Algimantas Butnorius
{{Short description|Lithuanian chess player}}
{{Infobox chess player
|name = Algimantas Butnorius
|image = Butnorius Algimantas Wroclaw2010.JPG
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|country = Lithuania (until 2014)
Monaco (since 2014)
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1946|02|20|df=y}}
|birth_place = Kaunas, Lithuania
|death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|10|30|1946|02|20|df=y}}{{cite web|url=http://margiris.vpprojektai.lt/mire-sk-margiris-pirmininkas-algimantas-butnorius/ |title=Mirė ŠK "Margiris" pirmininkas Algimantas Butnorius (atnaujinta 11.02 informacija apie atsisveikinimą) |publisher=ŠK "Margiris" |date=November 2, 2017 |language=lt |accessdate=November 3, 2017}}
|death_place = Kaunas, Lithuania
|title = Grandmaster (2007), International Correspondence Chess Master (2012)
|peakrating = 2456 (July 1999)
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Algimantas Butnorius (20 February 1946 – 30 October 2017) was a Lithuanian chess grandmaster and world seniors champion in 2007. From 2014 he represented Monaco.[http://ratings.fide.com/fedchange.phtml?year=2014 Player transfers in 2014]. FIDE.
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.chessfed.lt/article/archive/23/|title=Lithuanian Chess Championships|publisher=Lithuanian Chess Federation|accessdate=2009-06-29|language=lt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070714193555/http://www.chessfed.lt/article/archive/23/|archive-date=2007-07-14|url-status=dead}} In team chess, he represented Lithuania at the Chess Olympiads of 2000, 2004, 2006{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/players/ksgwqiml.html|title=Men's Chess Olympiads: Algimantas Butnorius|last=Bartelski|first=Wojciech|publisher=OlimpBase|accessdate=2009-06-29}} and in the European Team Chess Championships of 1999 and 2003.{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/playerse/ksgwqiml.html|title=European Men's Team Chess Championship: Algimantas Butnorius|last=Bartelski|first=Wojciech|publisher=OlimpBase|accessdate=2009-06-29}} He won the World Senior Chess Championship in 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.chess-results.com/tnr7385.aspx?art=1&lan=0&turdet=YES&flag=30&m=-1&wi=1000|title=17th World Senior Chess Championship|publisher=ChessResults.com|accessdate=2009-06-29}} In 2010, he tied for 2nd–4th with Vitaly Tseshkovsky and Nikolai Pushkov in the European Seniors' Rapid Championship.{{cite web|url=http://reports.chessdom.com/news-2010/european-seniors-rapid-championship|title=GM Viktor Kupreichik Wins European Seniors' Individual Rapid Championship|publisher=Chessdom|accessdate=11 April 2010|archive-date=29 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729000743/http://reports.chessdom.com/news-2010/european-seniors-rapid-championship|url-status=dead}}
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.
Notable games
- [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1087122 Viktor Kupreichik vs Algimantas Butnorius, Vitebsk 1970, Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Traxler Counterattack (C57), 1/2-1/2]
- [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1113424 Lajos Portisch vs Algimantas Butnorius, Leningrad 1969, Indian Game: West Indian Defense (E61), 0-1]
- [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1069707 Algimantas Butnorius vs Garry Kasparov, Baku 1978, Neo-Grünfeld Defence: Classical Variation (D78), 1/2-1/2]
- [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1389884 Algimantas Butnorius vs Anatoly S Lutikov, URS-chT 1975, Philidor Defense: Exchange Variation (C41), 1-0]
References
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External links
- {{Chessgames player|29721}}
- {{365Chess.com player|Algimantas_Butnorius}}
- [http://chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/PlayerProfile.asp?Params=199510SSSSS3S018428000000111000000000003210100 Algimantas Butnorius] at Chessmetrics
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Category:World Senior Chess Champions
Category:Lithuanian chess players
Category:Monegasque chess players
Category:Chess Olympiad competitors