Juzefs Petkēvičs Explained

Juzefs Petkēvičs
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Birth Date:	19 December 1940
Birth Place:	Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR
Death Place:	Riga, Latvia
Grandmaster (2002)
Worldchampion:	World Senior Champion, 2002
Peakrating:	2465 (January 1988)
Fideid:	11600110

Juzefs Petkēvičs (Polish: Józef Pietkiewicz, Russian: Ю́зеф Изодо́рович Петке́вич; 19 December 1940 – 1 May 2024) was a Latvian chess Grandmaster

Biography

Born into a Polish family (his uncle was a Catholic bishop),^[1] he came first in the Riga Championship of 1967, winning all thirteen games.^[2] He tied for 1st-3rd at Pärnu 1967. He thrice shared 1st in Latvian Chess Championship (1969, 1974, 1985).^{[3] [4]}

Petkēvičs played for Latvia in Chess Olympiads:

• In 1994, at first reserve board in the 31st Chess Olympiad in Moscow (+1 –1 =4);
• In 1996, at second reserve board in the 32nd Chess Olympiad in Yerevan (+4 –1 =2);
• In 1998, at first reserve board in the 33rd Chess Olympiad in Elista (+2 –0 =3).^[5]

At Naumburg in 2002, he won the 12th World Senior Chess Championship.^[6]

Petkēvičs was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1980, and the GM title in 2002.

Petkēvičs died in Riga on 1 May 2024, at the age of 83.^[7]

Notes and References

1. http://www.vistula.risp.pl/felietony/wywpiet.htm Pan Józef
2. Web site: 22.12.2005 - Juzefs Petkēvičs - bezbailīgais uzbrucējs . www.latchess.lv . 22 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070707085442/http://www.latchess.lv/lv/hall/2005/12/22/hall_238.html?template=23 . 7 July 2007 . dead.
3. Web site: Russian Chess Base . 27 October 2009 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20091027071522/http://www.geocities.com/al2055mag/index.html . 27 October 2009 .
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20020205005128/http://www.geocities.com/al2055urs/index.html Russian Chess Base
5. http://www.olimpbase.org OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess
6. http://teleschach.de/aktuelles/sen-wm02.htm TeleSchach / Senioren Weltmeisterschaft
7. https://www.sahafederacija.lv/raksti/2165/muziba-devies-juzefs-petkevics/ Mūžībā devies Juzefs Petkēvičs