The chess games of Normunds Miezis

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Normunds Miezis

N Miezis

Number of games in database: 990
Years covered: 1991 to 2021
Last FIDE rating: 2489 (2490 rapid, 2373 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2596

Overall record: +408 -199 =279 (61.8%)*
* Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 104 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces:

English, 1 c4 e5 (172)
    A22 A21 A25 A20 A26
English (148)
    A13 A16 A10 A18 A19
French Defense (89)
    C01
English, 1 c4 c5 (74)
    A36 A34 A37
Caro-Kann (44)
    B10 B13

With the Black pieces:

Sicilian (190)
    B42 B43 B40 B41 B22
Sicilian Kan (125)
    B42 B43 B41
Queen's Pawn Game (50)
    A46 A45 E00 A40 D02
Modern Benoni (40)
    A60 A70 A56
English, 1 c4 c5 (39)
    A37 A30 A34 A35 A31
Bogo Indian (34)
    E11

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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Fedorov vs N Miezis, 2000 0-1
   N Miezis vs R Fontaine, 2006 1-0
   N Miezis vs Navara, 2011 1-0
   N Miezis vs P Varley, 1998 1-0
   N Miezis vs A A Lopez, 2008 1-0
   M Sinner vs N Miezis, 1997 0-1
   N Miezis vs S Ristevski, 2006 1-0
   Aagaard vs N Miezis, 2014 0-1
   Solozhenkin vs N Miezis, 2001 0-1
   N Miezis vs T Glimbrant, 2015 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Heart of Finland op 16th (2006)
   Staufer Open (1996)
   Norwegian Open (2001)
   European Team Championship (1999)
   Rilton Cup (2009)
   Staufer Open (1994)
   XXXV Rilton Cup (2006)
   Wichern Open (1995)
   Cappelle-la-Grande Open (2014)
   Rilton Cup 2015/16 (2015)
   Istanbul Olympiad (2000)
   Calvia Olympiad (2004)
   Bled Olympiad (2002)
   29th Cappelle-la-Grande (2013)
   Turin Olympiad (2006)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   French Defense, Monte Carlo Exchange Variation by kenilworthian
   French Defense, Monte Carlo Exchange Variation by imsighked2
   French Defense, Monte Carlo Exchange Variation by WartHog
   97_C01_Monte Carlo Xchg Var. by whiteshark
   French Defense, Monte Carlo Exchange Variation by ggudichsen
   The Snake Benoni by Charles A Ward
   English C4 Opening by Nephrons1

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 50th Rilton Cup
   Aravind L N Ram vs N Miezis (Jan-04-23) 1-0
   M Sidhant vs N Miezis (Dec-28-22) 1-0
   A Brkic vs N Miezis (Aug-09-22) 0-1
   R Panjwani vs N Miezis (Aug-07-22) 1-0
   N Miezis vs T Dornbusch (Aug-06-22) 1/2-1/2

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NORMUNDS MIEZIS (born May-11-1971, 52 years old) Latvia	[what is this?]
Grandmaster. Latvian champion in 1991 and 2006. Wikipedia article: Normunds Miezis

page 1 of 44; games 1-25 of 1,095

Game		Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. Klovans vs N Miezis		1-0	35	1989	Latvian Championship	B42 Sicilian, Kan
2. J Daudzvardis vs N Miezis		½-½	57	1989	Latvian Championship	A36 English
3. N Miezis vs V Zhuravliov		0-1	56	1989	Latvian Championship	A13 English
4. A Shmit vs N Miezis		½-½	19	1989	Latvian Championship	B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
5. N Miezis vs Shabalov		½-½	25	1989	Latvian Championship	A13 English
6. A Chehlov vs N Miezis		1-0	68	1989	Latvian Championship	B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
7. N Miezis vs V Meijers		1-0	67	1989	Latvian Championship	A14 English
8. N Miezis vs N Alexandria		0-1	46	1989	Latvian Championship	A21 English
9. V Shulman vs N Miezis		0-1	42	1989	Latvian Championship	A04 Reti Opening
10. N Miezis vs A Sokolov		0-1	100	1989	Latvian Championship	A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6)
11. I Rausis vs N Miezis		1-0	57	1989	Latvian Championship	B40 Sicilian
12. E Kengis vs N Miezis		1-0	45	1989	Latvian Championship	A43 Old Benoni
13. N Miezis vs A Vitolinsh		½-½	32	1989	Latvian Championship	A21 English
14. N Miezis vs V Doroshkievich		½-½	66	1990	Katowice Open	C01 French, Exchange
15. N Miezis vs I Efimov		½-½	41	1990	Katowice Open	A21 English
16. T Laux vs N Miezis		½-½	60	1991	Biel MTO op	A52 Budapest Gambit
17. N Miezis vs Bagirov		0-1	23	1991	Latvia	C01 French, Exchange
18. N Miezis vs T Yilmaz		0-1	70	1992	Moscow3	A88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6
19. A Szypulski vs N Miezis		0-1	53	1992	Porz op 28th	A60 Benoni Defense
20. N Miezis vs Tseshkovsky		0-1	41	1992	Moscow3	A26 English
21. N Miezis vs Hort		0-1	59	1992	Bern op	A26 English
22. J Adamski vs N Miezis		½-½	42	1992	Giessen Open	A04 Reti Opening
23. I Farago vs N Miezis		½-½	67	1992	Giessen Open	A60 Benoni Defense
24. U Hirth vs N Miezis		1-0	54	1992	Biel MTO op	A00 Uncommon Opening
25. G Timmerman vs N Miezis		1-0	19	1993	Douai op	B42 Sicilian, Kan


page 1 of 44; games 1-25 of 1,095

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Mar-20-06		HolyKnight: Wow all this guy plays is the English as White looks like. That is rare these days.

Apr-23-06		notyetagm: Miezis is a specialist in the IQP positions resulting from the 4 c4 French Exchange click for larger view only he arrives at this position from the English move order 1 c4 e6 2 e4 d5 3 exd5 exd5 4 d4. That's why he has so many games listed under A13.

Jun-07-06		ganstaman: I was thinking about the Modern Benoni and the Taimanov Variation, which many seem to agree makes playing the Modern Benoni in its natural move order dangerous. So I was thinking that the reason the Taimanov is possible is because black's king is uncastled and his d-pawn is on d6. Black can castle sooner, and for this I think starting out as a KID makes most sense (and then playing ...c5 hoping to transpose). Or, black can avoid playing d6 until it is safe to do so. The latter sounds like more fun, so I thought briefly about just not playing d6 until I've castled. Unfortunatley, not playing ...d6 allows white to play d6. My first question is: is this really a problem? The d6 pawn for white may be difficult to support. Black has traded use of the c7 and e7 squares for the c6 and e6 squares. I haven't played the Benoni much (only occasional transpositions from the Modern Defense), so I don't know if this is a good trade, or if black can ever actually win white's d6 pawn. There is an alternative, however, and that is what brings me to this page (besides all the open room around here). There is the Snake Benoni: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 Bd6?!, planning ...Bc7 and maybe ...Ba5 (the movement of this bishop is somehow reminiscent of a snake). Our good friend Miezis has played this numerous times with good results. In this database, it has +24 -24 =16 results overall (from http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... ). Anyone here ever use this, or know black's basic plans? In other words, if I plan on using this ever, can anyone help me not get crushed? Otherwise, I'll just play over Miezis's games. You should too; they're quite interesting.

Nov-03-06		nescio: In a minor tournament in Gausdal, http://home.online.no/%7Eeirikgu/by... , Akesson and Miezis played a game which left me speechless. The last ten moves may have been played in time-trouble, but even so... I don't think <chessgames.com> will bother to include this tournament in their database, but perhaps someone could shed a light on this game, for instance with the help of one of those chess engines I hear so much of on this site: [Event "Gausdal Byggern Masters 2006"] [Site "Gausdal"] [Date "2006.09.28"] [Round "5"] [White "Åkesson, Ralf"] [Black "Miezis, Normunds"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E38"] [WhiteElo "2449"] [BlackElo "2527"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2006.09.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e4 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nc6 11. Rd1 Nh5 12. Bd6 Bxd6 13. Rxd6 g4 14. Nd2 Rc8 15. Qd1 Rg8 16. Rd3 Ne5 17. Re3 a6 18. h3 Nf6 19. hxg4 Nfxg4 20. Rg3 Qf6 21. Qe2 Qf4 22. Rhh3 Ke7 23. Nd1 b5 24. f3 h5 25. cxb5 Rc1 26. fxg4 hxg4 27. bxa6 Bc6 28. Rc3 gxh3 29. Rxc1 h2 30. Nf2 Rg3 31. Rc3 Rxc3 32. bxc3 Qg3 33. Kd1 Ba4+ 34. Nb3 Qxc3 35. Qc2 Qe3 36. Nh1 Qg1 37. Qf2 Qxh1 38. a7 Bc6 39. Nd4 Bxe4 40. Qh4+ f6 41. Qxe4 Qxf1+ 0-1

May-11-07		SwitchingQuylthulg: Happy birthday to GM Miezis. One of my favourite players. (Mainly because he likes playing 1...b6, just like me :) )

May-11-08		SwitchingQuylthulg: Happy birthday to GM Miezis, again :-)

Sep-16-08		Xeroxx: Hahaha Happy birthday :D hahaha :D

May-06-09		BIDMONFA: Normunds Miezis MIEZIS, Normunds http://www.bidmonfa.com/miezis_norm... _

Aug-31-10		Tabanus: GM Normunds Miezis, Latvia, born 11 May 1971. Now rated 2519, http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?... IM in 1993, GM in 1997. Rated 2601 in Jan. 2001. Champion of Latvia 1991 and 2006. Olimpbase: http://www.olimpbase.org/players/7b... http://www.olimpbase.org/playerse/7... Biographies: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normun... (in English) http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normun... (in Dutch) http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normun... (in Polish) Pictures: http://entwicklungsvorsprung.de/wp-... http://www.parsportu.lv/f/resources... Placed 3rd in Lithuanian University of Agriculture Cup 25-31 Aug. 2010: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr371...

Jun-24-12		waustad: Today he gave Etienne Goudriaan a nice rook and pawn endgame lesson at: http://live.hsgopen.nl/

Sep-05-12		vinidivici: The most opening he has used as white is English...wow...he should note as one of the player who develop the opening.

Jan-29-15		mrandersson: Having gone over quite a few of his game i must say i really like his style of play and ideas he has. The c4 e4 idea is one i have used a few times but his ideas give me ideas as well.

Feb-20-15		Volmac: <nescio: ...Akesson and Miezis played a game which left me speechless.> R Akesson vs N Miezis, 2006

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