Viesturs Meijers | |
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Country | Latvia |
Born | Limbaži, Latvian SSR, USSR | 5 December 1967
Died | 9 November 2024 | (aged 56)
Title | Grandmaster (2004–2024) |
FIDE rating | 2421 (November 2024) |
Peak rating | 2529 (January 2006) |
Viesturs Meijers (5 December 1967 – 9 November 2024) was a Latvian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster (2004). He starting playing chess at age 10 and his first trainer was I. Dambitis. Meijers became an International Master in 1993 and won the Latvian Chess Championship in 2000. From 1989 to 2010, he participated in more than 80 international tournaments.