Virginijus Dambrauskas (born 23 April 1962) is a Lithuanian

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 holds the title of

International Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

(IM) and

International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster is a correspondence chess title created by FIDE in 1953, second only to that of world correspondence champion. Currently, this title is awarded by the International Correspondence Chess Federation (IC ...

(GM, 2018). He is winner of

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 ...

(1992).

Biography

Virginijus Dambrauskas was a multiple participant of the Lithuanian Chess Championships, in which he won two medals: gold (1992) and silver (1996, shared 1st-2nd places with

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and behind of him in additional indicators). Virginijus Dambrauskas played for Lithuania in the Chess Olympiad: * In 1992, at reserve board in the

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(+0, =2, -1). Virginijus Dambrauskas played for Lithuania in the

European Team Chess Championship The European Team Championship (often abbreviated in texts and games databases as ''ETC'') is an international team chess event, eligible for the participation of European nations whose chess federations are located in zones 1.1 to 1.9. This more ...

: * In 1992, at reserve board in the 10th European Team Chess Championship in

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(+0, =0, -1). Virginijus Dambrauskas also five times played for Lithaunian chess clubs in European Chess Club Cups (1996, 2006-2009). He was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title. Since 1978, Virginijus Dambrauskas has been active participated in

correspondence chess Correspondence chess is chess played by various forms of long-distance correspondence, traditionally through the postal system. Today it is usually played through a correspondence chess server, a public internet chess forum, or email. Less common ...

tournaments. The her main achievements are two silver medals of the 5th and 6th European Team Correspondence Chess Championships as part of the Lithuanian team (competitions were held from 1999 to 2004 and from 2004 to 2008). In 2018, he was awarded the

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(GM) title. He is the Vice President of the Lithuanian Correspondence Chess Federation. Virginijus Dambrauskas is in the civil service as a senior inspector of the Information Systems Center of the Customs Department of the Ministry of Finance of Lithuania.

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