Vaidas Sakalauskas (born July 2, 1971) is a Lithuanian chess player. He received the FIDE title of International Master in 1998 and won an individual gold medal in 36th Chess Olympiad in 2004.

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Vaidas Sakalauskas
(2010)
Country	Soviet Union  Lithuania
Born	(1971-07-02) July 2, 1971 (age 52)
Title	International Master (1998)
FIDE rating	2327 (September 2021)
Peak rating	2481 (October 2005)

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Sakalauskas is a graduate of the Faculty of History of the Vilnius Pedagogical University in 1994. From 1994 to 2006 he worked in Radviliškis sports center as chess trainer. His best-known student is a Lithuanian Grandmaster (GM) Viktorija Čmilytė.

He regularly participated in Lithuanian Chess Championship. His best result is 3rd place in 2004.^[1] In 2005 Sakalauskas won blitz tournament in "Liepājas Rokāde".^[2]

Sakalauskas played for Lithuania in Chess Olympiads:^[3]

• In 1998, at second reserve board in the 33rd Chess Olympiad in Elista (+3 −2 =2);
• In 2000, at third board in the 34th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul (+4 −2 =6);
• In 2002, at second reserve board in the 35th Chess Olympiad in Bled (+4 −0 =2);
• In 2004, at reserve board in the 36th Chess Olympiad in Calvia (+5 −0 =2) and won individual gold medal.

He played for Lithuania in European Team Chess Championships:^[4]

• In 1999, at fourth board in the 12th European Team Chess Championship in Batumi (+3 −2 =4);
• In 2003, at second board in the 14th European Team Chess Championship in Plovdiv (+3 −2 =3);
• In 2005, at fourth board in the 15th European Team Chess Championship in Gothenburg (+3 −2 =4);
• In 2011, at third board in the 18th European Team Chess Championship in Porto Carras (+0 −0 =2).