The chess games of Val Zemitis

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Val Zemitis

Number of games in database: 6
Years covered: 2001
Overall record: +0 -3 =3 (25.0%)*
* Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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C40 King's Knight Opening (2 games)
A00 Uncommon Opening (2 games)

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VAL ZEMITIS
(born Apr-11-1925, died Mar-22-2012, 86 years old) Latvia (federation/nationality United States of America)

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Few individuals have had a longer involvement with Northern California chess than Val Zemitis. Shortly after moving to Berkeley in the early 1950s Zemitis started contributing to the California Chess Reporter. More than thirty years later, in 1986, he helped Hans Poschmann start the California Chess Journal and was a steady contributor for many years. A USCF master, Zemitis achieved his best result at the 1954 California Open in Santa Barbara where he drew with both Kashdan and Steiner while tying for second. Back in 1960 Mr.Zemitis wrote the first book on the new World Champion Mikhail Tal - The Unknown Tal, which was published by the California Chess Reporter. He is also a Latvian chess historian and has written a two volume set of books on the subject.

Obituary: http://www.chessdryad.com/articles/...

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. R Jiganchine vs Val Zemitis	1-0	49	2001	26th Keres Mem	C40 King's Knight Opening
2. F Veszely vs Val Zemitis	½-½	26	2001	26th Keres Mem	A00 Uncommon Opening
3. Val Zemitis vs Juni Caluza	0-1	18	2001	26th Keres Mem	A00 Uncommon Opening
4. J Keshet vs Val Zemitis	½-½	22	2001	26th Keres Mem	C40 King's Knight Opening
5. H Pitre vs Val Zemitis	1-0	20	2001	26th Keres Mem	C32 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit
6. Val Zemitis vs K Nguyen	½-½	24	2001	26th Keres Mem	E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto

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Aug-20-12		TheFocus: Here is a draw against Mikhail Tal from a simul held around the time of the 1958 Munich Olympiad. King’s Indian Samisch E83 Mikhail Tal–Val Zemitis Munich (simul), 1958 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0–0 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Qd2 a6 8.Bd3 e5 9.d5 Nd4 10.Nge2 Nd7 11.0–0 c5 12.dxc6 bxc6 13.Rad1 Nc5 14.Bb1 Nce6 15.Bf2 f5 16.exf5 gxf5 17.Nxd4 Nxd4 18.Ne2 c5 19.b4 Qf6 20.Nc3 Be6 21.Nd5 Bxd5 22.cxd5 Bh6 23.Qe1 Ra7 24.bxc5 dxc5 25.Kh1 Rg7 26.Be3 Rg6 27.g3 Kh8 28.f4 Qd6 29.fxe5 Qxd5+ 30.Kg1 Bxe3+ 31.Qxe3 Re6 32.Rde1 Rfe8 33.Qf4 Rxe5 34.Rxe5 Qxe5 35.Qxe5+ Rxe5 36.Bd3 a5 draw.

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C40		King's Knight Opening (2 games)
A00		Uncommon Opening (2 games)