Fricis Apšenieks (Old orthography: Fritzis Apscheneek; 7 April 1894 in Tetele, Courland Governorate – 25 April 1941 in Riga, Latvian SSR) was a Latvian chess master.

Biography

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Apšenieks played for Latvia at seven official Chess Olympiads: in 1928, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1935, 1937, and 1939. He also played in the unofficial Olympiad at Munich in 1936.

In his final years, he was struggling with health issues. During the first Soviet occupation of Latvia, he died of tuberculosis at the age of 47.

Notable chess games

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