Vladas MikÄ—nas

Vlada Mikenas ( born April 17, 1910 in Tallinn, Estonia, † November 3, 1992 in Vilnius ) was a Lithuanian chess player.

OTB

Mikenas began his chess career in Estonia, where she won a competition in 1930 by beating John Türn ( 5, -2, = 1) the championship. At age 21, he settled in Lithuania. He played 1931-1939 in five Chess Olympiads for his new home ( on the first board ).

His best tournament successes were 4th in Ķemeri 1939, 2nd place in Riga in 1959, and the shared first place in Lublin in 1971. Ten times he qualified for the finals of the Soviet Championship, his best result he scored at the 13th USSR Championship in 1944, when he shared space 5 and 6.

Three times he won the championship of Lithuania. 1947, 1948, 1961, 1945 and 1965, he won the Baltic Cup. Out of competition mitspielend, he won the 1946 Championship of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.

Correspondence Chess

From 1963 played Mikenas also correspondence chess. Here he brought in Eberhard Wilhelm Cup with the team from Lithuania, the gold medal.

Honors

In 1950 he was awarded the World Chess Federation FIDE the title of International Master in 1987 he received the title of Honorary Grand Master. In 1978, the ICCF awarded him the title of International Correspondence Chess Master.

Sekundant and Referees

At times Mikenas worked as Sekundant Keres in the World Chess Championship 1985 between World Champion Karpov and Kasparov, he acted as referee.

His best Historical Elo rating was 2669th

According to him, the Mikenas system is named (also Flohr - Mikenas System) in the English Opening, the 2.Sb1 - c3 e7 - e6 3.e2 -e4 is caused by the trains 1.c2 - c4 Ng8 - f6, and the Mikenas variation in the Nimzo - Indian defense: 1.d2 -d4 - f6 2.c2 - c4 Ng8 e7 - e6 3.Sb1 - c3 - b4 Bf8 4.Dd1 -d3