Normunds Miezis (born 11 May 1971) is a Latvian chess Grandmaster (1997).

Chess career

He won the

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in 1991 and 2006. He played for Latvia in the

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s of 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2014. Other notable results include shared 1st with Eduardas Rozentalis, Sergey Ivanov, Tomi Nybäck and Evgeny Postny at Stockholm, Rilton Cup 2005/6, shared 6th with

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and Alexander Baburin in the European Union Championship of 2005, 2nd–3rd with Arturs Neikšāns in Kaunas 2009 and 2nd behind

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in the

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Memorial in Riga. In 2011, he won the

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Open with 7.5 points out of 8 games. In 2020, he won the Offerspill Nordic Invitational with 7 points out of 9 games, after winning the tiebreaker with

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Chess strength

His best single performance was at Istanbul ol (Men), 2000, where he scored 6.5 of 11 possible points (69%) against 2573-rated opposition, for a

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of 2618. Another remarkable tournament for him is the 14th Dubai Open 2012 where he scored 7 of 9 possible points finishing shared 1st with

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and Chanda Sandipan with a performance rating of 2709. In the October 2013 FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2550, making him Latvia's number four.

Notable games

Alexei Barsov vs Normunds Miezis, NRW-Liga II 1995, Benoni Defense: Modern. Snake Variation (A60), 0-1Alexei Fedorov vs Normunds Miezis, 34th Olympiad 2000, Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation (B43), 0-1Evgeny Solozhenkin vs Normunds Miezis, Classics GM 2001
Budapest Defense: Rubinstein Variation (A52), 0-1
Normunds Miezis vs Robert Fontaine, XXXV Rilton Cup 2006, English Opening: King's English (A22), 1-0

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Miezis, Normunds 1971 births Living people Latvian chess players Chess grandmasters Chess Olympiad competitors