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    Jānis Klovāns (April 9, 1935 – October 5, 2010) was a Latvian chess player who held the FIDE title of Grandmaster and the ICCF title of Correspondence...
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  • and Olympic medalist Jānis Klovāns (1935–2010), Latvian chess Grandmaster Jānis Krūmiņš (1930–1994), Latvian basketball player Jānis Lagzdiņš (born 1952)...
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  • (Russia) won the 272-player men's section 9.0/11 on tie-break over GM Jānis Klovāns (Latvia) and IM Vladimir Bukal (Croatia). Khmiadashvili (Georgia) won...
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  • Kasparov and Tatiana Kasparova Andrei Kharlov and Elena Zaiatz Jānis Klovāns and Astra Klovāne Jānis Kļaviņš and Ilga Kļaviņa Oleg Korneev and Tatiana Kononenko...
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    Additional tournament results: 1. Edvīns Ķeņģis 2,5 (+1, =3, -0) 2. Jānis Klovāns 2 (+1, =2, -1) 3. Alvis Vītoliņš 1,5 (+1, =1, -2) Evgeny Sveshnikov...
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    Andersson; Igor Bondarevsky; Aivars Gipslis; Curt Hansen; Jonny Hector; Jānis Klovāns; Jonathan Penrose; Olita Rause; Lothar Schmid; Duncan Suttles; Rafael...
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  • Championship in 1980, 1992, and 1994. In 1968 he shared first place with Jānis Klovāns but lost an additional match, and twice finished second (1984, 1988)...
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  • Klein (Germany, Ecuador, 1915–1992) Josef Kling (Germany, 1811–1876) Jānis Klovāns (Latvia, 1935–2010) Gyula Kluger (Hungary, 1914–1994) Hans Kmoch (Austria...
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  • Gipslis, GM 1995 Jānis Klovāns, GM 2001 Ingrīda Priedīte, LGM 1998 Olita Rause, LGM 1994 and GM 1998 Vilnis Strautiņš, GM 2009 Janis Vitomskis, GM 2001...
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  • (1973-1976). Moss Keane, 62, Irish rugby union player, bowel cancer. Jānis Klovāns, 75, Latvian chess master. Steve Lee, 47, Swiss musician (Gotthard)...
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  • this tournament (ahead grandmasters Viesturs Meijers, Arturs Neikšāns, Jānis Klovāns, Zigurds Lanka, Ilmārs Starostīts). He was awarded the International...
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    chess at seven years old by her mother, Polina, and was trained by Jānis Klovāns. She won the Latvian women's championship of rapid chess in 2004 and...
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    Championship at Saint-Vincent, he shared 2nd-5th place with Mark Taimanov, Jānis Klovāns and Jacob Murey (Vladimir Bukal won the event). In the same year he...
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  • 2004. His first coach was Leonid Borisov, and he later trained with Jānis Klovāns and Arturs Neikšāns. In 2011, Bernotas won the Latvian Youth Championship...
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  • Audit Commission. She was married to the nine-time Latvian Champion Jānis Klovāns (1935–2010) and had two daughters. http://www.chessds.lv/ Archived 2012-01-14...
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  • Taimanov, Jānis Klovāns, and Alexander Chernikov. Then he placed 2nd–4th in the same event the next year at Arco, again with 8/11, tied with Klovans and Vladimir...
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    School. He continued the interrupted work of the Latvian grandmaster Janis Klovans, who had just died at the age of 75. Every day, Neiksans, who was still...
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  • Championship held at Żagań in Poland. The girls' event is won by Harriet Hunt. Jānis Klovāns of Latvia wins the 7th World Senior Chess Championship, Germany. The...
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    beginning of his career, Gutman tied for 11–12th at Riga 1967 (LAT-ch; Jānis Klovāns won), which was the first of many appearances in the Latvian championship;...
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  •  Vladas Mikėnas (LTU) 1966 Naroch  Grigory Krupsky (BLR) 1967 Jūrmala  Jānis Klovāns (LAT) 1968 Pärnu  Alvis Vītoliņš (LAT) 1969 Riga  Boris Rõtov (EST)...
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  • tournaments: 2001 – bronze medal at the World Senior Championship at Arco (Janis Klovans won the event); 2002 – gold medal at the European Senior Championship...
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    0 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 - ½ 1 5 15 Vladimir Doroshkievich 2425 0 1 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ - 0 4½ 16 Janis Klovans 2500 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 - 4...
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    ½ 8½ 15 Semyon Furman 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 - 1 0 1 0 1 8½ 16 Janis Klovans 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 - 1 ½ 1 0 7½ 17 Alexander Zakharov ½ ½...
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  • Klinger, Josef 1600010 1967-06-06 St Johann im Pongau 1988 Austria M Klovāns, Jānis 11600128 1935-04-09 Ruba 2010-10-05 1997 Latvia M Knaak, Rainer 4611250...
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    ½ 1 10½ 8 Mikhail Tal ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ - 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 1 10½ 9 Janis Klovans 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 - 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 10½ 10 Evgeni Vasiukov ½ ½ 1...
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    47 Vladas Mikenas -11 -38 -78 +130 7.0 48 L. Gudim -12 -30 -8 7.0 49 Janis Klovans +64 -12 -18-45=46=51=54=67+73-83+84+109+117 7.0 50 Yacov Murey -58 +33...
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