Kārlis Bētiņš (German: Carl Behting; 27 October 1867, Bērzmuiža – 28 March 1943, Riga) was a Latvian chess master and composer of studies.
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He tied for 3rd-5th at Riga 1899 (the 1st Baltic Congress, his brother Roberts Bētiņš won), took 3rd at Riga 1900 (won by T. Muller), won at Riga 1900/01, shared 1st with Karl Wilhelm Rosenkrantz, W. Sohn and Wilhelm von Stamm at Dorpat (Tartu) 1901 (the 2nd Baltic Congress),[1] and tied for 3rd-4th at Reval (Tallinn) 1904 (Bernhard Gregory won).[2]
In 1902–1910, he was co-editor with Paul Kerkovius of the Baltische Schachblätter.[3]
After World War I, he took 3rd, behind Hermanis Matisons and Fricis Apšenieks, at Riga 1924 (1st LAT-ch).[4] Bētinš played for Latvia in the 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad at Paris 1924 (+7 –4 =2), where he took 4th place (team) and tied for 4-7th in Consolation Cup (individual; Karel Hromadka won).[5]
The Latvian Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5) was named as a tribute to Kārlis Bētiņš, who analyzed it in the early part of the 20th century.[6]
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