| Tomas Laurušas | |
| Birth Date: | 13 February 1996 |
| Birth Place: | Kaunas, Lithuania |
| Grandmaster (2021) | |
| Peakrating: | 2590 (January 2024) |
| Fideid: | 12803731 |
Tomas Laurušas (born 13 February 1996) is a Lithuanian chess player who holds the title of Grandmaster.[1] He is the four time Lithuanian Chess Championship winner (2016, 2019, 2023, 2024).
Laurušas successfully started at various European Youth Chess Championship. In 2008, he ranked second at the U-14 age group, but in 2012, he was third at the U-16 age group. In 2012 played for Lithuanian team in the World Youth (U-16) Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, where he won the individual silver medal at the first board.[2] In 2014 he won bronze medal in the Lithuanian Chess Championship,[3] but in 2016 Laurušas won the Lithuanian Chess Championship.[4] In 2018, Laurušas won the blitz tournament in chess festival "Liepājas Rokāde".[5] In 2019, he won Lithuanian Chess Championship.
In 2020, Laurušas tied for 2nd-5th place in the Panevezys International Chess Festival with Aleksandrs Jazdanovs, Bartlomiej Heberla, and Karolis Juksta.[6] He won the 17th Klaipeda Sea Festival with a score of 6.5/7[7]
In 2021, he won the Heldur Valgmae Memorial with a score of 8/9.[8] In August 2021, he finished third in the Riga Technical University Open "A" tournament.[9]
In 2023, in Kaunas he in third time won Lithuanian Chess Championship.[10] In 2024, in Vilnius he in fourth time won Lithuanian Chess Championship.[11] In August 2024, he finished third in the Riga Technical University Open "A" tournament.[12]
Laurušas has played for Lithuania in 2 Chess Olympiads:[13]
He has also represented Lithuania in 2 European Team Chess Championships:[14]