Baltic Chess Championship
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The first Baltic Chess Championship was held in the city of Klaipėda, Lithuania, on May 22-27, 1931. The eight-player single round-robin tournament was won by Isakas Vistaneckis (LTU) 4.5/7, a half point ahead of S. Gordonas (LTU), Paul Saladin Leonhardt (GER), Vladas Mikenas (EST/LTU) and Vladimirs Petrovs (LAT). The three others, Fricis Apšenieks (LAT), Aleksandras Machtas (LTU), and E. Gertschikoff (GER) finished in consecutive places.
[edit] Winners
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# Year City Winner 1 1931 Klaipėda 
Isakas Vistaneckis (LTU) [1]? ? ? 1944/45 Riga 
Paul Keres (EST) [2]1945 Riga Vladas Mikenas (LTU) [3]1946 Vilnius 
Yuri Averbakh (RUS)1947 Pärnu Paul Keres (EST)1950 Pärnu Raul Renter (EST)1952 Pärnu Kalju Pitksaar (EST)1955 Pärnu Paul Keres (EST)1958 Pärnu 
Yakov Yukhtman (UKR) & Taras Prokhorovich1960 Pärnu Paul Keres (EST)1961 Palanga Iivo Nei (EST)1963 Estonia Iivo Nei (EST)1964 Pärnu Iivo Nei (EST)1965 Palanga Vladas Mikenas (LTU)1966 Naroch Grigory Krupsky 1967 Jūrmala 
Jānis Klovāns (LAT)1968 Pärnu Alvis Vitolinš (LAT)1969 Riga Boris Rytov (RUS)1970 Pärnu Andres Vooremaa (EST)1971 Pärnu Leonid Stein (UKR)1973 Homel 
Viacheslav Dydyshko (BLR)1974 Pärnu Viacheslav Dydyshko (BLR)1975 Riga Alvis Vitolinš (LAT)1976 Klaipėda Sergey Yuferov (BLR)1977 Homel Gintautas Piešina (LTU)1978 Haapsalu Lev Gutman (LAT)1979 Daugavpils Jānis Klovāns (LAT)1981 Homel Aloyzas Kveinys (LTU)1982 Pärnu Alexander Ivanov (RUS)1985 Pärnu Edvins Kengis (LAT)1986 Haapsalu Alexander Shabalov (LAT), Edvins Kengis (LAT) & Alexander Malevinsky1987 Kuldiga Alexander Ivanov (RUS), Lembit Oll (EST) & Leonid Basin1988 Panevėžys Gintautas Piešina (LTU)
