Vaidas Sakalauskas (born July 2, 1971) is a Lithuanian chess player. He received the FIDE title of International Master in 1998 and won an individual gold medal in 36th Chess Olympiad in 2004.
Biography
Sakalauskas is a graduate of the Faculty of History of the Vilnius Pedagogical University in 1994. From 1994 to 2006 he worked in Radviliškis sports center as chess trainer. His best-known student is a Lithuanian Grandmaster (GM) Viktorija Čmilytė.
He regularly participated in Lithuanian Chess Championship. His best result is 3rd place in 2004.[1] In 2005 Sakalauskas won blitz tournament in "Liepājas Rokāde".[2]
Sakalauskas played for Lithuania in Chess Olympiads:[3]
- In 1998, at second reserve board in the 33rd Chess Olympiad in Elista (+3 −2 =2);
- In 2000, at third board in the 34th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul (+4 −2 =6);
- In 2002, at second reserve board in the 35th Chess Olympiad in Bled (+4 −0 =2);
- In 2004, at reserve board in the 36th Chess Olympiad in Calvia (+5 −0 =2) and won individual gold medal.
He played for Lithuania in European Team Chess Championships:[4]
- In 1999, at fourth board in the 12th European Team Chess Championship in Batumi (+3 −2 =4);
- In 2003, at second board in the 14th European Team Chess Championship in Plovdiv (+3 −2 =3);
- In 2005, at fourth board in the 15th European Team Chess Championship in Gothenburg (+3 −2 =4);
- In 2011, at third board in the 18th European Team Chess Championship in Porto Carras (+0 −0 =2).
References
- ^ "LTU-ch 2004 - 365Chess.com Tournaments".
- ^ "Liepajas Rokade won by Loek van Wely". 17 August 2005.
- ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Vaidas Sakalauskas".
- ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: European Men's Team Chess Championship :: Vaidas Sakalauskas".
External links
- Vaidas Sakalauskas rating card at FIDE
- Vaidas Sakalauskas FIDE rating history at OlimpBase.org
- Vaidas Sakalauskas player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Vaidas Sakalauskas chess games at 365Chess.com
