„Chess is more than a game or competition.
This is war, theater and death.”
— Fabio Stassi
About me
I am a chess player, coach and arbiter. My father taught me to play chess at the age of 8, but I played the first tournament when I was 11. Chess fascinated me from the very beginning not only as a game but as a philosophy of life. After the first school championship I knew that my goal is the title of grandmaster. Currently, I am 44 years old and I am a grandmaster since 2002.
I did not have a permanent coach in my professional career and therefore I knew how important it was to obtain answers to questions which were always deficient. I worked with the best contestants in Poland with Radoslaw Wojtaszek at the forefront. I was the coach of the national team, participant of the contests and European Team Championships.
I am happily married for 9 years, and my wife Edyta, a chess player also, supports me in all my initiatives.
Chess is my passion, that never cease to amaze me and constantly discovers new opportunities. For several months I am bound up with the portal Goldchess.com, which is a new extraordinary challenge for me.
I represent the following clubs: Czech Republic – Labortech Ostrava (bronze medal in 2011), Denmark – Team Nordea Skanderborg, Germany – DJK Aachen, Belgium – Wirtzfeld (silver medal in 2016), Poland – Sz.S.O.N Zaglebie Dabrowa Gornicza, Iceland – Viking Chess Club.
Achievements as coach
- PTSz Plock
- Polish junior champion team
- Joanna Worek (cooperation in 2002-2006)
- two-time Polish champion and multiple medalist in various categories
- bronze medalist of the World Chess Championship for 16 years
- Aleksandra Lach (cooperation since 2003)
- fourteen times Polish junior champion and multiple medalist
- European champion to 9 years old in rapid chess in 2003
- bronze medalist of the World Chess Championship for 10 years in 2004, world vice-champion under 10, 12 and 14 in the years 2005, 2006, 2009
- European champion for 12 years in 2007
- vice-champion of Europe to 14 years in 2008
- Radoslaw Wojtaszek (cooperation in 2002-2005)
- six-time Polish champion and multiple medalist
- bronze medalist at the 2002 World Chess Championship
- vice-champion of Europe in 2003
- World and European champion for 18 years in 2004
- Polish current leader of the ranking list
- Dariusz Swiercz (cooperation since 2006)
- quintuple gold medalist at the Polish Junior and multiple medalist
- vice-champion of Europe to 14 years in 2007
- bronze medalist of the World Cup in 14 years in 2008
- in 2009, it is aged less than 15 years the youngest Polish grandmaster in history
- world champion for 20 years in India in 2011
- Beata Kadziolka (cooperation since 2005)
- multiple medalist of Polish championships, bronze medalist for 20 years in 2005
- coach of the national senior team
- captain of the national senior team
- 4th place on the European Team Chess Championship in Greece
(obtained the best place for 30 years) - coach and captain of the Polish blind national team
- silver medal in the World Team Chess Championship for the blind
- captain and coach of the Polish team in the European Team Chess Championship in Warsaw
- 62 medals on the Polish Championship with the trained juniors
- 15 medals on the World Team Chess Championship and European Team Chess Championship with the trained juniors
- coach youth Chess Academy
- coach extra ligue junior KKSz Krakow team
Achievements as player
- Polish junior champion for 15 years in 1988
- Polish junior champion for 18 years in 1991
- 4th place in the European Junior Championships
- a triple medalist of Polish Junior Championships team
- six-time medalist of Polish „Wlokniarz” Bielsko-Biala seniors club
- promotion with the „Cracovia” Kraków team to extra ligue
- Captain and bronze medalist of Polish seniors club PTSz Plock
- silver medal in the Individual Polish Championships seniors Blitz in 2005
- three-time participation in the finals of the Polish Championships
- promotion with „Drogowiec” Kraków team to extra ligue
- winner of dozens „Open” international tournaments in classical chess, rapid, in the years 1991-2013
Awards
- Award of the Mayor of Krakow
- Award of the Marshall of the Malopolska Region (twice)
- Award of the Minister of Sport and Tourism (four times)
- Award of the Minister of National Education (twice)