Algimantas Butnorius
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Algimantas Butnorius is a Lithuania
n chess
Grandmaster and a former World Senior Champion
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on ten occasions: in 1967, 1968 (shared with Vladas Mikėnas
), 1970, 1972 (shared with Gintautas Piešina), 1973 (shared with Jegor Čiukajevas), 1975, 1976, 1980, 1982 and 1993. In team chess, he represented Lithuania at the Chess Olympiad
s of 2000, 2004, 2006 and in the European Team Chess Championships of 1999 and 2003. He won the World Senior Chess Championship
in 2007. In 2010, he tied for 2nd-4th with Vitaly Tseshkovsky
and Nikolai Pushkov in the European Seniors’ Rapid Championship.
Butnorius was awarded the International Master title in 1983 and the Grandmaster title in 2007, as a result of his World Senior success.
, at his peak in September 1983 Butnorius's play was equivalent to a rating of 2538, and he was ranked number 243 in the world. His best single performance was at URS-chT Riga, 1975, where he scored 3 of 8 possible points (38%) against 2664-rated opposition, for a performance rating of 2578.
In the November 2009 FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2432, making him Lithuania's number nine.
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
n chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
Grandmaster and a former World Senior Champion
World Senior Chess Championship
The World Senior Chess Championship is an annual chess tournament established in 1991 by FIDE, the World Chess Federation.Participants must have reached 60 years old on 1 January of the year of the event...
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Chess career
He won the Lithuanian Chess ChampionshipLithuanian Chess Championship
First unofficial Lithuanian championship was held in Kaunas in 1921. The Champion's title was granted after victorious or drawn match between previous champion and challenger, mostly a winner of Championship of Kaunas in the period from 1922 to World War II. The first official Lithuanian...
on ten occasions: in 1967, 1968 (shared with Vladas Mikėnas
Vladas Mikenas
Vladas Mikėnas was a Lithuanian International Master of chess, an Honorary Grandmaster, and a journalist.- Early life :Vladas Mikėnas played for Lithuania at first board in five official and one unofficial Chess Olympiads....
), 1970, 1972 (shared with Gintautas Piešina), 1973 (shared with Jegor Čiukajevas), 1975, 1976, 1980, 1982 and 1993. In team chess, he represented Lithuania at the Chess Olympiad
Chess Olympiad
The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams from all over the world compete against each other. The event is organised by FIDE, which selects the host nation.-Birth of the Olympiad:The first Olympiad was unofficial...
s of 2000, 2004, 2006 and in the European Team Chess Championships of 1999 and 2003. He won the World Senior Chess Championship
World Senior Chess Championship
The World Senior Chess Championship is an annual chess tournament established in 1991 by FIDE, the World Chess Federation.Participants must have reached 60 years old on 1 January of the year of the event...
in 2007. In 2010, he tied for 2nd-4th with Vitaly Tseshkovsky
Vitaly Tseshkovsky
Vitaly Valerianovich Tseshkovsky is a Russian chess Grandmaster and a former champion of the USSR.Tseshkovsky was born in Siberia into a Polish family ....
and Nikolai Pushkov in the European Seniors’ Rapid Championship.
Butnorius was awarded the International Master title in 1983 and the Grandmaster title in 2007, as a result of his World Senior success.
Chess strength
According to ChessmetricsChessmetrics
Chessmetrics is a system for rating chess players devised by Jeff Sonas. It is intended as an improvement over the Elo rating system.-Implementation:...
, at his peak in September 1983 Butnorius's play was equivalent to a rating of 2538, and he was ranked number 243 in the world. His best single performance was at URS-chT Riga, 1975, where he scored 3 of 8 possible points (38%) against 2664-rated opposition, for a performance rating of 2578.
In the November 2009 FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2432, making him Lithuania's number nine.
Notable games
- Viktor Kupreichik vs Algimantas Butnorius, Vitebsk 1970, Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Traxler Counterattack (C57), 1/2-1/2
- Lajos Portisch vs Algimantas Butnorius, Leningrad 1969, Indian Game: West Indian Defense (E61), 0-1
- Algimantas Butnorius vs Garry Kasparov, Baku 1978, Neo-Grünfeld Defence: Classical Variation (D78), 1/2-1/2
- Algimantas Butnorius vs Anatoly S Lutikov, URS-chT 1975, Philidor Defense: Exchange Variation (C41), 1-0