Viktors Pūpols (born July 31, 1934) is an American chess master.

Known by many local players as "Uncle Vik," he frequently plays at the Tacoma Chess Club.

Junior Championship Open in Lincoln, Nebraska, won by Charles Kalme.

[6] Just as he first did in 1956 as a teenage wunderkind, Pupols again won the Eastern Washington Open in 2005 after a final round draw with three time Spokane Chess Champion Curt Collyer.

Viktors describes his encounters with young Grandmaster-to-be Yasser Seirawan: "I could not even see my opponent.