Elmārs Zemgalis
American chess player
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Elmārs Zemgalis was a Latvian-American chess master and mathematics professor at Highline College. He was awarded an Honorary Grandmaster title in 2003. Biography Zemgalis started to play chess when he was eleven, eventually winning the championships of Riga and Jelgava. After the Soviet Union invaded his native Latvia for the second time in 1944, Zemgalis fled to Germany. As a Displaced Person after World War II, he played in twelve international tournaments. In 1946, he took second place, behind Wolfgang Unzicker, in Augsburg, with 13/16. In 1946, he took second place, behind Fedor Bohatirchuk, in Regensburg , with 6.5/9. In 1947, he took second place, behind Lūcijs Endzelīns in Hanau . In 1948, he won in Esslingen , with 7/9. In 1949, he won in Rujtā . In 1949, he tied for first place with Efim Bogoljubow in Oldenburg. In 1949, he tied for first place with Leonids Dreibergs in Esslingen.
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