Tomas Laurušas
Laurušas in 2022
Country Lithuania
Born (1996-02-13) 13 February 1996
Kaunas, Lithuania
TitleGrandmaster (2021)
FIDE rating2581 (December 2023)
Peak rating2574 (September 2021)

Tomas Laurušas (born 13 February 1996) is a Lithuanian chess player who holds the title of Grandmaster.[1] He is the three time Lithuanian Chess Championship winner (2016, 2019, 2023).

Biography

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] In 2019, he won Lithuanian Chess Championship.

In 2020, Laurušas tied for 2nd-5th place in the Panevezys International Chess Festival with Aleksandrs Jazdanovs, Bartlomiej Heberla, and Karolis Juksta.[6] He won the 17th Klaipeda Sea Festival with a score of 6.5/7[7]

In 2021, he won the Heldur Valgmae Memorial with a score of 8/9.[8] In August 2021, he finished third in the Riga Technical University Open "A" tournament.[9]

In 2023, in Kaunas he in third time won Lithuanian Chess Championship.[10]

Laurušas has played for Lithuania in 2 Chess Olympiads:[11]

He has also represented Lithuania in 2 European Team Chess Championships:[12]

  • 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

  1. ↑ "FIDE Title Applications - 4th quarter Presidential Board Meeting, Chennai, IND, 8-9 November 2013 - International Master (IM) - Laurusas, Tomas". ratings.fide.com.
  2. ↑ Bartelski, Wojciech. "11th World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad, Istanbul 2012, Lithuania". OlimpBase.org.
  3. ↑ "ch-LTU Final 2014 2014 - 365Chess.com Tournaments". 365chess.com.
  4. ↑ Herzog, Heinz. "Lietuvos šachmatų čempionatas". Chess-Results.com.
  5. ↑ XXV International Chess Festival Liepajas rokade-2018 Blitz. Chess-Results.com.
  6. ↑ "The Week in Chess 1339". TheWeekInChess.com. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  7. ↑ "The Week in Chess 1342". TheWeekInChess.com. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  8. ↑ "The Week in Chess 1391". TheWeekInChess.com. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  9. ↑ "Riga Technical University Open 2021 - Tournament A". Chess-Results.com.
  10. ↑ 2023 m. Lietuvos šachmatų čempionato finalas
  11. ↑ Bartelski, Wojciech. "Men's Chess Olympiads :: Tomas Laurušas". OlimpBase.org.
  12. ↑ Bartelski, Wojciech. "European Men's Team Chess Championship :: Tomas Laurušas". OlimpBase.org.
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