„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)