Zigurds Lanka


Zigurds Lanka is a Latvian chess player who holds the title of Grandmaster.
Zigurds Lanka started to play chess when he was 6 years old. In 1987 he achieved the International Master title. Zigurds Lanka won the Latvian Chess Championship in 1993. His Elo rating peaks were 2575 in 1997 and 2531 in 2005. Zigurds Lanka is considered to be an excellent theoretician and trainer. He assisted Alexei Shirov. Zigurds Lanka graduated from the Latvian University and is a journalist by profession.
He is married to former high jumper Nina Serbina.

ChampionshipsLanka played for Latvia in all of these Championships

Soviet Team Chess Championshiphttp://al20102007.narod.ru/team_ch/1983/spartu83.html