Markas Luckis
{{Short description|Lithuanian–Argentine chess player (1905–1973)}}
Markas (Marcos) Luckis (17 January 1905, in Pskov[http://www.ara.org.ar/chs/ajedrez/perlas/piriapolise.html Passengers of the Piriápolis][https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-21163-6504-68?cc=1932363 Visa with photo]Ajedrez Revista Mensual, March 1973, p. 204. – 9 February 1973, in Buenos AiresMundo del Ajedrez March 1973, p. 58.) was a Lithuanian–Argentine chess master.
Biography
Luckis twice won the KaunasKaunas was temporary capital of Lithuania during the interwar period. City Chess Championship in 1927 and 1928.
Markas Luckis played for Lithuania in five official and one unofficial Chess Olympiads.
- In July 1931, on reserve board at 4th Chess Olympiad in Prague (+5 –4 =6);
- In July 1933, on fourth board at 5th Chess Olympiad in Folkestone (+3 –4 =1);
- In August 1935, on reserve board at 6th Chess Olympiad in Warsaw (+8 –2 =6);
- In August/September 1936, on fourth board at 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad in Munich (+9 –2 =9);
- In July/August 1937, on fourth board at 7th Chess Olympiad in Stockholm (+7 –1 =9);
- In August/September 1939, on third board at 8th Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires (+7 –8 =5).
Luckis won three individual medals: one silver in 1936, and two bronze in 1935 and 1937.[http://www.olimpbase.org OlimpBase]
In September 1939, when World War II broke out, Luckis, along with many other participants of the 8th Chess Olympiad, decided to stay permanently in Argentina.{{cite web|title=List of players who remained in Argentina in 1939 (notes in Spanish) |url=http://ar.geocities.com/carloseadrake/AJEDREZ/Asilados_1939.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091018211031/http://ar.geocities.com/carloseadrake/AJEDREZ/Asilados_1939.htm |archivedate=2009-10-18 |url-status=dead }}
In October 1939, he took 8th at Buenos Aires (Círculo de Ajedrez). The event was won by Miguel Najdorf and Paul Keres. In 1941, he took 5th at Sao Pedro de Piracicaba. The event was won by Erich Eliskases and Carlos Guimard. In 1941, he took 2nd, behind Eliskases, at Montevideo.{{cite web |url=http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/ |title=Home |website=rogerpaige.me.uk}}
Marcos Luckis played several times in international tournaments at Mar del Plata. In 1942, he tied for 6-7th. In 1946, he tied for 5-8th. In 1947, he took 16th. In 1948, he tied for 10-12th. In 1949, he took 5th. In 1950, he took 17th. In 1952, he tied for 11-13 th. In 1962, he tied for 7-8th.
He also played in Argentine championships at Buenos Aires. In 1941, he finished 1st, but he could not win the title as a then-foreign player (Lithuanian citizen).{{cite web|title=Major Tournaments and Argentine Chess Championships (notes in Spanish) |url=http://ar.geocities.com/carlasevigne/Campeonatos_Argentinos_tablas.htm |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240524132203/https://www.webcitation.org/5kmQOO7Vi?url=http://ar.geocities.com/carlasevigne/Campeonatos_Argentinos_tablas.htm |archivedate=2024-05-24 |url-status=dead }} In 1947, he took 2nd, behind Héctor Rossetto. In 1961, he took 2nd, again behind Rossetto. In 1963, he tied for 8-9th (Raimundo García won). In 1965, he tied for 10-11th (Raúl Sanguineti won).
In 1951, Luckis tied for 14-16th at Mar del Plata/Buenos Aires (1st zonal tournament for South America). In 1966, he tied for 11-13th at Buenos Aires/Río Hondo (zt).[http://www.brasilbase.pro.br BrasilBase]
Notable chess games
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070310135745/http://www.chesslive.de/scripts/server.dll?setplayer%3Fwhite&Luckis%2CMarcos Markas Luckis vs Karel Skalička (CSR), Prague 1931, 4th Olympiad, Queen’s Gambit Declined, Classical, D61, 1-0]
- [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1281104 Markas Luckis vs Arthur MacKenzie (SCO), Folkestone 1933, 5th Olympiad, King's Indian, Fianchetto, E67, 1-0]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070310135745/http://www.chesslive.de/scripts/server.dll?setplayer%3Fwhite&Luckis%2CMarcos Markas Luckis vs Moshe Czerniak (Palestine), Warsaw 1935, 6th Olympiad, Slav Defence, D11, 1-0]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070310135745/http://www.chesslive.de/scripts/server.dll?setplayer%3Fwhite&Luckis%2CMarcos Markas Luckis vs Victor Kahn (FRA), Buenos Aires 1939, 8th Olympiad, Queen’s Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, D41, 1-0]
- [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1100794 Mieczysław (Miguel) Najdorf vs Markas (Marcos) Luckis, Buenos Aires(Círculo de Ajedrez) 1939, Sicilian, Dragon, B72, 0-1]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070310135745/http://www.chesslive.de/scripts/server.dll?setplayer%3Fwhite&Luckis%2CMarcos Marcos Luckis vs Hector Rossetto, Montevideo 1941, Grünfeld, Russian Variation, D96, 1-0]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070310135745/http://www.chesslive.de/scripts/server.dll?setplayer%3Fwhite&Luckis%2CMarcos Marcos Luckis vs Gideon Stahlberg, Mar del Plata 1944, Sicilian, Scheveningen, B84, 1-0]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070310135745/http://www.chesslive.de/scripts/server.dll?setplayer%3Fwhite&Luckis%2CMarcos Marcos Luckis vs Donald Byrne, La Plata–New York radio match 1947, King’s Indian, Classical, E94, 1-0]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070311052014/http://www.chesslive.de/scripts/server.dll?setplayer%3Fblack&Luckis%2CMarcos Francisco Benko vs Marcos Luckis, Buenos Aires 1961, ARG-ch, Caro-Kann, Panov Attack, B14, 0-1]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070311052014/http://www.chesslive.de/scripts/server.dll?setplayer%3Fblack&Luckis%2CMarcos Alberto Foguelman vs Marcos Luckis, Buenos Aires 1965, ARG-ch, Catalan, Closed, E09, 0-1]