Tomas Laurušas

Tomas Laurušas
Country	Lithuania
Born	(1996-02-13) 13 February 1996 Kaunas, Lithuania
Title	International Master
FIDE rating	2484 (October 2018)

Tomas Laurušas (born 13 February 1996) is a Lithuanian chess International Master (2013)^[1]. He is a winner of the Lithuanian Chess Championship (2016).

Biography

Tomas 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].

Laurušas has played for Lithuania in 2 Chess Olympiads:^[6]

• In 2014, at third board in the 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromsø (+6 −3 =1);
• In 2016, at second board in the 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku (+4 −1 =5).

He has also represented Lithuania in 2 European Team Chess Championships:^[7]

• In 2013, at fourth board in the 19th European Team Chess Championship in Warsaw (+3 −4 =2);
• In 2015, at second board in the 20th European Team Chess Championship in Reykjavik (+3 −2 =4).

References

External links

• Tomas Laurušas rating card at FIDE
• Tomas Laurušas player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Tomas Laurušas chess games at 365Chess.com