Endzelins finished 3rd in the 1960 Australian Championship at Adelaide with a score of 9.5/15, but was awarded the title of Australian Champion as both Yuri Averbakh and his compatriot Vladimir Bagirov played "hors concours". Averbakh finished 1st with a score of 14/15, while Bagirov finished second with a score of 12/15.

From the early 1950's Endzelins then began to play more correspondence chess than OTB chess. He finished =3rd in the 3rd Australian CC Championship (1950-53), with a score of 8.5/12, and was chosen to compete in the 2nd ICCF World Championship final, after Koshnitsky, Arlauskas and Klass declined their invitations.

After Endzelins passed away in 1981, the Correspondence Chess League of Australia organised a memorial tournament in his honour in 1984. The tournament was won by fellow Australian CC player Max Salm.

aka Lûcijs Endzelîns

Bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucijs...

"Endzelīns - Ozols match for American zone Latvian championship 1948 ended on June 12 with overwhelming victory of Endzelīns with result 4.5:1.5.

In the first game of the match Ozols, when playing white, chose the Kings's gambit, but Endzelins defended precisely. In the middle of the game, when it seemed that the white position would prevail, Endzelins surprised the opponent with an unexpected Queen sacrifice for a Rook, Knight and pawn. The excellent location of the figures made the black position predominant. To complicate the game, Ozols sacrifice a pawn, but at the top, Endzelin's free-pawns threatened to break the battle when Ozols on the 43th move lost on time.

The 2nd game in Hanau match Endzelins open with 1.c4, surprising Ozols who was expecting for the first e4. In the Cambridge Springs variant of Queen gambit black missed e4 occupation and White get advantage. In the course of the game, black unduly weakened his position. It allowed Endzelins to win after a vigorous attack.

In the 3rd game Endzelins choose the Old Indian defense. During the game Ozols looked for tactical complications and avoided changing the figures. This allowed Endzelins to gain dominance. When Ozols avoided changing Queens, Black won after strong attack.

In the 4th game Ozols played Dutch defense. Originally playing opening Black not only equalized the game but also took the initiative. Black entered a strong attack on White King, but Endzelins defended precisely. Finally, the sacrifice of the Ozols piece drcided the fight and Endzelins resigned on the 42nd move. This was the most interesting game in the match.

The next game, Ozols, opened by the Dutch version of the 1.f4 attack. The Ozols game was excellent, giving a lot of trouble to Black. The attentive Endzelins defense and figure changes weakened the White position, but Ozols retained initiative until move 40, when lost on time.

Hence, the match was decided and the last game was very peaceful. In the Sicilian defense, after changing figures, opponents agreed to draw on the 25th move.

Ludis Endzelīns won the title and was welcomed by the President of the Latvian Chess Association A. Melnbārds. He was presented with a master's diploma and Fischbach Latvian committee prize - silver porcelain."

Source:
"Tēvzeme", June 24, 1948.
Text retrieved by me using snippets. (Based on copyright law, the material is only available in the library)

"L. Endzelins is again an American military zone DP Latvian chess champion. L. Endzelins and K. Ozols have achieved the same result in Fischbach tournament. On June 12 they ended an additional 6-game match in Hanau. The winner was Lūcijs Endzelīns, who became American zone 1948 Latvian champion. Endzelīns was also champion in 1946, but last year he lost this title to Elmārs Zemgalis, who was ranked third this year."

"Master L. Endzelins joined the Port Adelaide Chess Club.
In the first simultaneous game exhibition he won against 9 opponents and 1 game ended in draw.

... Latvian chess player G. Berzzarins plays at the Adelaide club Burnside, who won against the Adelaide City Club II, which also featured Latvian L. Mangalis and Lithuanian Romanas Arlauskas."

Source:
http://periodika.lv/periodika2-view...

Berzzarins, Gunars.
Chess master, chess historian, journalist. Born on September 1, 1925 in Riga, Latvia and resettled in Australia in 1947.
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