Šarūnas Šulskis (born 26 November 1972) is a Lithuanian chess Grandmaster (1996).

Chess career

He won the

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on five occasions: in 1991, 1994, 1998 (shared with Vidmantas Mališauskas), 2007 and 2009, played for Lithuania in the

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of 1994, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2008 and 2010 and in the

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s of 1997, 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2011. In 2006, he tied for 2nd–9th with

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, Stephen J. Gordon, Gawain Jones,

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and

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in the 2nd

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. In 2011 he won the

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International Chess Festival. In 2019 he was 2nd in

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Chess strength

According to

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, at his peak in August 2003 Šulskis's play was equivalent to a rating of 2627, and he was ranked number 75 in the world. His best single performance was at Goodricke 13th op Calcutta, 2002, where he scored 8,5 of 11 possible points (77%) against 2555-rated opposition, for a

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of 2697. In the January 2012

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list, he has an

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of 2595, making him Lithuania's number one.

Notable games

Sarunas Sulskis vs Johann Hjartarson, Groningen, FIDE WCH k.o NED 1997, French Defense: Winawer (C16), 1/2-1/2Emory A Tate vs Sarunas Sulskis, Continental Open 2001, Gunderam Defense: General (C40), 0-1Sarunas Sulskis vs Mark A Berkovich, 20th Cappelle la Grande 2004, Italian Game: Two Knights Defense (C55), 1/2-1/2Sarunas Sulskis vs Thomas Michalczak, 6th EU Ch. 2005, Russian Game: Cochrane Gambit (C42), 1-0

References

External links

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Chessmetrics Player Profile: Sarunas Sulskis
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