Vidmantas Mališauskas (born 4 August 1963) is a

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Grandmaster (1993).

Chess career

He won the

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on six occasions: in 1987, 1989, 1990, 1998 (shared with

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), 2003 and 2006. Played for Lithuania in the

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of 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2006 and in the

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s of 1992 and 2007. Other notable results include 2nd (behind

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) in the Gipslis Memorial 2009 and 2nd (behind Vadim Shishkin) in the Lubawka Gate Open 2009.

Chess strength

According to

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, at his peak in May 1993 Mališauskas's play was equivalent to a rating of 2666, and he was ranked number 49 in the world. His best single performance was at POL-chT

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, 1990, where he scored 6 of 6 possible points (100%) against 2472-rated opposition, for a

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of 2671. In the November 2009

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list, he has an

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of 2483, making him Lithuania's number six.

Family

His partner is Lithaunian chess Woman Grandmaster Kamilė Baginskaitė.

Notable games

Vidmantas Malisauskas vs Viktor Kupreichik, Warsaw 1990, Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation (B94), 1-0Vidmantas Malisauskas vs Zigurd Lanka, Vilnius 1993, Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer (B62), 1-0Vidmantas Malisauskas vs Alexey Shirov, It (cat.13) (active) 1996, Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer (B62), 1-0Joel Benjamin vs Vidmantas Malisauskas, Bled Olympiad 2002, Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation (B90), 0-1

References

External links

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Vidmantas Mališauskas at 365Chess.comChessmetrics Player Profile: Vidmantas Malisauskas
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