Ilmārs Starostīts
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Ilmārs Starostīts is a Latvian chess
Chess
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 Grandmaster (2010).

Ilmārs Starostīts participated in various Junior World Championships from 1993 to 1999. In 2001 he achieved the International Master title. Ilmārs Starostīts won the Latvian Chess Championship
Latvian Chess Championship
-History:Professional level Latvian chess players have already appeared in the nineteenth century. They participated in chess tournaments and union congresses, organized by the Riga Chess Association. After the World War I, when Latvia became an independent country, official Latvian chess...

 in 2002. He has played in more than 80 important tournaments and won the Stockholm Elo Challenge in 2010, and was second in Rodrigo Memorial (Ferrol
Ferrol
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, Spain
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) in 2010.

Ilmārs Starostīts played for Latvia in Chess Olympiad
Chess Olympiad
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s:
  • In 2002, at second reserve board in the 35th Chess Olympiad
    35th Chess Olympiad
    The 35th Chess Olympiad took place from October 25th to November 11th, 2002, in Bled, . In the men's tournament there were 136 teams, and in the women's, 92 teams...

     in Bled
    Bled
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     (+5 −3 =4).


Ilmārs Starostīts played for Latvia in European Team Chess Championship:
  • In 2011, at fourth board in Porto Carras
    Porto Carras
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     (+4 −3 =2).

External links

player profile at chessgames.com player profile at 365chess.com player profile at chesstempo.com
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