistan-chess-bio-stub