Jusefs Petkevich
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Juzefs Petkēvičs (Jusefs Petkevich, Josef Petkevitch, Józef Pietkiewicz) (born 19 December 1940, Riga) a Latvian chess Grandmaster.
Born into a Polish family (his uncle was a Catholic bishop),[1] he won in Riga Championship in 1967 with fantastic result (13 points from 13 games).[2] He tied for 1st-3rd at Pärnu 1967. He thrice shared 1st in Latvian Chess Championship (1969, 1974, 1985).[3],[4]
Petkēvičs played for Latvia in Chess Olympiads:
- In 1994, at first reserve board in the 31st Chess Olympiad in Moscow (+1 –1 =4);
- In 1996, at second reserve board in the 32nd Chess Olympiad in Yerevan (+4 –1 =2);
- In 1998, at first reserve board in the 33rd Chess Olympiad in Elista (+2 –0 =3).[5]
He won the 12th World Senior Chess Championship at Naumburg 2002.[6]
Petkēvičs was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1980, and the GM title in 2002.
