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Zigurds Lanka
Z Lanka 
 

Number of games in database: 669
Years covered: 1973 to 2022
Last FIDE rating: 2334 (2354 rapid, 2296 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2575
Overall record: +236 -155 =271 (56.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 7 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (143) 
    B90 B33 B32 B81 B62
 Ruy Lopez (57) 
    C72 C67 C80 C92 C84
 French Defense (50) 
    C19 C10 C11 C16 C05
 Sicilian Najdorf (33) 
    B90 B96 B99 B97 B94
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (27) 
    C92 C84 C99 C95 C97
 Sicilian Richter-Rauser (23) 
    B62 B67 B65 B63 B64
With the Black pieces:
 King's Indian (114) 
    E97 E63 E81 E73 E92
 Sicilian (91) 
    B62 B31 B22 B56 B89
 Sicilian Richter-Rauser (35) 
    B62 B61 B67 B60
 English (28) 
    A15 A16
 Queen's Pawn Game (14) 
    A45 A46 E00 D02 D01
 Grunfeld (13) 
    D85 D78 D75 D93 D92
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   M Rychagov vs Z Lanka, 1992 0-1
   Z Lanka vs Dvoirys, 1988 1-0
   Kasparov vs Z Lanka, 1976 1/2-1/2
   Balashov vs Z Lanka, 1988 0-1
   M Orr vs Z Lanka, 1999 0-1
   Korchnoi vs Z Lanka, 1997 1/2-1/2
   G Siegel vs Z Lanka, 1996 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Latvian Championship (2020)
   Werfen Open-A (1989)
   Cannes Martinez Open (1995)
   Moscow Championship First League (1989)
   Staufer Open (1994)
   Nettetal (1992)
   USSR Championship (Young Masters) (1980)
   Torcy Open-A (1991)
   Kiel Open (2004)
   Australian Open 1990/91 (1990)
   Nord West Cup (2001)
   Cappelle Open (1992)
   Chemnitz Open (1998)
   Groningen Open (1997)
   Gausdal International (1991)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Skalica op-A
   L Dotzer vs Z Lanka (Aug-26-22) 1/2-1/2
   R Meessen vs Z Lanka (Oct-16-21) 0-1
   E Romanov vs Z Lanka (Sep-22-21) 0-1
   Z Lanka vs M Mustaps (Aug-30-20) 1/2-1/2
   Z Lanka vs A Batashevs (Aug-29-20) 1-0

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ZIGURDS LANKA
(born May-21-1960, 64 years old) Latvia

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Grandmaster (1992) and FIDE Senior Trainer (2018). Latvian Champion in 1993 and 2020. Rating peak 2575 in 1997. Played for Latvia in the 1992, 1994 and 2008 Olympiads, World Team Ch 1993, and European Team Chs 1992, 1997 and 1999. Has been a coach for Victor Bologan and Alexey Shirov.

Lanka graduated from the Latvian University and is a journalist by profession.

Wikipedia article: Zigurds Lanka

Last updated: 2024-04-17 15:04:20

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 page 1 of 28; games 1-25 of 676  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Bronstein vs Z Lanka  0-1361973MoscowA00 Uncommon Opening
2. Z Lanka vs A Hermlin  ½-½351975EST-LATB94 Sicilian, Najdorf
3. E Kengis vs Z Lanka  1-0281976Latvian Team ChampionshipA05 Reti Opening
4. Kasparov vs Z Lanka ½-½601976USSR Junior ChampionshipB39 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation
5. I Osipovs vs Z Lanka  0-1371977Riga National TournamentE73 King's Indian
6. Z Lanka vs Ehlvest  1-0271977Ch URS (team) (juniors)B83 Sicilian
7. A Vitolinsh vs Z Lanka  1-0251977Riga National TournamentC63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense
8. Z Lanka vs I Efimov  1-0421977LAT-GEOB33 Sicilian
9. D Kayumov vs Z Lanka  1-0401977USSR Championship qualificationC82 Ruy Lopez, Open
10. Z Lanka vs Y Arkhipkin  1-0261977Riga National TournamentC03 French, Tarrasch
11. Z Lanka vs J Petkevich  ½-½401977Riga National TournamentB63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack
12. Z Lanka vs Yermolinsky  1-0281977Ch URS (team) (juniors)B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7
13. A Shurs vs Z Lanka  0-1231977USSR Junior ChampionshipC82 Ruy Lopez, Open
14. Z Lanka vs Kasparov 0-1371977USSR Junior ChampionshipB18 Caro-Kann, Classical
15. L S Eolian vs Z Lanka  1-0261977USSR Junior ChampionshipB62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
16. Z Lanka vs Chernin  1-0451977USSR Junior ChampionshipC10 French
17. V Zaura vs Z Lanka  0-1181977USSR Junior ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
18. Z Lanka vs A Yusupov  0-1391977Junior TournamentC42 Petrov Defense
19. Z Lanka vs Yermolinsky 1-0191977Junior TournamentB63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack
20. Z Lanka vs S Yuferov  1-0281977All-Army TournamentB96 Sicilian, Najdorf
21. Z Lanka vs E Magerramov  1-0351977Junior TournamentB96 Sicilian, Najdorf
22. Z Lanka vs L Zaid 1-0401977Junior TournamentB67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7
23. Z Lanka vs Kasparov ½-½491977Junior TournamentB13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
24. Kasparov vs Z Lanka 1-0401977Junior TournamentE90 King's Indian
25. Z Lanka vs Vasiukov  ½-½451977All-Army TournamentB33 Sicilian
 page 1 of 28; games 1-25 of 676  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Feb-01-06  MUG: I would guess that the Zigurd here is the very same Zigurds here: Zigurds Lanka, as well as the Lanka over here: Lanka
May-27-09  YoungEd: In his best games collection, Viktor Bologan credits Lanka greatly as a teacher.
May-27-09
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Sep-24-09
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  Tabanus: GM Zigurds Lanka, Latvia, born 21 May 1960. Current rating 2496

IM in 1987, GM in 1992. Latvian champion 1993. Rating peaks 2575 in 1997 and 2531 in 2005. Played for Latvia in the 1992, 1994 and 2008 olympiads, World Team Ch 1993, and European Team Chs 1992, 1997 and 1999. Has been a coach for Viktor Bologan and Alexey Shirov.

http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?...

Pictures:
http://www.chessbase.de/2005/mainz/...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...

Biography in German: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zigurd...

Aug-03-11  wordfunph: "I never met a man who got hurt working on chess."

- GM Zigurds Lanka

Source: Victor Bologan Selected Games 1985-2004

Aug-03-11  BobCrisp: Man does not live by chess alone.
Aug-04-11  JoergWalter: Did he clarified any fathership issues with Rustam Kamsky?

Pictures:
http://www.chessbase.de/2005/mainz/...

Aug-04-11  JoergWalter: <"I never met a man who got hurt working on chess."

- GM Zigurds Lanka>

But by Rustam's uppercut.

May-16-14  BIDMONFA: Zigurds Lanka

LANKA, Zigurds
http://www.bidmonfa.com/lanka_zigur...
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Sep-07-15  diagonal: Picture of GM Zigurds Lanka: http://www.zawadzka.eu/gallery.php?...

One of his most important and exciting games was winning a long battle as IM against Artashes Minasian (winner of the final USSR Championship in 1991 on tie-break and later multiple Armenian Champion) in the last round at the Chess Olympiad in Manila 1992:

Latvia drew Armenia 2-2 and earned as fifth at the Olympiad the last spot for the upcoming World Team Chess Championship in Lucerne 1993, to-date still the only qualification / participation of Latvia in the Continental team event series.

Survey Chess Olympiad Manila 1992 (Lanka individually made good 7/10 points): http://www.olimpbase.org/1992/1992l...

Notation of that decisive last round game: http://www.olimpbase.org/pgn4web/an...

Oct-14-16  whiteshark: "This book* is dedicated to a remarkable man, my “life-long” coach Zigurds Lanka, who uncovered for me the mysteries of the King’s Indian Defence!"

-- Viktor Bologan

*https://www.newinchess.com/The_King...

Nov-25-18  tjipa: Zigurds Lanka is a Latvian grandmaster, so it is absolutely not needed to add "Fridrikhovich" to his name - which is a formal Russian form of address, including father's name. Esp., because even Karpov and Kasparov are listed here just by their first name and not as Garry Kimovich or Anatoly Yevgenyevich.
Nov-25-18  hemy: <tjipa>
<Zigurds Lanka is a Latvian grandmaster, so it is absolutely not needed to add "Fridrikhovich" to his name - which is a formal Russian form of address>

Absolutely.

The name of the great Lithuanian chess player Vladas Mikenas was also presented in Russian way, and even worse: "Vladas Ivanovich Mikenas". His father's name was Jonas, not Ivan. I insisted to remove "Ivanovich", but not to add "Ionovich":

Vladas Mikenas (kibitz #67)

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