Andrzej Maciejewski (born 9 July 1951) is a Polish

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(1987).

Chess career

In 1970 in

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Andrzej Maciejewski won the silver medal of the Polish Junior Chess Championship for U20 age group. He participated 10 times in the finals of the

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s (1973-1977, 1979–1980, 1982, 1992–1993), in which Andrzej Maciejewski achieved the best result in his debut championship in 1973, when he won a silver medal. In 1989, in Katowice Andrzej Maciejewski achieved great success, winning the Polish Rapid Chess Championship. In 1993, he won silver medal in the

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. Andrzej Maciejewski with chess clubs ''BKS Chemik Bydgoszcz'' and ''KS Łączność Bydgoszcz'' won 4 medals in Polish Team Chess Championships: gold (1978), silver (1984) and 2 bronze (1982, 1983). Andrzej Maciejewski performed at many international chess

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, achieving the best results in

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(1974 - shared 2nd place),

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(1983 - ranked 1st place), Gdynia (1985 – shared 3nd place),

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(1987 – shared 3rd place),

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(1988 – ranked 3rd place and 1989 – shared 1st place) and in

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(1989 – ranked 3rd place). He also participated many times in national

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, in many of them taking top positions, including: in

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(1976 - shared 2nd place behind

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(1976 - shared 2nd place and 1977 - shared 1st place),

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(1977 - ranked 1st place),

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(1977 – ranked 2nd place),

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(1978 – ranked 2nd place), Wieżyca (1980 – ranked 1st place,

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(1983 – shared 1st place),

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(1986 - ranked 2nd place) and in

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(1990 - shared 2nd place). Andrzej Maciejewski played for Poland in the

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s: * In 1973, at second reserve board in the 5th European Team Chess Championship in

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(+0, =1, -0). Andrzej Maciejewski played for Poland in the European Team Chess Championship preliminaries: * In 1977, at reserve board in the 5th European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+1, =0, -1). Andrzej Maciejewski achieved the highest

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in his career on July 1, 1973, with a score of 2470 points, he was ranked 1st among Polish chess players. Since 1994, in tournaments classified by

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, he participated very rare.benoni.de/schach/elo: Maciejewski, Andrzej
/ref> However, he remains an active chess player, often taking part in blitz and rapid chess tournaments.

References

External links

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Andrzej Maciejewski - Szachy w Polsce
{{DEFAULTSORT:Maciejewski, Andrzej 1951 births Living people Chess players from Bydgoszcz Chess International Masters Polish chess players