Mirosław Grabarczyk Explained

Mirosław Grabarczyk
Country:Poland
Birth Date:3 January 1971
Birth Place:Płock, Poland
Grandmaster (2002)
Peakrating:2525 (July 1996)
Fideid:1101684

Mirosław Grabarczyk (born 3 January 1971) is a Polish chess grandmaster.

Chess career

Grabarczyk has been one of the leading Polish chess players since the 1990s. In 1993 and 1995 he finished second in the Polish Chess Championship.[1] He won the Polish Blitz Chess Championship in 1994 and finished third in this event in 1993 and 2013. He finished second in the Polish Rapid Chess championship in 1995. He has also competed successfully in several Polish Team Chess Championships.[2]

In 1996 Grabarczyk won two international tournaments in Polanica-Zdrój and Police. In 2009 he shared third place in the Scandinavian Open in Copenhagen.[3] In 2014 he won the International Chess Championship Malopolska seniors and juniors in Kraków.[4]

Grabarczyk played for Poland in the European Team Chess Championship:[5]

Personal life

Grabarczyk's brother Bogdan is also a well-known chess player who holds the FIDE International Master title (1998).[6] In 1994, Bogdan finished second in the Polish Championship.

Notes and References

  1. http://pzszach.pl/mp2014/medalisci Medaliści Mistrzostw Polski w Szachach
  2. http://www.olimpbase.org/playerspl/iqyq8e6k.html OlimpBase :: Polish Team Chess Championship :: Mirosław Grabarczyk
  3. Web site: Scandinavian Open 2009 . 29 January 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140505114520/http://www.k41.dk/turnering/k412009/tabel.php?css=k41_2009 . 5 May 2014 . dead .
  4. http://www.chessarbiter.com/turnieje/2014/ti_1674/results.html?l=pl&tb=10_ Międzynarodowe Szachowe Mistrzostwa Małopolski Seniorów i Juniorów, Grupa A, 2014
  5. http://www.olimpbase.org/playerse/iqyq8e6k.html OlimpBase :: European Men's Team Chess Championship :: Mirosław Grabarczyk
  6. http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=1101463 FIDE: Grabarczyk, Bogdan