Tomas Laurušas

Laurušas successfully started at various European Youth Chess Championship. In 2008, he ranked second at the U-14 age group, but in 2012, he was third at the U-16 age group. In 2012 played for Lithuanian team in the World Youth (U-16) Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, where he won the individual silver medal at the first board.[2] In 2014 he won bronze medal in the Lithuanian Chess Championship,[3] but in 2016 Laurušas won the Lithuanian Chess Championship.[4] In 2018, Laurušas won the blitz tournament in chess festival "Liepājas Rokāde".[5] In 2019, he won Lithuanian Chess Championship.

In 2020, Laurušas tied for 2nd-5th place in the Panevezys International Chess Festival with Aleksandrs Jazdanovs, Bartlomiej Heberla, and Karolis Juksta.[6] He won the 17th Klaipeda Sea Festival with a score of 6.5/7[7]

In 2021, he won the Heldur Valgmae Memorial with a score of 8/9.[8] In August 2021, he finished third in the Riga Technical University Open "A" tournament.[9]

In 2023, in Kaunas he in third time won Lithuanian Chess Championship.[10]

Laurušas has played for Lithuania in 2 Chess Olympiads:[11]

• In 2014, at third board in the 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromsø (+6 −3 =1);
• In 2016, at second board in the 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku (+4 −1 =5).

He has also represented Lithuania in 2 European Team Chess Championships:[12]

• In 2013, at fourth board in the 19th European Team Chess Championship in Warsaw (+3 −4 =2);
• In 2015, at second board in the 20th European Team Chess Championship in Reykjavik (+3 −2 =4).

• Tomas Laurusas rating card at FIDE
• Tomas Laurusas player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Tomas Laurusas chess games at 365Chess.com