Algimantas Butnorius Explained
| Algimantas Butnorius |
| Country: | Lithuania (until 2014)
Monaco (since 2014) |
| Birth Date: | 20 February 1946 |
| Birth Place: | Kaunas, Lithuania |
| Death Date: | [1] |
| Death Place: | Kaunas, Lithuania |
| Grandmaster (2007), International Correspondence Chess Master (2012) |
| Peakrating: | 2456 (July 1999) |
Algimantas Butnorius (20 February 1946 – 30 October 2017) was a Lithuanian chess grandmaster and world seniors champion in 2007. From 2014 he represented Monaco.[2]
Chess career
He won the Lithuanian Chess Championship on ten occasions: in 1967, 1968 (shared with Vladas Mikėnas), 1970, 1972 (shared with Gintautas Piešina), 1973 (shared with Jegor Čiukajevas), 1975, 1976, 1980, 1982 and 1993.[3] In team chess, he represented Lithuania at the Chess Olympiads of 2000, 2004, 2006[4] and in the European Team Chess Championships of 1999 and 2003.[5] He won the World Senior Chess Championship in 2007.[6] In 2010, he tied for 2nd–4th with Vitaly Tseshkovsky and Nikolai Pushkov in the European Seniors' Rapid Championship.[7]
Butnorius was awarded the International Master title in 1983 and the Grandmaster title in 2007, as a result of winning the World Senior Chess Championship.
Butnorius studied journalism at Vilnius University, graduating in 1973. In 1975–1989, he hosted a chess program on LRT televizija. He also contributed chess-related articles and chess problems to Jaunimo Gretos, Kauno Tiesa, Komunizmo Vėliava, Lietuvos Aidas, Kauno Diena, and Vakarinis Kaunas.[1]
Notable games
- Viktor Kupreichik vs Algimantas Butnorius, Vitebsk 1970, Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Traxler Counterattack (C57), 1/2-1/2
- Lajos Portisch vs Algimantas Butnorius, Leningrad 1969, Indian Game: West Indian Defense (E61), 0-1
- Algimantas Butnorius vs Garry Kasparov, Baku 1978, Neo-Grünfeld Defence: Classical Variation (D78), 1/2-1/2
- Algimantas Butnorius vs Anatoly S Lutikov, URS-chT 1975, Philidor Defense: Exchange Variation (C41), 1-0
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Mirė ŠK "Margiris" pirmininkas Algimantas Butnorius (atnaujinta 11.02 informacija apie atsisveikinimą) . ŠK "Margiris" . November 2, 2017 . lt . November 3, 2017.
- http://ratings.fide.com/fedchange.phtml?year=2014 Player transfers in 2014
- Web site: Lithuanian Chess Championships. Lithuanian Chess Federation. 2009-06-29. lt. https://web.archive.org/web/20070714193555/http://www.chessfed.lt/article/archive/23/. 2007-07-14. dead.
- Web site: Men's Chess Olympiads: Algimantas Butnorius. Bartelski. Wojciech. OlimpBase. 2009-06-29.
- Web site: European Men's Team Chess Championship: Algimantas Butnorius. Bartelski. Wojciech. OlimpBase. 2009-06-29.
- Web site: 17th World Senior Chess Championship. ChessResults.com. 2009-06-29.
- Web site: GM Viktor Kupreichik Wins European Seniors' Individual Rapid Championship. Chessdom. 11 April 2010. 29 July 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200729000743/http://reports.chessdom.com/news-2010/european-seniors-rapid-championship. dead.
