Šarūnas Šulskis Explained

Šarūnas Šulskis
Country:Lithuania
Birth Date:26 November 1972
Birth Place:Kėdainiai, Lithuania
Grandmaster (1996)
Peakrating:2596 (March 2012)
Fideid:12800112

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

Chess career

He won the Lithuanian Chess Championship on five occasions: in 1991, 1994, 1998 (shared with Vidmantas Mališauskas), 2007 and 2009, [1] played for Lithuania in the Chess Olympiads of 1994, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2008 and 2010[2] and in the European Team Chess Championships of 1997, 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2011.[3]

In 2006, he tied for 2nd–9th with Luke McShane, Stephen J. Gordon, Gawain Jones, Luis Galego, Danny Gormally, Klaus Bischoff and Karel van der Weide in the 2nd EU Individual Open Chess Championship in Liverpool.[4] In 2011 he won the Guernsey International Chess Festival.[5] In 2019 he was 2nd in Riga Technical University Open.[6]

Chess strength

According to Chessmetrics, 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 performance rating of 2697.[7]

In the January 2012 FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2595, making him Lithuania's number one.

Notable games

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lithuanian Chess Championships. Lithuanian Chess Federation. 2010-03-08. lt.
  2. Web site: Men's Chess Olympiads: Šarūnas Šulskis. Bartelski. Wojciech. OlimpBase. 2010-03-08.
  3. Web site: European Men's Team Chess Championship: Šarūnas Šulskis. Bartelski. Wojciech. OlimpBase. 2010-03-08.
  4. Web site: TWIC 619: European Union Individual Championships. Crowther. Mark. 2006-09-18. London Chess Center. 20 March 2011.
  5. Web site: Sarunas Sulskis takes first at the Guernsey International Chess Festival. 25 October 2011 . Chessdom. 2011-10-25.
  6. Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Riga Technical University Open 2019 - Tournament A. chess-results.com.
  7. Web site: Event Details: Goodricke 13th op Calcutta, 2002. Sonas. Jeff. ChessMetrics. 2010-03-08.