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{{Short description|International chess tournament}}

The first '''Baltic Chess Congress''' took place in [[Riga]], Latvia (then [[Russian Empire]]), in 1899. The winner was Robert Behting, the elder brother of [[Kārlis Bētiņš]], who won a play-off game with [[Karl Wilhelm Rosenkrantz]]. The second Baltic Chess Congress was played in [[Dorpat]], Estonia (then Russian Empire), in 1901. There were four winners.

The first '''Baltic Chess Championship''' was held in the city of [[Klaipėda]], Lithuania, on May 22–27, 1931. The eight-player single [[round-robin tournament]] was won by [[Isakas Vistaneckis]] (LTU) 4.5/7, a half point ahead of S. Gordonas (LTU), [[Paul Saladin Leonhardt]] (GER), [[Vladas Mikėnas]] (EST/LTU) and [[Vladimirs Petrovs]] (LAT). The three others, [[Fricis Apšenieks]] (LAT), [[Aleksandras Machtas]] (LTU), and E. Gertschikoff (GER) finished in consecutive places.

==Winners==
{{Incomplete list|date=August 2008}}
:{| class="sortable wikitable"
! # !! Year !! City !! Winner
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| 1* || 1899 || [[Riga]] || {{flagathlete|[[Roberts Bētiņš]]|LAT}}, {{flagathlete|[[Karl Wilhelm Rosenkrantz]]|LAT}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.edochess.ca/players/p1402.html|title = Edo Ratings, Betins, R}}</ref>
|-
| 2* || 1901 || [[Dorpat]] || {{flagathlete|[[Kārlis Bētiņš]]|LAT}}, {{flagathlete|[[Wilhelm von Stamm]]|LAT}},<br> {{flagathlete|[[Karl Wilhelm Rosenkrantz]]|LAT}}, {{flagathlete|W. Sohn|EST}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=July 4, 2007 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704030849/http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf |archivedate=July 4, 2007 }} Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's ''Chess Tournament Crosstables'', An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01</ref> 
|-
| 3* || 1904 || [[Tallinn|Reval]] || {{flagathlete|[[Bernhard Gregory]]|EST}}, {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Ostrogsky]]|RUS}}
|-
| 4* || 1907 || [[Riga]] || {{flagathlete|[[Karl Wilhelm Rosenkrantz]]|LAT}}
|-
| 5* || 1911 || [[Liepāja|Libau]] || {{flagathlete|[[Arvid Kubbel]]|RUS}}
|-
| 6* || 1913 || [[Jelgava|Mitau]] || {{flagathlete|[[Alfrēds Hartmanis]]|LAT}}
|-
| 1 || 1931 || [[Klaipėda]] || {{flagathlete|[[Isakas Vistaneckis]]|LTU}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables2.htm |title=Nice 1931 |accessdate=February 26, 2009 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070807014625/http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables2.htm |archivedate=August 7, 2007 }}</ref>
|-
| ? || ? || ? || 
|-
|  || 1944/45 || [[Riga]] || {{flagathlete|[[Paul Keres]]|EST}}<ref>[http://www.zone.ee/pkeres/karjaar.php planet.ee - 1GB ruumi kõigest 9EEK eest kuus!<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080224053647/http://www.zone.ee/pkeres/karjaar.php |date=February 24, 2008 }}</ref>
|-
|  || 1945 || [[Riga]] || {{flagathlete|[[Vladas Mikėnas]]|LTU}}<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080517022544/http://www.geocities.com/al2055km/index.html Russian Chess Base<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
|-
|  || 1946 || [[Vilnius]] || {{flagathlete|[[Yuri Averbakh]]|RUS}}
|-
|  || 1947 || [[Pärnu]] || {{flagathlete|[[Paul Keres]]|EST}}
|-
|  || 1950 || [[Pärnu]] || {{flagathlete|[[Raul Renter]]|EST}}
|-
|  || 1952 || [[Pärnu]] || {{flagathlete|[[Kalju Pitksaar]]|EST}}
|-
|  || 1955 || [[Pärnu]] || {{flagathlete|[[Paul Keres]]|EST}}
|-
|  || 1958 || [[Pärnu]] || {{flagathlete|[[Yakov Yukhtman]]|UKR}} & {{flagathlete|[[Taras Prokhorovich]]|UKR}}
|-
|  || 1960 || [[Pärnu]] || {{flagathlete|[[Paul Keres]]|EST}}
|-
|  || 1961 || [[Palanga]] || {{flagathlete|[[Iivo Nei]]|EST}}
|-
|  || 1963 || Estonia || {{flagathlete|[[Iivo Nei]]|EST}}
|-
|  || 1964 || [[Pärnu]] || {{flagathlete|[[Iivo Nei]]|EST}}
|-
|  || 1965 || [[Palanga]] || {{flagathlete|[[Vladas Mikėnas]]|LTU}}
|-
|  || 1966 || [[Narach (town)|Naroch]] || {{flagathlete|[[Grigory Krupsky]]|BLR}} 
|-
|   || 1967 || [[Jūrmala]] || {{flagathlete|[[Jānis Klovāns]]|LAT}}
|-
|   || 1968 || [[Pärnu]] ||  {{flagathlete|[[Alvis Vītoliņš]]|LAT}} 
|-
|   || 1969 || [[Riga]] ||  {{flagathlete|[[Boris Rõtov]]|EST}}
|-
|   || 1970 || [[Pärnu]] ||  {{flagathlete|[[Andres Vooremaa]]|EST}}
|-
|   || 1971 || [[Pärnu]] ||  {{flagathlete|[[Leonid Stein]]|UKR}}
|-
|   || 1973 || [[Homel]] ||  {{flagathlete|[[Viacheslav Dydyshko]]|BLR}} 
|-
|   || 1974 || [[Pärnu]] ||  {{flagathlete|[[Viacheslav Dydyshko]]|BLR}}
|-
|   || 1975 || [[Riga]] ||  {{flagathlete|[[Alvis Vītoliņš]]|LAT}} 
|-
|   || 1976 || [[Klaipėda]] || {{flagathlete|[[Sergey Yuferov]]|BLR}}
|-
|   || 1977 || [[Homel]] ||  {{flagathlete|[[Gintautas Piešina]]|LTU}} 
|-
|   || 1978 || [[Haapsalu]] ||  {{flagathlete|[[Lev Gutman]]|LAT}} 
|-
|   || 1979 || [[Daugavpils]] || {{flagathlete|[[Jānis Klovāns]]|LAT}}
|-
|   || 1981 || [[Homel]] ||  {{flagathlete|[[Aloyzas Kveinys]]|LTU}}
|-
|   || 1982 || [[Pärnu]] ||  {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Ivanov (chess player)|Alexander Ivanov]]|RUS}}
|-
|   || 1985 || [[Pärnu]] ||  {{flagathlete|[[Edvīns Ķeņģis]]|LAT}}
|-
|   || 1986 || [[Haapsalu]] || {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Shabalov]]|LAT}}, {{flagathlete|[[Edvīns Ķeņģis]]|LAT}} &<br> {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Malevinsky]]|RUS}}
|-
|   || 1987 || [[Kuldīga]] || {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Ivanov (chess player)|Alexander Ivanov]]|RUS}}, {{flagathlete|[[Lembit Oll]]|EST}} &<br> {{flagathlete|[[Leonid Basin]]|RUS}}
|-
|   || 1988 || [[Panevėžys]] ||  {{flagathlete|[[Gintautas Piešina]]|LTU}}
|}

==References==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080517022544/http://www.geocities.com/al2055km/index.html RUSBASE (part V) 1919-1937,1991-1994]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050903115258/http://www.geocities.com/al2055perv/index.html RUSBASE (part IV) 1938-1960]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20091027071522/http://www.geocities.com/al2055mag/index.html RUSBASE (part III), 1961-1969,1985-1990]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20020205005128/http://www.geocities.com/al2055urs/index.html RUSBASE (part II) 1970-1984]

{{Chess international championships}}

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[[Category:Chess in Estonia]]
[[Category:Chess in Latvia]]
[[Category:Chess in Lithuania]]
[[Category:1899 in chess]]
[[Category:1931 in chess]]
[[Category:1945 in chess]]
[[Category:Recurring events established in 1899]]
[[Category:Recurring events disestablished in 1988]]
[[Category:Chess in Europe]]


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