Ilmārs Starostīts

Ilmārs Starostīts (born May 30, 1979, in Rēzekne) is a Latvian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster (2010).

Ilmārs Starostīts
Starostīts in Warsaw, 2011
Country	Latvia
Born	(1979-05-30) May 30, 1979 Rēzekne, Latvia
Title	Grandmaster (2010)
Peak rating	2512 (October 2007)

Ilmārs Starostīts participated in various Junior World Championships from 1993 to 1999. In 2001 he achieved the International Master title. Ilmārs Starostīts twice won the Latvian Chess Championship: 2002[1] and 2022.[2] He has played in more than 80 important tournaments and won the Stockholm Elo Challenge in 2010,[3] and was second in Rodrigo Memorial (Ferrol, Spain) in 2010.[1]

During the 2007 Vandœuvre Open in late December, Starostīts, falsely accused Anna Rudolf of cheating by hiding a computer in her lip balm. Starostīts in particular asked the arbiter to confiscate her belongings and refused to shake her hand before their game, the latter of which could have been penalized. Marie Boyarchenko, another player at the event, believed these actions were key factors in Rudolf losing that last-round game and cost her the championship.[4] Starostīts has never apologized for his behavior towards Rudolf.

Ilmārs Starostīts played for Latvia in Chess Olympiads:[5]

• In 2002, at second reserve board in the 35th Chess Olympiad in Bled (+5 −3 =4);
• In 2012, at reserve board in the 40th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul (+4 -2 =2).[6]

Ilmārs Starostīts played for Latvia in European Team Chess Championship:[7]

• In 2011, at fourth board in Porto Carras (+4 −3 =2).[8]