About Victor Palciauskas
Born 1941. Victor Palciauskas is an American chess player and physicist.
Victor Palciauskas (born Vytautas Palčiauskas; October 3, 1941) is a Lithuania-born American chess player who holds the chess title of International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster. He was the tenth World Correspondence Chess Champion (1978–1984). From young age, Palciauskas concentrated on correspondence play. Palciauskas tied for second place (undefeated 5/8, +2−0=6) behind Mikhail Umansky in a "champion of champions" tournament, the ICCF 50 Years World Champion Jubilee. This was a special invitational correspondence tournament involving all living former ICCF World Champions.
Palciauskas received his doctorate in physics in 1969, and became a professor of physics in California.
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Victor Palciauskas was born on 3 October 1941 in Kaunas.
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