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Val Zemitis

Number of games in database: 23
Years covered: 1946 to 2001
Overall record: +4 -12 =7 (32.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total 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 had a longer involvement with Northern California chess than Valdemars (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 Zemitis wrote the first book on the new World Champion Mikhail Tal - The Unknown Tal, which was published by the California Chess Reporter. He wa also a Latvian chess historian and wrote a two-volume set of books on Latvian chess history.

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

Last updated: 2021-01-21 03:31:41

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. L Endzelins vs V Zemitis  1-0421946Meerbeck Displaced Persons itD26 Queen's Gambit Accepted
2. V Zemitis vs A Darznieks  ½-½281946Meerbeck Displaced Persons itD67 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line
3. L Sepp vs V Zemitis  ½-½421946Meerbeck Displaced Persons itC80 Ruy Lopez, Open
4. V Zemitis vs F Bohatirchuk  0-1391946Meerbeck Displaced Persons itC71 Ruy Lopez
5. A Liepnieks vs V Zemitis  0-1361946Meerbeck Displaced Persons itA10 English
6. P Tautvaisas vs V Zemitis  1-0271946Meerbeck Displaced Persons itC40 King's Knight Opening
7. V Zemitis vs E Sadovsky  0-1241946Meerbeck Displaced Persons itC07 French, Tarrasch
8. H Valdsaare vs V Zemitis  1-0251946Meerbeck Displaced Persons itE32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
9. V Zemitis vs K Skema  ½-½511946Meerbeck Displaced Persons itE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
10. R Arlauskas vs V Zemitis  1-0391946Meerbeck Displaced Persons itC58 Two Knights
11. V Zemitis vs W Jursevskis  0-1461946Meerbeck Displaced Persons itB32 Sicilian
12. A Rankis vs V Zemitis  1-0241946Meerbeck Displaced Persons itD50 Queen's Gambit Declined
13. V Zemitis vs J Repecka 1-0361946Meerbeck Displaced Persons itB45 Sicilian, Taimanov
14. V Zemitis vs G Gottschalk  1-0251951GERD13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation
15. Tal vs V Zemitis ½-½361958SimulE83 King's Indian, Samisch
16. E Pruner vs V Zemitis 1-0271960Interclub matchC31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit
17. V Strelis vs V Zemitis  0-1241997corrC40 King's Knight Opening
18. R Jiganchine vs V Zemitis 1-0492001Keres Memorial OpenC40 King's Knight Opening
19. F Veszely vs V Zemitis  ½-½262001Keres Memorial OpenA00 Uncommon Opening
20. V Zemitis vs J Caluza 0-1182001Keres Memorial OpenA00 Uncommon Opening
21. J Keshet vs V Zemitis  ½-½222001Keres Memorial OpenC40 King's Knight Opening
22. H Pitre vs V Zemitis  1-0202001Keres Memorial OpenC32 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit
23. V Zemitis vs K Nguyen  ½-½242001Keres Memorial OpenE67 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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