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Zigfrīds Solmanis
Zigfrīds Solmanis (July 9, 1913, Riga – September 6, 1984, Jūrmala, Latvia) was a Latvian chess master.
Chess career.
Zigfrīds Solmanis started to play chess at the age of 6. From him earliest youth participated in various tournaments and other events related to chess. He stood out with his aggressive style of play. In 1938 Zigfrīds Solmanis won the Latvian Chess Club tournament and in 1939 he participated at the second Ķemeri International chess tournament. Zigfrīds Solmanis was a very good
and Aivars Gipslis chess school organization, which was a later chess grandmasters Aleksander Wojtkiewicz, Alexander Shabalov and Alexei Shirov. 
In recent years Zigfrīds Solmanis has devoted much time Jūrmala chess life's development. He was a local chess club head, and a lot of time invested in the annual chess festival organization.
External links.
- player profile at chessgames.com
- player profile at 365chess.com
- player profile at chesstempo.com
- Žuravļevs, N.; Dulbergs, I.; Kuzmičovs, G. (1980), Latvijas šahistu