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Baltic Chess Championship

The first Baltic Chess Congress took place in Riga, Latvia (then Russian Empire), in 1899. The winner was Robert Behting, the elder brother of Kārlis Bētiņš, who won a play-off game with Karl Wilhelm Rosenkrantz. The second Baltic Chess Congress was played in Dorpat, Estonia (then Russian Empire), in 1901. There were four winners.

The first Baltic Chess Championship was held in the city of Klaipėda, Lithuania, on May 22-27, 1931. The eight-player single round-robin tournament was won by Isakas Vistaneckis (LTU) 4.5/7, a half point ahead of S. Gordonas (LTU), Paul Saladin Leonhardt (GER), Vladas Mikėnas (EST/LTU) and Vladimirs Petrovs (LAT). The three others, Fricis Apšenieks (LAT), Aleksandras Machtas (LTU), and E. Gertschikoff (GER) finished in consecutive places.

Winners

 
# Year City Winner
1* 1899 Riga Robert Behting (LAT), Karl Wilhelm Rosenkrantz (LAT)
2* 1901 Dorpat Kārlis Bētiņš (LAT), Wilhelm von Stamm (LAT),
Karl Wilhelm Rosenkrantz (LAT), W. Sohn (EST)
3* 1904 Reval Bernhard Gregory (EST), Vladimir Ostrogsky (RUS)
4* 1907 Riga Karl Wilhelm Rosenkrantz (LAT)
5* 1911 Libau Arvid Kubbel (RUS)
6* 1913 Mitau Alfrēds Hartmanis (LAT)
1 1931 Klaipėda Isakas Vistaneckis (LTU)
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1944/45 Riga Paul Keres (EST)
1945 Riga Vladas Mikėnas (LTU)
1946 Vilnius Yuri Averbakh (RUS)
1947 Pärnu Paul Keres (EST)
1950 Pärnu Raul Renter (EST)
1952 Pärnu Kalju Pitksaar (EST)
1955 Pärnu Paul Keres (EST)
1958 Pärnu Yakov Yukhtman (UKR) & Taras Prokhorovich (UKR)
1960 Pärnu Paul Keres (EST)
1961 Palanga Iivo Nei (EST)
1963 Estonia Iivo Nei (EST)
1964 Pärnu Iivo Nei (EST)
1965 Palanga Vladas Mikėnas (LTU)
1966 Naroch Grigory Krupsky (BLR)
1967 Jūrmala Jānis Klovāns (LAT)
1968 Pärnu Alvis Vītoliņš (LAT)
1969 Riga Boris Rõtov (EST)
1970 Pärnu Andres Vooremaa (EST)
1971 Pärnu Leonid Stein (UKR)
1973 Homel Viacheslav Dydyshko (BLR)
1974 Pärnu Viacheslav Dydyshko (BLR)
1975 Riga Alvis Vītoliņš (LAT)
1976 Klaipėda Sergey Yuferov (BLR)
1977 Homel Gintautas Piešina (LTU)
1978 Haapsalu Lev Gutman (LAT)
1979 Daugavpils Jānis Klovāns (LAT)
1981 Homel Aloyzas Kveinys (LTU)
1982 Pärnu Alexander Ivanov (RUS)
1985 Pärnu Edvīns Ķeņģis (LAT)
1986 Haapsalu Alexander Shabalov (LAT), Edvīns Ķeņģis (LAT) &
Alexander Malevinsky (RUS)
1987 Kuldīga Alexander Ivanov (RUS), Lembit Oll (EST) &
Leonid Basin (RUS)
1988 Panevėžys Gintautas Piešina (LTU)
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