The chess games of Romanas Arlauskas

Romanas Arlauskas
Number of games in database: 28
Years covered: 1946 to 1962
Overall record: +9 -5 =14 (57.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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ROMANAS ARLAUSKAS (born Jun-11-1917) Lithuania (citizen of Australia)	[what is this?]
Romanas Arlauskas was born on the 11th of June 1917 in Kaunas, Lithuania. In 1943, he won the Lithuanian championship. In the late 1940s, he moved to Austalia. He won the Australian championship in 1949. He finished 3rd in the 4th World Correspondence Championship (1962-1965). He was awarded the title of Grandmaster of Correspondence Chess in 1965.

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. A Krumin vs R Arlauskas	½-½	31	1946	Augsburg GER	B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
2. P Tautvaisas vs R Arlauskas	0-1	17	1946	Augsburg GER	D97 Grunfeld, Russian
3. A Rankis vs R Arlauskas	1-0	20	1946	Augsburg GER	A27 English, Three Knights System
4. L Skema vs R Arlauskas	½-½	68	1946	Nt +	D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
5. R Arlauskas vs J Huber	1-0	38	1946	Augsburg GER	C08 French, Tarrasch, Open, 4.ed ed
6. Samisch vs R Arlauskas	½-½	26	1946	Augsburg GER	D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
7. R Arlauskas vs L Dreibergs	0-1	51	1946	Augsburg GER	B40 Sicilian
8. R Arlauskas vs K Ozols	½-½	25	1946	Augsburg GER	C07 French, Tarrasch
9. F Nuernberg vs R Arlauskas	0-1	45	1946	Augsburg GER	D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
10. R Arlauskas vs M Riedmiller	1-0	26	1946	Augsburg GER	D00 Queen's Pawn Game
11. F Krautheim vs R Arlauskas	½-½	30	1946	Augsburg GER	B72 Sicilian, Dragon
12. R Palme vs R Arlauskas	½-½	49	1946	Augsburg GER	A08 King's Indian Attack
13. Unzicker vs R Arlauskas	1-0	24	1946	Augsburg GER	B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical
14. R Arlauskas vs L Endzelins	0-1	47	1946	Augsburg GER	B10 Caro-Kann
15. R Arlauskas vs E Zemgalis	½-½	38	1946	Augsburg GER	C00 French Defense
16. R Arlauskas vs P Troeger	1-0	24	1946	Augsburg GER	C05 French, Tarrasch
17. Nandor Dalko vs R Arlauskas	0-1	52	1962	W-ch4 corr6265	D14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation
18. R Arlauskas vs A Lundqvist	1-0	31	1962	W-ch4 corr6265	B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
19. P Dubinin vs R Arlauskas	½-½	34	1962	W-ch4 corr6265	B29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein
20. R Arlauskas vs S Nyman	½-½	29	1962	W-ch4 corr6265	C16 French, Winawer
21. Lim Hong Gie vs R Arlauskas	1-0	60	1962	W-ch4 corr6265	A91 Dutch Defense
22. R Arlauskas vs I Ahmad	½-½	63	1962	W-ch4 corr6265	B72 Sicilian, Dragon
23. R Arlauskas vs M Salm	1-0	50	1962	W-ch4 corr6265	C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense
24. Tolush vs R Arlauskas	½-½	26	1962	W-ch4 corr6265	D86 Grunfeld, Exchange
25. R Arlauskas vs V Bergraser	½-½	36	1962	W-ch4 corr6265	B01 Scandinavian


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Dec-21-04		Benzol: Born 11th June 1917 in Kaunas Finished 3rd in the World Correspondence Championship of 1965.

Jun-11-08		whiteshark: Player of the Day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romana... http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romana... (Dutch) - South Australian Chess Champion in 1949 (Source: http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquar...) - became ICCF GM in 1965

Jun-11-08		whiteshark: He was also Australian Corr Chess Champion in 1950 (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austra...)

Jun-11-08		chaarl: Happy birthdau to GM Arlauskas. His game against Lundquest is worth a look.

Oct-05-08		GrahamClayton: Arlauskus finished 2nd in the 1938 Lithuanian Championship and 3rd in 1941. As well as winning the Lithuanian Championship in 1943, he also won the Kaunus city championship in the same year. In 1945, Arlauskus won the Baltic Displaced Persons Championship in Blomberg, Germany, ahead of Endzelins and Tautvaisis. He finished =5th at Augsburg in August 1946 with a score of 9/16. Arlauskas then finished =11th with 6 points in the Herman Mattison Memorial Tournament, held in September 1947. Arlauskas emigrated to Australia in 1948, becomin an architect with the South Australian state government, and as mentioned, won the 1949 South Australian championship with a score of 6.5/7. He captained South Australian to victory over Western Australia in an interstate match. After finishing 2nd behind Endzelins in the 1950 South Australian championship, Arlauskas finished 6th with a score of 8.5/15 in the 1951 Australian Championship, held in Brisbane. After winning the third Australian Correspondence Chess chmapionship (1950-53), Arlauskas declined his invitation to enter the 2nd ICCF World Correspondence Chess Championship final due to family responsibilities. Source: Anthony Wright, "Australian Chess 1949 to 1960", Melbourne 2004

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D16		Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (2 games)
B72		Sicilian, Dragon (2 games)