Anatolijs Šmits (September 2, 1941 – January 30, 1998), also known as Anatols Šmits or Anatoly Shmit, was a Latvian chess player.
Šmits won the Soviet Junior Championship in 1960"Championship of USSR (juniors)- Moscow 25.3-11.4.1960", narod.ru and was Latvian Chess Champion in 1969 and 1975. He also gained second place in Cup of USSR in 1970 (after David Bronstein)."Cup of USSR- Dnepropetrovsk 1-21.8.1970, Moscow 1-13.11.1970", narod.ru.
Šmits played for Latvia in Soviet team competitions: In 1960, at seventh board in 7th Soviet Team Chess Championship in Moscow (4,5 from 8); In 1961, at seventh board in 3rd Soviet Team Chess Cup in Moscow (+2, =2, -1); In 1967, at fourth board in 10th Soviet Team Chess Championship in Moscow (+3, =4, -2); In 1969, at third board in 11th Soviet Team Chess Championship in Grozny (5,5 from 8); In 1972, at fourth board in 12th Soviet Team Chess Championship in Moscow (+2, =4, -1); In 1975, at fourth board in 13th Soviet Team Chess Championship in Rīga (+2, =3, -2).
Šmits was an excellent teacher as exemplified by his coaching for the World Championship match of Nona Gaprindashvili against Nana Alexandria of Georgia at Pitsunda/Tbilisi 1975, which Nona Gaprindashvili won. For this effort, Smits received a special prize in 1975 from the Georgian Chess Federation.
References
Žuravļevs, N.; Dulbergs, I.; Kuzmičovs, G. (1980), Latvijas šahistu jaunrade, Rīga, Avots., pp. 61 – 63.
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