Normunds Miezis
| Normunds Miezis | |
|---|---|
 Miezis, Liverpool 2008 | |
| Country |  Latvia |
| Born | 11 May 1971 |
| Title | Grandmaster (1997) |
| FIDE rating | 2407 (November 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2601 (January 2001) |
Normunds Miezis (born 11 May 1971) is a Latvian chess Grandmaster (1997).
Chess career
[edit]He won the Latvian Chess Championship in 1991 and 2006. He played for Latvia in the Chess Olympiads of 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2014.[1] Other notable results include shared 1st with Eduardas Rozentalis, Sergey Ivanov, Tomi Nybäck and Evgeny Postny at Stockholm, Rilton Cup 2005/6,[2] shared 6th with Slavko Cicak, Joel Benjamin and Alexander Baburin in the European Union Championship of 2005,[3] won Kaupthing Bank Chess Tournament GM-Section in 2007,[4] 2nd–3rd with Arturs Neikšāns in Kaunas 2009[5] and 2nd behind Alexei Shirov in the Aivars Gipslis Memorial in Riga.[6] In 2011, he won the Västerås Open with 7.5 points out of 8 games.[7] In 2020, he won the Offerspill Nordic Invitational with 7 points out of 9 games, after winning the tiebreaker with Jonas Buhl Bjerre.[8]
Chess strength
[edit]His best single performance was at Istanbul ol (Men), 2000, where he scored 6.5 of 11 possible points (69%) against 2573-rated opposition, for a performance rating of 2618.[9] Another remarkable tournament for him is the 14th Dubai Open 2012 where he scored 7 of 9 possible points finishing shared 1st with Ni Hua, Baadur Jobava, Mikheil Mchedlishvili and Chanda Sandipan with a performance rating of 2709.[10][11]
In the October 2013 FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2550, making him Latvia's number four.
Notable games
[edit]- Alexei Barsov vs Normunds Miezis, NRW-Liga II 1995, Benoni Defense: Modern. Snake Variation (A60), 0-1
- Alexei Fedorov vs Normunds Miezis, 34th Olympiad 2000, Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation (B43), 0-1
- Evgeny Solozhenkin vs Normunds Miezis, Classics GM 2001, Budapest Defense: Rubinstein Variation (A52), 0-1
- Normunds Miezis vs Robert Fontaine, XXXV Rilton Cup 2006, English Opening: King's English (A22), 1-0
References
[edit]- ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "Men's Chess Olympiads: Normunds Miezis". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
- ^ Crowther, Mark (2006-01-09). "The Week in Chess 583: 35th Rilton Cup". London Chess Center. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
- ^ Crowther, Mark (2005-04-04). "The Week in Chess 543: European Union Championship". London Chess Center. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
- ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Kaupthing Bank Chess Tournament 2007". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
- ^ "Tournament report November 2009: Lithuanian University of Agriculture". World Chess Federation. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
- ^ "Aivars Gipslis Memorial – Alexei Shirov clear first". Chessdom. 2012-02-12. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
- ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Västerås Open 2011". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
- ^ "The Week in Chess 1348". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
- ^ Sonas, Jeff. "Chessmetrics Player Profile: Normunds Miezis". Chessmetrics.com. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
- ^ "14th Dubai Open 2012: Player info: Miezis Normunds". Chess-Results.com. Retrieved 2013-07-14.
- ^ Crowther, Mark (2012-04-23). "14th Dubai Open 2012". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 2013-07-14.
External links
[edit]- Normunds Miezis player profile and games at Chessgames.com