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Donatas Lapienis

Number of games in database: 141
Years covered: 1961 to 2007
Last FIDE rating: 2282
Highest rating achieved in database: 2311
Overall record: +34 -54 =53 (42.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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DONATAS LAPIENIS
(born Apr-08-1936, died Apr-10-2014, 78 years old) Lithuania

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He was a FIDE Master and a GMC.

Last updated: 2019-01-15 08:22:45

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 page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 141  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. D Lapienis vs Kholmov  0-1281961URS-ch sf NovgorodE55 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation
2. I Zilber vs D Lapienis  ½-½391961URS-ch sf NovgorodE86 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.Nge2 c6
3. D Lapienis vs Y Gusev  ½-½821961URS-ch sf NovgorodA56 Benoni Defense
4. Koblents vs D Lapienis  1-0271961Baltic Republics ChampionshipE88 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6
5. Y Ilinsky vs D Lapienis  1-0251961URS-ch sf NovgorodA07 King's Indian Attack
6. D Lapienis vs I Nei  ½-½201961Baltic Republics ChampionshipD10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
7. V Mikenas vs D Lapienis  ½-½751961Baltic Republics ChampionshipA48 King's Indian
8. S Giterman vs D Lapienis  ½-½411961URS-ch sf NovgorodA48 King's Indian
9. A Hasidovski vs D Lapienis  0-1561961URS-ch sf NovgorodB53 Sicilian
10. D Lapienis vs B Katalymov  1-0571961URS-ch sf NovgorodA53 Old Indian
11. T Oim vs D Lapienis  ½-½161961Baltic Republics ChampionshipB77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
12. D Lapienis vs A Buslaev  0-1431961Baltic Republics ChampionshipA64 Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8
13. Suetin vs D Lapienis  0-1521961URS-ch sf NovgorodB77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
14. V Muratov vs D Lapienis  1-0291961URS-ch sf NovgorodB76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
15. D Lapienis vs Savon  0-1531961URS-ch sf NovgorodE60 King's Indian Defense
16. D Lapienis vs R Seoev  ½-½361961URS-ch sf NovgorodE48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5
17. D Lapienis vs V Heuer  0-1561961URS-ch sf NovgorodD28 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical
18. Veresov vs D Lapienis  1-0231961URS-ch sf NovgorodD01 Richter-Veresov Attack
19. D Lapienis vs I Rosenfeld  1-0311961URS-ch sf NovgorodE60 King's Indian Defense
20. D Lapienis vs A Aufman  1-0531961Lithuanian ChampionshipA56 Benoni Defense
21. D Lapienis vs E Chukaev  0-1321961Lithuanian ChampionshipD54 Queen's Gambit Declined, Anti-Neo-Orthodox Variation
22. D Lapienis vs A Cesnauskas  0-1331961URS-ch sf NovgorodE69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line
23. D Lapienis vs A Petersons  0-1341961Baltic Republics ChampionshipB28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation
24. A Shmit vs D Lapienis  ½-½311961URS-ch sf NovgorodB71 Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation
25. D Lapienis vs J Klavins  ½-½421961Baltic Republics ChampionshipE53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3
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Nov-26-14  hedgeh0g: If you're in need of a new sex organ, you've come to the right guy!
Dec-13-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  MissScarlett: In 1990, he was the world's highest rated correspondence player, an estimation that subsequently proved somewhat inflated.
Apr-27-15  zanzibar: Could some biographer determine his dod?

His FIDE card link is stale (FIDE really should change this policy), and there's already a memorial tournament for him:

http://www.chess-results.com/tnr159...

This wiki page gives his dod as 2014.04.10 (Vilnius)

Apr-27-15  whiteshark: † April 10th, 2014

( sources: http://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donata... , http://www.chessfed.lt/2014/04/in-m... )

He was the best rated correspondence player with 2715 in 1989 and 1990.

A participant in the 13th World Correspondence Championship Final.

Apr-28-15  hemy: His 213 games: http://chess-db.com/public/pinfo.js...
Apr-28-15  hemy: Donatas Lapienis passes away in Vilnius on April 10th 2014. Holy mass was held in Paul and Peter cathedral on April 14th.

I was informed by my friend E.Paleckis, chess historian a day after Donatas passed away.

First time I met Donatas in 1963. We played for Vilnius team and we were a roommates in hotel in Riga.

At 1967 we were together with other members of Lithuanian team on summer camp for preparation to USSR team championship.

Last time I met him in September 2006 on my visit to Vilnius. We played in blitz tournament of "Maccabi - Rositsan" chess club opening.

Donatas was member of Lithuanian national team for many years, he was also the most prominent Lithuanian expert in chess openings in sixties and seventies. He was sharing his knowledge with teammates.

Donatas was showing up at my house in Vilnius at 1964-1965 to analyse openings. I was his opponent to check out some of his new ideas. I have the best memories of Donatas Lapienis.

Apr-28-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: Rumoured to be homo sapiensis.
Apr-28-15  hemy: <offramp> I guess that it is not appropriate to spread rumors and it is not adding respect to the person that doing it.
Apr-28-15  zanzibar: <Hemy> thanks for posting your reminiscences of the man. Sounds like he was a good instructor and friend.

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