Country Latvia
Soviet Union Name Karlis Klasups | Title National Master Role Chess master | |
Born July 1, 1922
Zalenieki parish, Jelgava Municipality, Latvia ( 1922-07-01 ) Died August 1, 1991, Riga, Latvia | ||
Kārlis Klāsups (July 1, 1922, Zaļenieki parish - August 1, 1991, Riga) was a Latvian chess master who won Latvian Chess Championship in 1959.
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Chess career
Kārlis Klāsups has participated in the Latvian Chess Championship finals 12 times. He won third place twice. (1950, 1955) but in 1959 Kārlis Klāsups reached the greatest success in own career and divided first place in this tournament with Pēteris Kampenuss. Kārlis Klāsups won additional match for Latvian title - 4:3. He has participated in USSR Chess Championship preliminary tournaments in 1955 and 1959 but without great success. Also Kārlis Klāsups played for Latvia in 1955, at sixth board in 4th Soviet Team Chess Championship in Voroshilovgrad and won the third place (+2 −1 =6).
Personal life
He worked as a crane driver at the port of Rīga. Because of poor health Kārlis Klāsups had to give up chess. After the end of the chess career he lived alone, and news about his death during the long time did not arrive until Latvian chess society.