Victor Palciauskas

American chess player

Victor Palciauskas
Country	United States
Born	(1941-10-03) October 3, 1941 (age 82) Kaunas, Lithuania
Title	ICCF Grandmaster (1983)
ICCF World Champion	1978–1984
ICCF rating	2479 (January 2011)
ICCF peak rating	2586 (October 2003)

Victor Palciauskas (born Vytautas Palčiauskas; October 3, 1941 in Kaunas) is a Lithuania-born American chess player who holds the chess title of International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster. He was the tenth World Correspondence Chess Champion (1978–1984). From young age, Palciauskas concentrated on correspondence play. Palciauskas tied for second place (undefeated 5/8, +2 −0 =6) behind Mikhail Umansky in a "champion of champions" tournament, the ICCF 50 Years World Champion Jubilee. This was a special invitational correspondence tournament involving all living former ICCF World Champions.^[1]

Palciauskas received his doctorate in physics in 1969, and became a professor of physics in California.

References

^ "50th World Champions Jubilee Tournament (2003)". Chessgames.com. Retrieved 29 April 2011.

External links

Vytas Victor Palciauskas player details at ICCF
Victor (Vytas) Palciauskas player profile and games at Chessgames.com
Palciauskas at CorrespondenceChess.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2016-03-07)
Palciauskas at ChessMail.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2006-06-26)

Preceded by

Tõnu Õim

World Correspondence Chess Champion
1978–1984

Succeeded by

Friedrich Baumbach