Valerij Zhuravliov

Valerij Ivanovich Zhuravliov (Russian: Валерий Иванович Журавлёв, Latvian: Valērijs Žuravļovs; December 11, 1938 – July 18, 2021[1]) was a Soviet/Latvian chess master who has won the Latvian Chess Championship three times. He held the FIDE title of International Master (IM).

Valerij Zhuravliov
Full nameValerij Ivanovich Zhuravliov
CountrySoviet Union
Latvia
Born(1938-12-11)December 11, 1938
Moscow, USSR
DiedJuly 18, 2021(2021-07-18) (aged 82)
Jelgava, Latvia
TitleInternational Master (1963)
Peak rating2490 (January 1978)

Chess career

Valerij Zhuravliov won the Latvian Championship in 1980,[2] 1992, and 1994.[3] In 1968 he shared first place with Jānis Klovāns but lost an additional match,[4] and twice finished second (1984,[5] 1988[6]).

In 1967 Zhuravliov won the Championship of "Dinamo" in Sochi[7] and reached eighth place in the 35th USSR Chess Championship in Kharkov.[8]

In seventies Zhuravliov lived in Kaliningrad. In 1972 he shared first places in Championship of Soviet Army[9] (with Semyon Furman), in Championship of Armed Forces[10] (with Jānis Klovāns), and in 1977 won Russian Chess Championship in Volgograd (shared first place with Lev Psakhis).[11] In 1977 he participated in Mikhail Chigorin memorial in Sochi.[12]

He played for Latvia in the Soviet team chess championship in 1962 and 1969,[13] and for the Latvian team "Riga Chess & Draughts Club" in the Soviet team chess cup in 1990.[14]

He played for Latvia in the Chess Olympiads:[15]

Valerij Zhuravliov played for Latvia in European Team Chess Championship:[16]

  • In 1992, at third board in Debrecen (+2 −2 =4).

In the last years of his life he lived near Rēzekne and still participated in Latvian team competitions.[17]

References
  1. "Latvijas Šaha Federācija". www.sahafederacija.lv.
  2. "ch Latvia 1980". Al20102007.narod.ru. March 18, 1980. Retrieved January 7, 2012.
  3. "LAT-ch 1994 – 365Chess.com Tournaments". 365chess.com. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
  4. "ch Latvia 1968". Al20102007.narod.ru. Retrieved December 17, 2011.
  5. "ch Latvia 1984". Al20102007.narod.ru. June 27, 1984. Retrieved January 7, 2012.
  6. "ch Latvia 1988". Al20102007.narod.ru. Retrieved January 7, 2012.
  7. "Championship of "Dinamo"- Sochi 1968". al20102007.narod.ru. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
  8. "35 Championship of USSR - Kharkov 7-27.12.1967(swiss-13 games,130 participants)". al20102007.narod.ru. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
  9. "26 Championship of Soviet Army- Batoumi May-June 1972". al20102007.narod.ru. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
  10. "Championship of Armed Forces- Tbilisi 1972". al20102007.narod.ru. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
  11. "Championship of Russia- Volgograd 4-28.5.1977". al20102007.narod.ru. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
  12. "International Tournament". al20102007.narod.ru. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  13. Wojciech Bartelski. "Soviet Team Chess Championship: Valērijs Žuravļovs". OlimpBase. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
  14. Wojciech Bartelski. "Soviet Chess Club Cup: Valērijs Žuravļovs". OlimpBase. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
  15. Wojciech Bartelski. "Men's Chess Olympiads: Valērijs Žuravļovs". OlimpBase. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
  16. Wojciech Bartelski. "European Men's Team Chess Championship: Valērijs Žuravļovs". OlimpBase. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
  17. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – Tournament-Database". Chess-results.com. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
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