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Janis Vitomskis
Number of games in database: 14
Years covered: 1986 to 1996
Highest rating achieved in database: 2595
Overall record: +2 -7 =5 (32.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

Most played openings

B12		Caro-Kann Defense (2 games)
C84		Ruy Lopez, Closed (2 games)

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JANIS VITOMSKIS (born Aug-28-1936, died Jun-25-2009, 72 years old) Latvia [what is this?] He was a GMC.

page 1 of 1; 14 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Neimark vs J Vitomskis   1-0 27 1986 Corr. 1989/91 C34 King's Gambit Accepted 2. M J Read vs J Vitomskis   1-0 45 1996 Great Britain v Latvia CC match C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation 3. J Vitomskis vs V Maes   ½-½ 30 1996 WC15 Final B12 Caro-Kann Defense 4. V Gefenas vs J Vitomskis   ½-½ 58 1996 WC15 Final E92 King's Indian 5. J Vitomskis vs D Kilgour   ½-½ 40 1996 WC15 Final C78 Ruy Lopez 6. F Finocchiaro vs J Vitomskis   ½-½ 32 1996 WC15 Final E97 King's Indian 7. J Vitomskis vs J J Carleton   1-0 26 1996 WC15 Final C13 French 8. J Vitomskis vs A Sychev   ½-½ 61 1996 WC15 Final B12 Caro-Kann Defense 9. J A Barlow vs J Vitomskis   1-0 52 1996 WC15 Final C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 10. G Timmerman vs J Vitomskis   1-0 46 1996 WC15 Final C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall 11. J Vitomskis vs M Prizant   1-0 32 1996 WC15 Final C18 French, Winawer 12. A Poulsen vs J Vitomskis   1-0 52 1996 WC15 Final C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 13. J Vitomskis vs J van Oosterom   0-1 50 1996 WC15 Final C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense 14. G Gottardi vs J Vitomskis   1-0 23 1996 WC15 Final C45 Scotch Game

Dec-19-08    whiteshark: Bio: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janis_... Nov-14-14    ljfyffe: The Latvian won the European Correspondence Championship#28 (1984-89). Nov-26-14    ljfyffe: Was member of Latvian team in ICCF Olympiad XII Final.

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