Baltic Chess Championship
The first Baltic Chess Congress took place in Riga, Latvia, in 1899. The winner was Robert Behting, the elder brother of Kārlis Bētiņš, who won a play-off game with Karl Wilhelm Rosenkrantz. The second Baltic Chess Congress was played in Dorpat, Estonia, in 1901. There were four winners.
The first Baltic Chess Championship was held in the city of Klaipėda, Lithuania, on May 22–27, 1931. The eight-player single round-robin tournament was won by Isakas Vistaneckis 4.5/7, a half point ahead of S. Gordonas, Paul Saladin Leonhardt, Vladas Mikėnas and Vladimirs Petrovs. The three others, Fricis Apšenieks, Aleksandras Machtas, and E. Gertschikoff finished in consecutive places.Winners
