The chess games of Romanas Arlauskas

Romanas Arlauskas
Number of games in database: 34
Years covered: 1936 to 1962
Overall record: +11 -8 =15 (54.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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B72 Sicilian, Dragon (3 games)
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ROMANAS ARLAUSKAS (born Jun-11-1917, died Sep-22-2009) Lithuania (citizen of Australia)	[what is this?]
Romanas Arlauskas was born on the 11th of June 1917 in Kaunas, Lithuania. In 1943, he won the Lithuanian championship. In the late 1940s, he moved to Australia. He won the Australian championship in 1949. He finished 3rd in the 4th World Correspondence Championship (1962-1965). He was awarded the title of Grandmaster of Correspondence Chess in 1965. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romana...

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. R Arlauskas vs G Marthinsen	1-0	25	1936	Munich Olympiad	B72 Sicilian, Dragon
2. J Francez vs R Arlauskas	½-½	46	1936	Munich Olympiad	D52 Queen's Gambit Declined
3. A De Groot vs R Arlauskas	1-0	35	1936	Munich Olympiad	D52 Queen's Gambit Declined
4. R Arlauskas vs S Gudmundsson	0-1	33	1936	Munich Olympiad	B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack
5. R Arlauskas vs I Halic	0-1	58	1936	Munich Olympiad	B18 Caro-Kann, Classical
6. R Arlauskas vs L Endzelins	0-1	47	1946	Augsburg GER	B10 Caro-Kann
7. R Arlauskas vs E Zemgalis	½-½	38	1946	Augsburg GER	C00 French Defense
8. R Arlauskas vs P Troeger	1-0	24	1946	Augsburg GER	C05 French, Tarrasch
9. A Krumin vs R Arlauskas	½-½	31	1946	Augsburg GER	B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
10. P Tautvaisas vs R Arlauskas	0-1	17	1946	Augsburg GER	D97 Grunfeld, Russian
11. A Rankis vs R Arlauskas	1-0	20	1946	Augsburg GER	A27 English, Three Knights System
12. L Skema vs R Arlauskas	½-½	68	1946	Nt +	D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
13. R Arlauskas vs J Huber	1-0	38	1946	Augsburg GER	C08 French, Tarrasch, Open, 4.ed ed
14. Saemisch vs R Arlauskas	½-½	26	1946	Augsburg GER	D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
15. R Arlauskas vs L Dreibergs	0-1	51	1946	Augsburg GER	B40 Sicilian
16. R Arlauskas vs K Ozols	½-½	25	1946	Augsburg GER	C07 French, Tarrasch
17. F Nuernberg vs R Arlauskas	0-1	45	1946	Augsburg GER	D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
18. R Arlauskas vs M Riedmiller	1-0	26	1946	Augsburg GER	D00 Queen's Pawn Game
19. F Krautheim vs R Arlauskas	½-½	30	1946	Augsburg GER	B72 Sicilian, Dragon
20. R Palme vs R Arlauskas	½-½	49	1946	Augsburg GER	A08 King's Indian Attack
21. Unzicker vs R Arlauskas	1-0	24	1946	Augsburg GER	B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical
22. R Arlauskas vs L Spinks	1-0	30	1953	Australian Correspondence Ch	C12 French, McCutcheon
23. R Arlauskas vs V Bergraser	½-½	36	1962	W-ch4 corr6265	B01 Scandinavian
24. R Arlauskas vs V Zagorovsky	½-½	46	1962	W-ch4 corr6265	D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
25. G Borisenko vs R Arlauskas	½-½	19	1962	W-ch4 corr6265	D92 Grunfeld, 5.Bf4


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Dec-21-04		Benzol: Born 11th June 1917 in Kaunas Finished 3rd in the World Correspondence Championship of 1965.

Jun-11-08		whiteshark: Player of the Day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romana... http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romana... (Dutch) - South Australian Chess Champion in 1949 (Source: http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquar...) - became ICCF GM in 1965

Jun-11-08		whiteshark: He was also Australian Corr Chess Champion in 1950 (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austra...)

Jun-11-08		chaarl: Happy birthdau to GM Arlauskas. His game against Lundquest is worth a look.

Oct-05-08		GrahamClayton: Arlauskus finished 2nd in the 1938 Lithuanian Championship and 3rd in 1941. As well as winning the Lithuanian Championship in 1943, he also won the Kaunus city championship in the same year. In 1945, Arlauskus won the Baltic Displaced Persons Championship in Blomberg, Germany, ahead of Endzelins and Tautvaisis. He finished =5th at Augsburg in August 1946 with a score of 9/16. Arlauskas then finished =11th with 6 points in the Herman Mattison Memorial Tournament, held in September 1947. Arlauskas emigrated to Australia in 1948, becomin an architect with the South Australian state government, and as mentioned, won the 1949 South Australian championship with a score of 6.5/7. He captained South Australian to victory over Western Australia in an interstate match. After finishing 2nd behind Endzelins in the 1950 South Australian championship, Arlauskas finished 6th with a score of 8.5/15 in the 1951 Australian Championship, held in Brisbane. After winning the third Australian Correspondence Chess chmapionship (1950-53), Arlauskas declined his invitation to enter the 2nd ICCF World Correspondence Chess Championship final due to family responsibilities. Source: Anthony Wright, "Australian Chess 1949 to 1960", Melbourne 2004

Nov-23-09		GrahamClayton: The November 2009 issue of the "Australian Correspondence Chess Quarterly" has reported the sad news of the passing of GM Arlauskas at the age of 92. Arlauskas had been diagnosed with cancer in 1999, and had been receiving treatment for the last 10 years. He passed away at home on the 22nd of September 2009, with his partner Jurate by his side. He can be ranked alongside Cecil Purdy and Lucius Endzelins as arguably the 3 greatest ever Australian correspondence players.

Jul-08-10		GrahamClayton: The Australian Chess Federation has honoured Arlauskas by naming the award for the best Australian Junior Player of the Year the Arlauskas Medal.

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B72		Sicilian, Dragon (3 games)
D52		Queen's Gambit Declined (2 games)
D16		Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (2 games)