Zigurds Lanka
Number of games in database: 232
Years covered: 1973 to 2011
Last FIDE rating: 2420
Highest rating achieved in database: 2540
Overall record: +72 -72 =86 (50.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      2 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (49)      B33 B90 B81 B43 B32  French Defense (23)      C19 C11 C10 C12 C05  Ruy Lopez (18)      C84 C80 C99 C95 C63  Ruy Lopez, Closed (10)      C84 C99 C95 C92 C88  French Winawer (10)      C19 C18 C17  Sicilian Najdorf (10)      B90 B96	With the Black pieces:  King's Indian (51)      E97 E81 E63 E60 E98  Sicilian (29)      B62 B31 B89 B66 B56  Sicilian Richter-Rauser (13)      B62 B66 B60 B67  English (5)      A16 A15  Uncommon Opening (5)      A00

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Balashov vs Z Lanka, 1988 0-1
   M Rytshagov vs Z Lanka, 1992 0-1
   M Orr vs Z Lanka, 1999 0-1

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ZIGURDS LANKA (born May-21-1960) Latvia [what is this?] IM in 1987, GM in 1992. Latvian champion 1993. Rating peaks 2575 in 1997 and 2531 in 2005. Played for Latvia in the 1992, 1994 and 2008 olympiads, World Team Ch 1993, and European Team Chs 1992, 1997 and 1999. Has been a coach for Viktor Bologan and Alexey Shirov. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zigurd...

page 1 of 10; games 1-25 of 232  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Bronstein vs Z Lanka   0-1 36 1973 Moscow A00 Uncommon Opening 2. Kasparov vs Z Lanka ½-½ 60 1976 Tbilisi B39 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation 3. Kasparov vs Z Lanka 1-0 40 1977 Leningrad E90 King's Indian 4. A Khasin vs Z Lanka   0-1 35 1977 USSR A15 English 5. Z Lanka vs Kasparov ½-½ 49 1977 Leningrad B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 6. Z Lanka vs Kasparov 0-1 37 1977 Riga B19 Caro-Kann, Classical 7. Ermenkov vs Z Lanka   0-1 57 1978 Yurmala E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1 8. Z Lanka vs Gipslis   1-0 40 1978 Yurmala (Latvia) B10 Caro-Kann 9. Taimanov vs Z Lanka   1-0 57 1978 Yurmala E75 King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line 10. Z Lanka vs A Vitolinsh   1-0 54 1978 Yurmala C05 French, Tarrasch 11. Lutikov vs Z Lanka   1-0 36 1978 Jurmala C30 King's Gambit Declined 12. Bronstein vs Z Lanka 1-0 27 1978 Yurmala B58 Sicilian 13. Z Lanka vs Yusupov   ½-½ 24 1979 URS-ch YM B33 Sicilian 14. Z Lanka vs Azmaiparashvili   0-1 41 1980 URS B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 15. E Vladimirov vs Z Lanka   ½-½ 46 1980 URS-ch U26 A02 Bird's Opening 16. Z Lanka vs Chekhov   1-0 41 1980 URS-ch U26 C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 17. Chiburdanidze vs Z Lanka   ½-½ 41 1980 URS-ch U26 B66 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 18. Z Lanka vs Wojtkiewicz   1-0 49 1982 URS 33/317 B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 19. Romanishin vs Z Lanka   1-0 41 1983 Yurmala D75 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O c5, 8.dxc5 20. Z Lanka vs Yermolinsky   0-1 30 1983 Ch URS (young masters) B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 21. Vyzmanavin vs Z Lanka   ½-½ 42 1983 Ch URS (young masters) D90 Grunfeld 22. Chandler vs Z Lanka   1-0 68 1983 It (cat.10) B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 23. Z Lanka vs Gipslis   0-1 61 1983 It (cat.10) B06 Robatsch 24. Z Lanka vs Tal   ½-½ 27 1983 Yurmala B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 25. Z Lanka vs Salov   ½-½ 65 1983 Ch URS (young masters) B65 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4  page 1 of 10; games 1-25 of 232

Feb-01-06    MUG: I would guess that the Zigurd here is the very same Zigurds here: Zigurds Lanka, as well as the Lanka over here: Lanka May-27-09    YoungEd: In his best games collection, Viktor Bologan credits Lanka greatly as a teacher. May-27-09    Open Defence: no bio? Sep-24-09    Tabanus: GM Zigurds Lanka, Latvia, born 21 May 1960. Current rating 2496 IM in 1987, GM in 1992. Latvian champion 1993. Rating peaks 2575 in 1997 and 2531 in 2005. Played for Latvia in the 1992, 1994 and 2008 olympiads, World Team Ch 1993, and European Team Chs 1992, 1997 and 1999. Has been a coach for Viktor Bologan and Alexey Shirov. http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?... Pictures: http://www.chessbase.de/2005/mainz/... http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped... Biography in German: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zigurd... Aug-03-11    wordfunph: "I never met a man who got hurt working on chess." - GM Zigurds Lanka Source: Victor Bologan Selected Games 1985-2004 Aug-03-11    BobCrisp: Man does not live by chess alone. Aug-04-11    JoergWalter: Did he clarified any fathership issues with Rustam Kamsky? Pictures: http://www.chessbase.de/2005/mainz/... Aug-04-11    JoergWalter: <"I never met a man who got hurt working on chess." - GM Zigurds Lanka> But by Rustam's uppercut.

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