Pēteris Kampenuss

Pēteris Kampenuss
Country	Latvia Soviet Union
Born	December 24, 1917 (1917-12-24) (age 94) Vaidava, Kocēni municipality, Latvia
Died	September 19, 1993(1993-09-19) Riga, Latvia

Pēteris Kampenuss (also Peteris Kampenus; December 24, 1917, Vaidava, Kocēni municipality, Latvia – September 19, 1993, Riga, Latvia) was a Latvian chess player.

Chess career

Pēteris Kampenuss father taught him how to play chess and already at the age of 17 he won the Valmiera championship. After World War II he has been a steady participant in Latvian Chess Championship finals. In 1959 Pēteris Kampenuss reached the greatest success in own career and divided first place in this tournament with Kārlis Klāsups but lost additional match - 2:3.^[1] Pēteris Kampenuss played for Latvian team "Daugava":^[2]

In 1954, at sixth board in 2nd Soviet Team Chess Cup in Riga (+3 -5 =2).

Pēteris Kampenuss played for Latvia:^[3]

In 1958, at sixth board in 5th Soviet Team Chess Championship in Vilnius (+0 −4 =1).

In later years Pēteris Kampenuss lot of time invested a Riga chess club development.

References

External links

Pēteris Kampenuss, http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=45381 player profile at chessgames.com
Pēteris Kampenuss, http://www.365chess.com/players/Peteris_Kampenuss player profile at 365chess.com

Persondata
Name	Kampenuss, Peteris
Alternative names
Short description	Chess player
Date of birth	December 24, 1917
Place of birth	Vaidava, Kocēni municipality, Latvia
Date of death	September 19, 1993
Place of death	Riga, Latvia