Valerij Zhuravliov

Valerij Ivanovich Zhuravliov (Russian: Валерий Иванович Журавлёв, Latvian: Valērijs Žuravļovs; December 11, 1938 – July 18, 2021^[1]) was a Soviet/Latvian chess master who has won the Latvian Chess Championship three times. He held the FIDE title of International Master (IM).

Valerij Zhuravliov won the Latvian Championship in 1980,^[2] 1992, and 1994.^[3] In 1968 he shared first place with Jānis Klovāns but lost an additional match,^[4] and twice finished second (1984,^[5] 1988^[6]).

In 1967 Zhuravliov won the Championship of "Dinamo" in Sochi^[7] and reached eighth place in the 35th USSR Chess Championship in Kharkov.^[8]

In seventies Zhuravliov lived in Kaliningrad. In 1972 he shared first places in Championship of Soviet Army^[9] (with Semyon Furman), in Championship of Armed Forces^[10] (with Jānis Klovāns), and in 1977 won Russian Chess Championship in Volgograd (shared first place with Lev Psakhis).^[11] In 1977 he participated in Mikhail Chigorin memorial in Sochi.^[12]

He played for Latvia in the Soviet team chess championship in 1962 and 1969,^[13] and for the Latvian team "Riga Chess & Draughts Club" in the Soviet team chess cup in 1990.^[14]

He played for Latvia in the Chess Olympiads:^[15]

• In 1994, at first reserve board in the 31st Chess Olympiad in Moscow (+2 −1 =2).

Valerij Zhuravliov played for Latvia in European Team Chess Championship:^[16]

• In 1992, at third board in Debrecen (+2 −2 =4).

In the last years of his life he lived near Rēzekne and still participated in Latvian team competitions.^[17]

• Valerij Zhuravliov rating card at FIDE at the Wayback Machine (archived May 16, 2021)
• Valerij Zhuravliov chess games at 365Chess.com
• Valerij Zhuravliov chess games at ChessTempo.com
• Valerij Zhuravliov player profile at NewInChess.com at the Wayback Machine (archived February 23, 2016)