Salvijus Bercys

Salvijus Berčys ( born September 8, 1989 in Vilnius) is a Lithuanian chess player, who plays for the U.S. Chess Federation since 2003.

Life

With six years Salvijus Berčys began playing chess in his aunt's house. He was coached by International Master Algirdas Bandza and the FIDE Master Risardas Fichmanas. Opening theory, especially in the King's Indian defense, he studied with FM Donatas Lapienis. Chess club he played in Vilnius Lithuania for the Chess Club.

Achievements

In the U14 World Cup 2002 in Heraklion Berčys reached a tie for third. He also reached a tie for third place in the semi-final of the Lithuanian Single Cup in 2003 in Vilnius, which he qualified for the Lithuanian Championship in Alytus, where he was but last. As Salvijus Bercys in June 2003 moved to the United States at the age of 13, he had an Elo rating of 2255th Like his contemporary modern chess Grandmaster Alex Lenderman and two years younger now Grandmaster Robert L. Hess he went to Edward R Murrow high School. , Brooklyn, is promoted to the bay. In 2003, he won the U.S. Open Junior Championships in New York. With this victory, he won a four-year scholarship from the University of Texas at Dallas, where he now studied. In 2006 he won the New York Open August.

Since January 2007 Salvijus Berčys bears the title of International Master. The standards for this purpose, he scored at the World Open in 2004 in Philadelphia, in the U.S. Individual Championship 2005 in San Diego as well as the World Open in 2006 His current and previous highest Elo rating is 2447 (as of September 2010)..