Mečislovas Birmanas
| Mečislovas Birmanas | |
|---|---|
| Country | Russian Empire Lithuania Soviet Union |
| Born | 1900 Kaunas, Lithuania |
| Died | 1950 |
Mečislovas Birmanas (Mechislovas Birmanas) (1900 – 1950) was a Lithuanian chess player who won the Lithuanian Chess Championship in 1943.
Biography
[edit]Mečislovas Birmanas lived in Kaunas and worked as an accountant. He participated in Kaunas chess tournaments, including city chess championships. Before the start of World War II, Mečislovas Birmanas published a book of poems.[1]
In 1942, he participated in the match between Lithuanian and Latvian trade union teams (won against Leonids Dreibergs[2] and drew with Zigfrīds Solmanis[3]).
Mečislovas Birmanas won the Lithuanian Chess Championship in 1943. In the tournament held in Vilnius, he scored 8½ out of 11 (+7, -1, =3) and shared 1st-3rd places with Romanas Arlauskas and Leonardas Abramavičius, and a month later he won an additional two-round tournament held in Kaunas (2½ out of 4).[4]
After the end of the war, Mečislovas Birmanas participated in the Lithuanian SSR championship in 1945, where he scored 6 points out of 10 (+4, =4, -2) and shared 4th-6 places (Vladas Mikėnas became the champion of the republic).[4]
For many years Mečislovas Birmanas had serious health problems. He died of pneumonia.
References
[edit]- ^ "The chess games of Mechislovas Birmanas". www.chessgames.com.
- ^ "Leonids Dreibergs vs Mechislovas Birmanas (1942)". www.chessgames.com.
- ^ "Mechislovas Birmanas vs Zigfrids Solmanis (1942)". www.chessgames.com.
- ^ a b Bertašius A. Lietuvos sporto žinynas. Vilnius: Lietuvos sporto informacijos centras, 1999. T. 2. P. 150.
External links
[edit]- Mecislovas Birmanas player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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