Home :: Chess :: Players

Arturs Neikšāns

Arturs Neikšāns, European Rapid Chess Championship, Warsaw 2012
Country	Latvia
Born	March 16, 1983 Valka, Latvia
Title	Grandmaster
Peak rating	2576 (May 2015)

Arturs Neikšāns (born March 16, 1983, Valka) is a Latvian chess Grandmaster (2012) and FIDE Trainer (2012).

He three times won the Latvian Chess Championship in 1999, 2011 and 2015. Arturs Neikšāns has been crowned a city champion of two cities: Valka in 1998 and Jelgava in 1999. He won in the Baltic Sea Junior Championship, held in Tallinn in 2001 and Aivars Gipslis Memorial tournament, held in Riga in 2002. International Master from 2001. In 2010 he divided 3rd place in 15th Open Balaguer tournament (Spain).

Arturs Neikšāns played for Latvia in Chess Olympiads:

In 2000, at first reserve board in the 34th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul (+5 −3 =2);
In 2006, at first reserve board in the 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin (+3 −1 =1);
In 2012, at third board in the 40th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul (+3 −3 =3);
In 2014, at third board in the 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromsø (+3 −2 =5).

Arturs Neikšāns played for Latvia in European Team Chess Championship:

In 1999, at fourth board in Batumi (+2 −3 =4);
In 2011, at third board in Porto Carras (+5 −2 =2);
In 2015, at third board in Reykjavik (+3 −1 =3).

COMMENTS