The chess games of Erik Karklins

Erik Karklins
Number of games in database: 10
Years covered: 1969 to 1995
Overall record: +3 -6 =1 (35.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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ERIK KARKLINS
(born Mar-25-1915) Latvia (citizen of United States of America)

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Erik Karklins was born on March 25, 1915 in Riga, Latvia. In his youth, he played in a simultaneous exhibition given by Emanuel Lasker, which today makes him one of the very few living people to have played Lasker. (Melvin Chernev, the son of Irving Chernev, is another.) In 1951, Karklins and his family immigrated to the United States, ultimately settling in Chicago.

Karklins attained the National Master title in 1984, at the unusually advanced age of 68. At 95, he was by far the oldest player on the United States Chess Federation's August 2010 list of the top 100 players age 65 and up. At age 97, he tied for third in the Expert Section of the 2012 Midwest Class Championships. His son is FIDE Master Andrew Karklins.

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. W Martz vs E Karklins	1-0	26	1969	Chicago op	A00 Uncommon Opening
2. E Karklins vs P Tautvaisas	0-1	19	1970	Illinois	C70 Ruy Lopez
3. A Chow vs E Karklins	0-1	7	1979	US Open	A18 English, Mikenas-Carls
4. E Karklins vs A Chow	1-0	30	1982	Midwest Masters Invitational	C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall
5. Popovych vs E Karklins	1-0	16	1989	Chicago	C34 King's Gambit Accepted
6. E Karklins vs K Burger	0-1	39	1989	Midwest Masters Inv	B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation
7. E Karklins vs D Mackenzie	½-½	44	1990	USA Masters	C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense
8. E Karklins vs Sherzer	0-1	27	1993	It (open)	C67 Ruy Lopez
9. E Ernst vs E Karklins	0-1	27	1994	It (open) (2)	C55 Two Knights Defense
10. E Karklins vs N Ziane	0-1	32	1995	Chicago op	B44 Sicilian

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Jan-28-13		Llawdogg: Keep going, oldtimer!

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