Juzefs Petkēvičs
Country Soviet Union
 Latvia
Born (1940-12-19) December 19, 1940
Riga, Latvian SSR
Soviet Union
TitleGrandmaster (2002)
World ChampionWorld Senior Champion, 2002
Peak rating2465 (January 1988)

Juzefs Petkēvičs (Polish: Józef Pietkiewicz, Russian: Ю́зеф Изодо́рович Петке́вич; born 19 December 1940, Riga) is a Latvian chess Grandmaster of Polish origin.

Born into a Polish family (his uncle was a Catholic bishop),[1] he came first in the Riga Championship of 1967, winning all thirteen games.[2] He tied for 1st-3rd at Pärnu 1967. He thrice shared 1st in Latvian Chess Championship (1969, 1974, 1985).[3][4]

Petkēvičs played for Latvia in Chess Olympiads:

He won the 12th World Senior Chess Championship at Naumburg 2002.[6]

Petkēvičs was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1980, and the GM title in 2002.

References

  1. Pan Józef Archived 2007-10-29 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "22.12.2005 - Juzefs Petkēvičs - bezbailīgais uzbrucējs". www.latchess.lv. Archived from the original on 7 July 2007. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  3. "Russian Chess Base". Archived from the original on October 27, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. Russian Chess Base
  5. OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess
  6. TeleSchach / Senioren Weltmeisterschaft


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