Guntis Jankovskis Explained

Guntis Jankovskis
Country:	Latvia
Birth Date:	21 January 1971
FIDE Master (2019)
Fideid:	11600551

Guntis Jankovskis (born 21 January 1971) is a Latvian chess player, FIDE Master (2019), Latvian Chess Championship winner (2024).

Chess career

Guntis Jankovskis started playing chess in 1980, was a student of Jēkabpils chess coach Jānis Mileika (1936–2010).^[1] He successfully played in youth and junior chess tournaments. In 1987, he won 2nd place in the Latvian Youth Chess Championship.^[2] In August 1988, in Dimitrovgrad, Guntis Jankovskis played for Latvian team and together with Alexei Shirov, Andrei Sokolov and others, he won team silver medal in the Soviet Youth Sports games.^[3]

Guntis Jankovskis is multiple participant of the Latvian Chess Championships, in which he often took places in the top ten. In 2021 he won Latvian Chess Championship bronze medal,^[4] and in 2024 he won gold medal.^[5] Also Guntis Jankovskis participated in various teams in the Latvian Team Chess Championships. In 1989, with Daugavpils chess club team, he won 2nd place in the team competition and was the best at his individual table.^[6] Three times with Olaine chess club he won 3rd place in this tournament (2014, 2016, 2018).^{[7] [8] [9]}

Guntis Jankovskis also regularly participated in the his coach Jānis Mileika Memorial tournaments, in which he won 2nd place (2017) and 3rd place (2011).^{[10] [11]}

In 2019, he became a FIDE chess master.^[12] He works as a chess coach of Jēkabpils Sports School.^[13]

External links

• • • • Interview in Latvian on the website of the Latvian Chess Federation

Notes and References

1. Guntis Jankovskis "Atmiņas par skolotāju Jāni Mileiku" ("Memories of teacher Jānis Mileika") from book "Тренер Янис Милейка" ("Coach Jānis Mileika"), Riga 2020 (publisher Yuri Agafonov), p. 26-28. ISBN 978-9934-23-235-0
2. Magazine "Šahs" ("Chess"), Nr.1, 1988.
3. https://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1988/ch_jut88.html Team Championship of USSR (juniors)- Dimitrovgrad August 1988
4. https://chess-results.com/tnr576588.aspx?lan=1&art=4 Latvijas 2021. gada čempionāts šahā vīriešiem
5. https://chess-results.com/tnr922782.aspx?lan=1&art=4&turdet=YES&flag=30 Latvijas 2024.gada vīriešu čempionāta fināls
6. Magazine "Šahs" ("Chess"), Nr.6, 1990.
7. http://chess-results.com/tnr131544.aspx?lan=1 Latvian Teams Chess Championship 2014, Higher League
8. http://chess-results.com/tnr217664.aspx?lan=1 Latvian Teams Chess Championship Higher League, 2016
9. http://chess-results.com/tnr374391.aspx?lan=1 Latvian Teams Chess Championship Higher League 2018
10. https://chess-results.com/tnr60758.aspx?lan=1&art=4&wi=821 Jana Mileikas pieminas turnirs 19.11.2011 (Jekabpils)
11. https://chess-results.com/tnr313457.aspx?lan=1&art=4&wi=821 VII Coach Janis Mileika Memorial. Tournament "A"
12. https://www.radio1.lv/lv/Sports/1/45337/Ari-Guntis-Jankovskis-kluvis-par-FIDE-meistaru Arī Guntis Jankovskis kļuvis par FIDE meistaru
13. https://www.jekabpilssportaskola.lv/lv/jaunumi/aktualitates/sahs-sahs-ja-sahs-treneris-guntis-jankovskis-seriala-17-serija/ Šahs. Šahs? Jā, šahs! Treneris GUNTIS JANKOVSKIS seriāla 17.sērijā / Jēkabpils Sporta Skola