Normunds Miezis
{{short description|Latvian chess grandmaster (born 1971)}}
{{Infobox chess player
|name = Normunds Miezis
|image = Miezis rd6 4thEUIO.JPG
|caption = Miezis, Liverpool 2008
|country = {{LAT}}
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|5|11|df=y}}
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|title = Grandmaster (1997)
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|peakrating = 2601 (January 2001)
|FideID = 11600136
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Normunds Miezis (born 11 May 1971) is a Latvian chess Grandmaster (1997).
Chess career
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/players/7b97nrng.html|title=Men's Chess Olympiads: Normunds Miezis|last=Bartelski|first=Wojciech|publisher=OlimpBase|accessdate=2009-07-08}} Other notable results include shared 1st with Eduardas Rozentalis, Sergey Ivanov, Tomi Nybäck and Evgeny Postny at Stockholm, Rilton Cup 2005/6,{{cite web|url=https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic583.html#14|title=The Week in Chess 583: 35th Rilton Cup|last=Crowther|first=Mark|date=2006-01-09|publisher=London Chess Center|accessdate=2009-07-08}} shared 6th with Slavko Cicak, Joel Benjamin and Alexander Baburin in the European Union Championship of 2005,{{cite web|url=https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic543.html#8|title=The Week in Chess 543: European Union Championship|last=Crowther|first=Mark|date=2005-04-04|publisher=London Chess Center|accessdate=2009-07-08}} won Kaupthing Bank Chess Tournament GM-Section in 2007,{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Kaupthing Bank Chess Tournament 2007 |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr6123.aspx?tnr=6123&art=4&lan=1&flag=30&mm=1&m=1 |access-date=2023-09-17 |website=chess-results.com}} 2nd–3rd with Arturs Neikšāns in Kaunas 2009{{cite web|url=http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=44765|title=Tournament report November 2009: Lithuanian University of Agriculture|publisher=World Chess Federation|accessdate=30 December 2009}} and 2nd behind Alexei Shirov in the Aivars Gipslis Memorial in Riga.{{cite web|url=http://www.chessdom.com/aivars-gipslis-memorial-alexei-shirov-clear-first|title=Aivars Gipslis Memorial – Alexei Shirov clear first|date=2012-02-12|publisher=Chessdom|accessdate=19 February 2012}} In 2011, he won the Västerås Open with 7.5 points out of 8 games.{{Cite web|title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Västerås Open 2011|url=http://chess-results.com/tnr53792.aspx?lan=1&art=4&turdet=YES&flag=30|access-date=2020-07-08|website=chess-results.com}} In 2020, he won the Offerspill Nordic Invitational with 7 points out of 9 games, after winning the tiebreaker with Jonas Buhl Bjerre.{{Cite web|title=The Week in Chess 1348|url=https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic1348.html#22|access-date=2020-09-10|website=theweekinchess.com}}
Chess strength
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.{{cite web|url=http://chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/PlayerProfile.asp?Params=199510SSSSS3S086068000000111000000000019110100|title=Chessmetrics Player Profile: Normunds Miezis|last=Sonas|first=Jeff|publisher=Chessmetrics.com|accessdate=2011-10-29}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://chess-results.com/tnr70837.aspx?art=9&lan=1&fed=LAT&turdet=YES&flag=30&wi=984&snr=29|title=14th Dubai Open 2012: Player info: Miezis Normunds|publisher=Chess-Results.com|accessdate=2013-07-14}}{{cite web|url=http://www.theweekinchess.com/chessnews/events/14th-dubai-open-2012|title=14th Dubai Open 2012|last=Crowther|first=Mark|date=2012-04-23|publisher=The Week in Chess|accessdate=2013-07-14}}
In the October 2013 FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2550, making him Latvia's number four.
Notable games
- [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1352638 Alexei Barsov vs Normunds Miezis, NRW-Liga II 1995, Benoni Defense: Modern. Snake Variation (A60), 0-1]
- [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1401993 Alexei Fedorov vs Normunds Miezis, 34th Olympiad 2000, Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation (B43), 0-1]
- [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1219545 Evgeny Solozhenkin vs Normunds Miezis, Classics GM 2001], Budapest Defense: Rubinstein Variation (A52), 0-1
- [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1384310 Normunds Miezis vs Robert Fontaine, XXXV Rilton Cup 2006, English Opening: King's English (A22), 1-0]
References
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