Adam Kuligowski (born 24 December 1955) is a Polish

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master. He was awarded the GM title in 1980.

Tournaments

In 1973, he won Polish Junior Championship. In 1973/74, he took 3rd in

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(EU Junior-ch; Sergey Makarichev won). In 1974, he took 15th in

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(World Junior-ch;

Tony Miles Anthony John Miles (23 April 1955 – 12 November 2001) was an English chess player and the first Englishman to earn the International Grandmaster, Grandmaster title. Early and personal life Miles was born on 23 April 1955 in Edgbaston, a sub ...

won). In 1975, he took 6th in Tjentište (World Junior-ch;

Valery Chekhov Valery Alexandrovich Chekhov (Russian: Валерий Чехов; born 27 November 1955) is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Junior Chess Champion (1975). In the mid-1980s, Chekhov and his wife (who is also a professional chess playe ...

won). In 1975, he tied for 6-10th in

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(32nd POL-ch). In 1975, he took 2nd in

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. In 1978, he tied for 1st-2nd with

Aleksander Sznapik Aleksander Sznapik (born 10 February 1951, Warsaw) is a Polish chess International Master. He won four times Polish Chess Championships (1976, 1980, 1984 and 1991) and was a Sub-Champion in 1972, 1974, 1977, 1978 and 1981. He won at Warsaw 1979 ...

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(35th POL-ch), drew the playoff match (2 : 2), and took the Polish Champion title on tie-break. In 1978, he won in

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. In 1980, he tied for 3rd-4th in

Łódź Łódź is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located south-west of Warsaw. Łódź has a population of 655,279, making it the country's List of cities and towns in Polan ...

(37th POL-ch). In 1980, he won in Warsaw. In 1980, he tied for 2nd-4th in

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. In 1980, he tied for 1st-2nd in

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. In 1981, he tied for 4-6th in Warsaw (38th POL-ch). In 1981, he tied for 3rd-4th in

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. In 1983, he took 14th in

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(Hoogovens;

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won).

Chess Olympiads

Kuligowski played for Poland in three

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. * In 1978, at second board in

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(+8 –1 =4); * In 1980, at third board in

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(+7 –0 =6); * In 1982, at third board in

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(+7 –3 =2). He won individual gold medal at Buenos Aires 1978 and silver medal at La Valletta 1980.www.olimpbase.org
/ref> By the late 1980s he was inactive as a chess player and has not played competitively since.

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* 1955 births Living people Chess players from Warsaw Chess Grandmasters Polish chess players Chess Olympiad competitors {{Poland-chess-bio-stub