Zigurds Lanka
Zigurds Lanka is a Latvian chess player. In chess, he received the FIDE titles of International Master in 1987 and Grandmaster in 1992. In correspondence chess, he earned the title of Correspondence Chess International Master in 1989.
Lanka started to play chess when he was 6 years old. He won the Latvian Chess Championship in 1993 and 2020. His Elo rating peaks were 2575 in 1997 and 2531 in 2005. Lanka is considered to be an excellent theoretician and trainer. He assisted Alexei Shirov. Zigurds Lanka graduated from the Latvian University and is a journalist by profession. In recent years, Lanka has been living in Germany but he still participates in Latvian tournaments on a regular basis.
Lanka is married to former high jumper Nina Serbina.
ChampionshipsLanka played for Latvia in all of these Championships
Soviet Team Chess Championship
- In 1983, at the third board in the 16th Soviet Team Chess Championship in Moscow.
- In 1979, at the seventh board in the 14th Soviet Team Chess Championship in Moscow ;
[Chess Olympiad]s
- In 1992, at the reserve board in the 30th Chess Olympiad in Manila ;
- In 1994, at the third board in the 31st Chess Olympiad in Moscow ;
- In 2008, at the fourth board in the 37th Chess Olympiad in Dresden.
3rd [World Team Chess Championship">World Team Chess Championship">3rd [World Team Chess Championship]
- In 1993, at third board in Lucerne.