Kazimierz Plater (Broel-Plater) (3 March 1915, Vilna – 30 April 2004, Warsaw) was a Polish

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master. Born into an aristocratic family in

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, he studied in

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where he won the Warsaw County Chess Championship in 1934. After the Second World War, he participated twelve times in Polish championships (1946–1964). He was thrice Polish Champion (1949, 1956, 1957) and twice Sub-champion (1950, 1963). In 1947, he took 6th place in Warsaw in a tournament won by

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and 12th in the Hilversum zonal won by Albéric O'Kelly de Galway. In 1949, he took 7th in Bucharest ( Luděk Pachman won). In 1957, he shared 4th in Szczawno Zdrój at the 2nd Przepiórka Memorial won by

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. He represented Poland in

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s: * In 1952, at third board in

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in Helsinki (+2 –3 =8); * In 1956, at second board in 12th Chess Olympiad in Moscow (+3 –6 =4); * In 1960, at second board in 14th Chess Olympiad in Leipzig (+2 –4 =3).OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess
/ref> Plater was awarded the International Master title in 1950.

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