Juris Markauss

Juris Markauss (born June 5, 1943 in Riga) is a Latvian chess player and International Master in correspondence chess.

He started to play chess as a teenager and took to the next level in high school years. In 1969, he graduated from Latvijas Universitāte and became a Candidate Master. He has performed effectively as a correspondence chess player since 1974. At international tournament "ŠAHS-25" in 1989 fulfilled the requirements for International Master. In 1993, he represented Team World in game versus Team Russia.