Ilmārs Starostīts
{{short description|Latvian chess grandmaster (born 1979)}}
{{Infobox chess biography
| name = Ilmārs Starostīts
| image = Ilmars Starostits 2011.JPG
| caption = Starostīts in Warsaw, 2011
| full_name =
| country = Latvia
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|05|30}}
| birth_place = Rēzekne, Latvia
| death_date =
| death_place =
| title = Grandmaster (2010)
| FideID = 11600748
| peakrating = 2512 (October 2007)
}}
Ilmārs Starostīts (born May 30, 1979, in Rēzekne) is a Latvian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster (2010).
Career
Ilmārs Starostīts participated in various Junior World Championships from 1993 to 1999. In 2001 he achieved the International Master title. Ilmārs Starostīts twice won the Latvian Chess Championship: 2002{{cite web |url=https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic385.html#18 |title=The Week in Chess 385 |publisher=Chess.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2011-11-12}} and 2022.[https://chess-results.com/tnr626209.aspx?lan=1&art=4 Latvijas 2022. gada vīriešu čempionāts] He has played in more than 80 important tournaments and won the Stockholm Elo Challenge in 2010,{{cite web |url=http://www.chess-results.com/tnr33974.aspx?lan=1 |title=Tournament-Database |website=Chess-Results Server |date=2010-05-16 |accessdate=2011-11-12}} and was second in Rodrigo Memorial (Ferrol, Spain) in 2010.
During the 2007 Vandœuvre Open in late December, Starostīts, falsely accused Anna Rudolf of cheating by hiding a computer in her lip balm. Starostīts in particular asked the arbiter to confiscate her belongings and refused to shake her hand before their game, the latter of which could have been penalized. Marie Boyarchenko, another player at the event, believed these actions were key factors in Rudolf losing that last-round game and cost her the championship.{{cite web |url=https://chessdailynews.com/ugly-behavior/|title=Ugly story at Vandoeuvre Open |date= 6 January 2008|accessdate=2022-06-12}} Starostīts has never apologized for his behavior towards Rudolf.
Ilmārs Starostīts played for Latvia in Chess Olympiads:{{cite web |author=Wojciech Bartelski |url=http://www.olimpbase.org/players/gi04uw0i.html |title=Men's Chess Olympiads :: Ilmārs Starostīts |publisher=OlimpBase |date= |accessdate=2013-12-09}}
- In 2002, at second reserve board in the 35th Chess Olympiad in Bled (+5 −3 =4);
- In 2012, at reserve board in the 40th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul (+4 -2 =2);{{cite web |url=http://results.chessolympiadistanbul.com//tnr77681.aspx?art=20&fed=LAT&lan=1&flag=30 |title=Istanbul 2012 World Chess Olympiad - Results Page |publisher=Results.chessolympiadistanbul.com |date= |accessdate=2013-12-09 |archive-date=2012-08-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120831143021/http://results.chessolympiadistanbul.com/tnr77681.aspx?art=20&fed=LAT&lan=1&flag=30 |url-status=dead }}
- In 2024, at reserve board in the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest (+5 -0 =3).[https://chess-results.com/tnr967173.aspx?lan=1&art=20&flag=30&snr=42 45th Chess Olympiad Budapest 2024 Open]
Ilmārs Starostīts played for Latvia in European Team Chess Championship:{{cite web |author=Wojciech Bartelski |url=http://www.olimpbase.org/playerse/gi04uw0i.html |title=European Men's Team Chess Championship :: Ilmārs Starostīts |publisher=OlimpBase |date= |accessdate=2013-12-09}}
References
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External links
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- {{Chessgames.com player}}
- {{365Chess.com player}}
- {{ChessTempo.com player}}
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Category:Latvian chess players