Arturs Bernotas

Bernotas came to Riga chess school in 2004. The first coach - Leonid Borisov, later trained at Jānis Klovāns and Arturs Neikšāns. In 2011 Bernotas won the Latvian Youth Championship and the European youth chess rapid championship in the age group U16.[1] In 2014 he won chess festival Riga Technical University Open B tournament.[2] In 2016 Bernotas won Riga chess championship.[3] In March 2017 in Vilnius he fulfilled his first norm of the chess International Master (IM) in the second stage of the Baltic Zonal tournament.[4] From 2008 Bernotas regularly participated in Latvian Chess Championships finals. Bernotas won the Latvian Chess Championship in 2017 and fulfilled his second norm of the chess International Master.[5]

Arturs Bernotas played for Latvia in Chess Olympiads:

• In 2018, at reserve board in the 43rd Chess Olympiad in Batumi (+2 −2 =3).[6]

He graduated from Riga Secondary school No. 54 and continues studies at University of Latvia.[7]

Bernotas is also an active chess coach. According to an interview, he currently works with up-and-coming players Daniels Milovs, Maksims Aminovs, and Vadims Kolosovs.[8]

In a 2019 interview, Bernotas stated his intention to eventually achieve the title of Grandmaster. He claimed to be frustrated with his "lack of progress", and aspires to intensify his training in order to eventually find success. [9]

• Arturs Bernotas rating card at FIDE
• Arturs Bernotas player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Arturs Bernotas chess games at 365Chess.com