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Vilhelmina Kaušilaitė-Kutavičienė (née Kaušilaitė, 3 March 1936 – 23 March 1988) was a Lithuanian chess player. She was eight times winner of Lithuanian Women's Chess Championship (1961, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977).

Vilhelmina Kaušilaitė-Kutavičienė
Country	Lithuania
Born	(1936-03-03)3 March 1936 Saldus village, Utena County, Molėtai District Municipality, Lithuania
Died	23 March 1988(1988-03-23) (aged 52) Vilnius, Lithuania

Biography

From the beginning of the 1950s to the end of the 1970s, Vilhelmina Kaušilaitė-Kutavičienė was one of the leading female chess players in Lithuania. Eight times she won the Lithuanian Women's Chess Championship (1961, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977) and became vice-champion the eight times (1956, 1958, 1960, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1976, 1980). She represented the team of the Lithuanian SSR seven times in the Soviet Team Chess Championship (1958-1959, 1963-1967, 1972-1979).[1] In 1968, she represented the team of the Zalgiris sports society in the USSR Chess Cup.[2] In the USSR Women's Chess Championship, she repeatedly participated in the semi-finals, but only reached the final in the 1960.

In 1958 Vilhelmina Kaušilaitė-Kutavičienė graduated from Vilnius University, and until 1959 she studied at the Lithuanian State Conservatory (now Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre). Worked as a journalist for LRT televizija.[3] She was the wife of the Lithuanian composer Bronius Kutavičius.[4]

References

External links

• Vilhelmina Kausilaite-Kutaviciene player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Vilhelmina Kausilaite chess games at 365Chess.com

На других языках

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- [en] Vilhelmina Kaušilaitė-Kutavičienė

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[ru] Каушилайте-Кутавичене, Вильхельмина

Вильхельмина Каушилайте-Кутавичене (лит. Vilhelmina Kaušilaitė-Kutavičienė, ур. Каушилайте (лит. Kaušilaitė); 3 марта 1936, деревня Салдус, Молетский район, Утенский уезд — 23 марта 1988, Вильнюс) — советская и литовская шахматистка, мастер спорта СССР по шахматам (1988), многократная чемпионка Литовской ССР по шахматам среди женщин, участница финала чемпионата СССР по шахматам среди женщин (1960).

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