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Country
  
Latvia

Role
  
Chess master

Name
  
Viesturs Meijers


FIDE rating
  
2470 (December 2015)

Title
  
Grandmaster

Peak rating
  
2529

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Born
  
December 5, 1967 (age 56) Limbazi, Latvia (
1967-12-05
)

Viesturs Meijers (born December 5, 1967 in Limbaži) is a Latvian chess Grandmaster (2004). Plays chess from age 10. First trainer - I. Dambitis. International Master from 1993. He won the Latvian Chess Championship in 2000. From 1989 to 2010 Viesturs Meijers has participated in more than 80 international tournaments.

Viesturs Meijers played for Latvia in Chess Olympiads:

  • In 2000, at fourth board in the 34th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul (+3, =7, -3);
  • In 2004, at reserve board in the 36th Chess Olympiad in Calvia (+5, =2, -2);
  • In 2006, at fourth board in the 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin (+3, =3, -4);
  • In 2008, at third board in the 38th Chess Olympiad in Dresden (+5, =3, -1);
  • In 2010, at third board in the 39th Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk (+3, =3, -3).
  • Viesturs Meijers played for Latvia in European Team Chess Championship:

  • In 2001, at first reserve board in León (+3, =3, -1).
  • References

    Viesturs Meijers Wikipedia