Lūcijs Endzelīns (21 May 1909, Dorpat (Tartu), Estonia

Estonia

Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

 – 27 October 1981, Adelaide

Adelaide

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, Australia) was a Latvian-Australian chess

Chess

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 master.

In 1932, Endzelins tied for 3rd-5th with Fricis Apšenieks

Fricis Apšenieks

Fricis Apšenieks was a Latvian chess master.-Biography:...

 and Movsas Feigins

Movsas Feigins

Movsas Feigins or Movša Feigins was a Latvian chess master.-Biography:Movsas Feigins was born in Dvinsk, . He won at Riga 1930, and was Latvian Champion in 1932 . In 1932, he tied for 3rd–5th at Riga. The event was won by Vladimirs Petrovs...

, behind Vladimirs Petrovs

Vladimirs Petrovs

Vladimirs Petrovs or Vladimir Petrov was a Latvian chess master.He was born in Riga, Latvia. Though he learned the game of chess relatively late, at age thirteen, Petrovs made rapid progress. By 1926, at age 19, he won the Riga Championship and finish third in the national championship...

, and Teodors Bergs

Teodors Bergs

Teodors Bergs was a Latvian chess master.In 1926, he took 2nd, behind Vladimirs Petrovs, and shared 2nd, behind Fricis Apšenieks in Riga. He took 3rd at Riga 1930 . In 1932, he took 2nd, behind Petrovs, at the Riga championship.He shared 3rd, behind Paul Felix Schmidt and Paul Keres, at Tallinn ...

, at the Riga championship. He played for Latvia in three Chess Olympiad

Chess Olympiad

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s; on seventh board (+10 –6 =2) in the unofficial Olympiad at Munich

Munich

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 1936, as first reserve (+6 –2 =4) at Stockholm

Stockholm

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 1937, and on fourth board (+7 –5 =3) at Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

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 1939.

At the end of World War II, Endzelins, along with many other Baltic players (Arlauskas

Romanas Arlauskas

Romanas Arlauskas was a Lithuanian-born Australian chess master.Arlauskas played at sixth board in an unofficial Chess Olympiad at Munich 1936...

, Dreibergs

Leonids Dreibergs

Leonids Dreibergs was a Latvian–American chess master.He took 6th at Riga 1930 , took 9th at Kemeri 1939 , and took 5th at Riga 1941 .At the end of World War II, joining the westward exodus in 1944/45, he — along with many other Baltic players, e.g...

, Jursevskis

Miervaldis Jursevskis

Miervaldis Jursevskis is a Latvian-Canadian chess master.He left Riga in 1945, just just prior to the Soviet forces arriving. As a displaced person after World War II, he took place in several chess events in Germany, including Blomberg and Lübeck , Meerbeck , and Hanau...

, Mednis

Edmar Mednis

Edmar John Mednis was an American International Grandmaster of chess born in Riga, Latvia. He was also a popular and respected chess writer.-Biography:...

, Ozols

Karlis Ozols

Kārlis Ozols was a Latvian-Australian chess player.Ozols represented Latvia on eighth board in the unofficial Chess Olympiad, at Munich 1936, where he won the individual bronze medal. He also played on fourth board in the 7th Olympiad at Stockholm 1937.In 1937, he tied for 17-18th in Kemeri...

, Sarapu

Ortvin Sarapu

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, Tautvaišas

Povilas Tautvaišas

Povilas Tautvaišas was a Lithuanian-American chess master.-Biography:He played twice for the Lithuanian team in the Chess Olympiads, at eighth board at Munich 1936 , and at fourth board in the 8th Olympiad at Buenos Aires 1939, during which World War II broke out...

, Vaitonis

Povilas Vaitonis

Povilas Vaitonis was a Lithuanian–Canadian International Master of chess. He was a five-time Lithuanian champion, and was twice Canadian champion...

, Zemgalis

Elmars Zemgalis

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, et al.), escaped to the west just before the advancing Soviet forces arrived. In 1946, he played in Augsburg

Augsburg

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. The event was won by Wolfgang Unzicker

Wolfgang Unzicker

Wolfgang Unzicker was one of the strongest German chess Grandmasters from 1945 to about 1970.He decided against making chess his profession, choosing law instead....

. In 1947, he won, ahead of Elmārs Zemgalis

Elmars Zemgalis

Elmārs Zemgalis , is a Latvian-American chess master and mathematics professor. He was awarded an Honorary Grandmaster title in 2003.- Biography :...

 and Efim Bogoljubow

Efim Bogoljubow

Efim Dmitriyevich Bogolyubov was a Russo-German chess grandmaster who won numerous events and played two matches with Alexander Alekhine for the world championship.-Early career:...

, at the Mattison

Hermanis Matisons

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 Memorial Tourney in Hanau

Hanau

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, Germany. Lucius Endzelins migrated from Germany to Australia. He won the South Australian Championship eight times. He won the Australian championship

Australian Chess Championship

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 in 1961.

Endzelins was awarded the Correspondence Grandmaster

International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster

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 title in 1959. He tied for 2nd place, with Lothar Schmid

Lothar Schmid

Lothar Maximilian Lorenz Schmid is a German chess grandmaster who was born in Dresden. He is best known as the arbiter of several World Chess Championship matches...

, behind Viacheslav Ragozin

Viacheslav Ragozin

Viacheslav Vasilyevich Ragozin was a Soviet chess Grandmaster, an International Arbiter of chess, and a World Correspondence Chess Champion. He was also a chess writer and editor.- Biography :...

, in the 2nd World Correspondence Championship, held from 1956 to 1959. He took 7th in the 3rd WCCh, held in 1959–1962, and tied for 7–8th in the 5th WCCh, held in 1965–1968.

External links

• Lucijs Endzelins at 365Chess.com