Normunds Miezis (born 11 May 1971) is a Latvian chess Grandmaster (1997).
| Normunds Miezis | |
|---|---|
 Miezis, Liverpool 2008 | |
| Country |  Latvia |
| Born | 11 May 1971 |
| Title | Grandmaster (1997) |
| FIDE rating | 2404 (April 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2601 (January 2001) |
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