Igors Rausis

Igors Rausis
Igors Rausis by tournament 11. Winterthurer Schachwoche 2011
Country	Soviet Union Latvia Bangladesh Czech Republic
Born	April 7, 1961 (1961-04-07) (age 50) Komunarsk , Ukrainian SSR
Title	Grandmaster
Peak rating	2575 (July 2003)

Igors Rausis (born April 7, 1961 in Komunarsk, Ukrainian SSR) is a Latvian chess master who originates from Ukraina. He was Latvian champion in 1995. From 2003 to 2007 he represented Bangladesh^[1] but for 2007 played for Czech Republic.^[2]

Igors Rausis played for Latvia in Chess Olympiads:^[3]

In 1996, at second board in the 32nd Chess Olympiad in Yerevan (+2, =8, -2);
In 1998, at third board in the 33rd Chess Olympiad in Elista (+2, =8, -2).
In 2002, at second board in the 35th Chess Olympiad in Bled (+1, =1, -1).

Igors Rausis played for Latvia in World Team Chess Championship:^[4]

In 1993, at first reserve board in Lucerne (+0, =2, -2).

In 2008 Chess Olympiad Igors Rausis was Bangladesh chess team coach but in 2010 he was Algeria chess team coach.

References

^ "FIDE Player transfers". Ratings.fide.com. http://ratings.fide.com/fedchange.phtml?year=2003. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
^ "FIDE Player transfers". Ratings.fide.com. http://ratings.fide.com/fedchange.phtml?year=2007. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
^ Wojciech Bartelski. "Men's Chess Olympiads: Igors Rausis". OlimpBase. http://www.olimpbase.org/players/zzphf9jd.html. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
^ Wojciech Bartelski. "World Men's Team Chess Championship: Igors Rausis". OlimpBase. http://www.olimpbase.org/playerst/zzphf9jd.html. Retrieved 2011-10-20.

External links

FIDE rating card for Igors Rausis
Igors Rausis player profile at ChessGames.com
Igors Rausis, http://www.365chess.com/players/Igors_Rausis player profile at 365chess.com
Igors Rausis, http://chesstempo.com/gamedb/player/173935 player profile at chesstempo.com