Tomas Laurušas (born 13 February 1996) is a
Lithuania
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chess player who holds the title of
Grandmaster. He is the three time
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 ...
winner (2016, 2019, 2023).
Biography
Laurušas successfully started at various
European Youth Chess Championship. In 2008, he ranked second at the U-14 age group, but in 2012, he was third at the U-16 age group. In 2012 played for Lithuanian team in the World Youth (U-16) Chess Olympiad in
Istanbul, where he won the individual silver medal at the first board. In 2014 he won bronze medal in the Lithuanian Chess Championship, but in 2016 Laurušas won the Lithuanian Chess Championship. In 2018, Laurušas won the blitz tournament in chess festival "
Liepājas Rokāde
Liepājas Rokāde ("Liepāja Castling") is international "open" chess championship, annually held in Liepāja, Latvia in August. The first Liepājas rokāde was held in 1994, the last in 2018.
List of winners
:
Super Tournament is not played ...
". In 2019, he won Lithuanian Chess Championship.
In 2020, Laurušas tied for 2nd-5th place in the Panevezys International Chess Festival with
Aleksandrs Jazdanovs,
Bartlomiej Heberla, and
Karolis Juksta
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Karolis may refer to:
*Karolis Babkauskas (born 1991), Lithuanian basketball player
*Karolis Bauža (born 1 ...
. He won the 17th Klaipeda Sea Festival with a score of 6.5/7
In 2021, he won the Heldur Valgmae Memorial with a score of 8/9. In August 2021, he finished third in the
Riga Technical University Open
Riga Technical University Open (also RTU Open) is international "open" chess festival, annually held in Riga, Latvia in August. It is the largest classical chess tournament in the Baltic states.
Abstract
The Riga Technical University Open is ...
"A" tournament.
In 2023, in
Kaunas
Kaunas (; ; also see other names) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the largest city and the centre of a county in the Duchy of Trakai ...
he in third time won Lithuanian Chess Championship.
Laurušas has played for Lithuania in 2
Chess Olympiads:
* In 2014, at third board in the
41st Chess Olympiad
The 41st Chess Olympiad ( no, Den 41. Sjakkolympiade), organised by the FIDE, Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took pla ...
in
Tromsø (+6 −3 =1);
* In 2016, at second board in the
42nd Chess Olympiad
The 42nd Chess Olympiad ( az, 42-ci Şahmat Olimpiadası; also known as the Baku Chess Olympiad), organised by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and comprising an openAlthough sometimes referred to as the "men's division", this ...
in
Baku
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(+4 −1 =5).
He has also represented Lithuania in 2
European Team Chess Championships:
* In 2013, at fourth board in the 19th European Team Chess Championship in
Warsaw (+3 −4 =2);
* In 2015, at second board in the 20th European Team Chess Championship in
Reykjavik (+3 −2 =4).
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1996 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Kaunas
Lithuanian chess players
Chess Olympiad competitors
Chess Grandmasters