Valerij Zhuravliov

Valerij Zhuravliov
Born (1938-12-11)December 11, 1938
Moscow, USSR
Title International Master (IM)

Valerij Zhuravliov (Latvian: Valērijs Žuravļovs; Russian: Валерий Иванович Журавлёв; December 11, 1938, Moscow) is a Latvian chess master who has won the Latvian Chess Championship three times. He is a FIDE International Master (1963).

Chess career

Valerij Zhuravliov won the Latvian Championship in 1980,[1] 1992, and 1994.[2] In 1968 he shared first place with Jānis Klovāns but lost an additional match,[3] and twice finished second (1984,[4] 1988[5]).

In 1967 Zhuravliov won the Championship of "Dinamo" in Sochi[6] and reached eighth place in the 35th USSR Chess Championship in Kharkov.[7]

In seventies Zhuravliov lived in Kaliningrad. In 1972 he shared first places in Championship of Soviet Army[8] (with Semyon Furman), in Championship of Armed Forces[9] (with Jānis Klovāns), and in 1977 won Russian Chess Championship in Volgograd (shared first place with Lev Psakhis).[10] In 1977 he participated in Mikhail Chigorin memorial in Sochi.[11]

He played for Latvia in the Soviet team chess championship in 1962 and 1969,[12] and for the Latvian team "Riga Chess & Draughts Club" in the Soviet team chess cup in 1990.[13]

He played for Latvia in the Chess Olympiads:[14]

Valerij Zhuravliov played for Latvia in European Team Chess Championship:[15]

  • In 1992, at third board in Debrecen (+2 −2 =4).

He lives near Rēzekne and still participates in Latvian team competitions.[16]

References

  1. ↑ "ch Latvia 1980". Al20102007.narod.ru. March 18, 1980. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
  2. ↑ "LAT-ch 1994 – 365Chess.com Tournaments". 365chess.com. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
  3. ↑ "ch Latvia 1968". Al20102007.narod.ru. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
  4. ↑ "ch Latvia 1984". Al20102007.narod.ru. June 27, 1984. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
  5. ↑ "ch Latvia 1988". Al20102007.narod.ru. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
  6. ↑ http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_dso/1967/ch_din67.html
  7. ↑ http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1967/ch_urs67.html
  8. ↑ http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_dso/1972/ch_vvs72.html
  9. ↑ http://al20102007.narod.ru/it/1972/tbilis72.html
  10. ↑ http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_repub/1977/ch_rus77.html
  11. ↑ http://al20102007.narod.ru/it/1977/sochi77.html
  12. ↑ Wojciech Bartelski. "Soviet Team Chess Championship: Valērijs Žuravļovs". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
  13. ↑ Wojciech Bartelski. "Soviet Chess Club Cup: Valērijs Žuravļovs". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
  14. ↑ Wojciech Bartelski. "Men's Chess Olympiads: Valērijs Žuravļovs". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
  15. ↑ Wojciech Bartelski. "European Men's Team Chess Championship: Valērijs Žuravļovs". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
  16. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – Tournament-Database". Chess-results.com. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
  • Valerij Zhuravliov rating card at FIDE Edit this at Wikidata
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  • Valerij Zhuravliov player profile at 365chess.com
  • Valerij Zhuravliov player profile at chesstempo.com
  • Valerij Zhuravliov, archived from the original on February 23, 2016, retrieved November 10, 2011 player profile at newinchess.com
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