What is Povilas Tautvaišas?
'''Povilas Tautvaišas''' (English: Paul Tautvaisas / Tautvaisis) (born 6 May 1916, [[Mogilev]] &ndash; died November 1980, [[Chicago]]) was a [[Lithuania|Lithuanian]]-[[Americans|American]] chess master. He played twice for the Lithuanian team in the [[Chess Olympiads]], at eighth board (+4 –8 =2) at Munich 1936 (unofficial Olympiad), and at fourth board (+5 –9 =6) in the 8th Olympiad at [[Buenos Aires]] 1939, during which [[World War II]] broke out.<ref>[http://www.olimpbase.org OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Tautvaisas returned to Europe, unlike many other players in that event ([[Miguel Najdorf|Najdorf]], [[Gideon Stahlberg|Stahlberg]], [[Erich Eliskases|Eliskases]], [[Paulino Frydman|Frydman]], ''et al.''). He took 5th, behind [[Birmanas]], [[Romanas Arlauskas|Arlauskas]], [[Leonardas Abramavičius|Abramavičius]], and [[Povilas Vaitonis|Vaitonis]], at the 1943 Lithuanian chess championship in Vilnius.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www1.omnitel.net/margiris/istorija/ltuch43.html |title=Lietuvos šachmatų istorija<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2013-08-08 |archive-date=2007-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927194441/http://www1.omnitel.net/margiris/istorija/ltuch43.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Tautvaišas died in November 1980 in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] from a heart attack, aged 64. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tautvaisas, Povilas}} [[Category:1916 births]] [[Category:1980 deaths]] [[Category:Lithuanian sportspeople]] [[Category:American chess players]]