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Antoni Wojciechowski (6 June 1905 – 19 January 1938) was a Polish
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master. He was a well-known player in
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in the 1920s and 1930s. In 1926, he tied for 2nd-3rd in the Poznań chess championship. The same year, he won at the Poznań Chess Club Championship. In 1928, he won again the Poznań chess championship. Wojciechowski represented Poznań at the Polish Team championships (1st at
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(''Königshütte'') 1929, and 2nd at
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1934). He took 16th place in the 3rd
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at Warsaw 1935, which was won by
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, and 11th place in the 4th Polish Championship at Jurata 1937, which was won again by Tartakower. He played for Poland on the eighth board (+7 –2 =5) in the
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at
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1936. The Polish team won the silver medal there. He was a poor man with weak health, and in January 1938 a bad attack of
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killed him.


Legacy

During the interwar period Wojciechowski was one of the strongest Polish chess masters and won games against players like
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,
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and
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. Wojciechowski is however probably best known for his famous combination in the game against Roman Tylkowski at Poznań 1931.


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External links

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Antoni Wojciechowski at 365Chess.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wojciechowski, Antoni 1905 births 1938 deaths Deaths from pneumonia in Poland Place of birth missing 20th-century Polish chess players 20th-century Polish sportsmen