Wojciech Moranda Explained

Wojciech Moranda
Country:Poland
Birth Date:17 August 1988
Birth Place:Kielce, Poland
Grandmaster (2009)
Peakrating:2636 (June 2022)
Fideid:1122401

Wojciech Moranda (born 17 August 1988) is a Polish chess Grandmaster (2009).[1]

Chess career

Moranda won multiple Polish Junior Chess Championship medals: Two golds (2003 [U16]. 2007 [U20]), two silvers (2005 [U18], 2006 [U18]), and one bronze (2002 [U14]). He also won medals in the Polish Junior Rapid Chess Championship and often represented Poland at the World Junior Chess Championship and European Youth Chess Championship. In 2005, Moranda made his debut in the Polish Chess Championship final in Poznań, where he took 11th place. In 2009, he won the Rubinstein Memorial in Polanica-Zdrój. In 2010, he came in third at the Polish Blitz Chess Championship in Myślibórz. Moranda has also competed successfully in several Polish Team Chess Championships (team gold in 2014).[2] In 2012, he won the Polish Student Championship in Katowice.[3] Moranda represented Poland at the 2013 Summer Universiade where team Poland took mixed team bronze. In May 2024, in Rzeszów he ranked in 4th place in Polish Chess Championship.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FIDE Title Applications – 80th FIDE Congress 2009, 11-18 October 2009, Halkidiki, GRE. FIDE. 12 May 2016.
  2. http://www.olimpbase.org/playerspl/ao42qu2h.html OlimpBase :: Polish Team Chess Championship :: Wojciech Moranda
  3. Web site: Wyniki – runda 9. chessarbiter.com. pl. 12 May 2016.
  4. http://www.szachypolskie.pl/mistrzostwa-polski-mezczyzn-w-szachach-2024/ 81. Indywidualne Mistrzostwa Polski Mężczyzn w Szachach