Arkadiusz Leniart (born 20 June 1991) is a Polish

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Grandmaster (GM) (2020).

Biography

Arkadiusz Leniart is a multiple medalist of the Polish Youth Chess Championships: three times gold (

Kołobrzeg Kołobrzeg (; ; ) is a port and spa city in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in north-western Poland with about 47,000 inhabitants (). Kołobrzeg is located on the Parsęta River on the south coast of the Baltic Sea (in the middle of the section ...

2001 - U10 age group,

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2003 - U12 age group,

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2004 - U14 age group,) silver (

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2006 - U16 age group) and twice bronze (Kołobrzeg 2002 - U12 age group, Leba 2005 - U16 age group). He also represented Poland many times at the European Youth Chess Championships and

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s in various age groups. In 2006, in

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he taking 5th place at the European Youth Chess Championship in U16 age group. In 2003 Arkadiusz Leniart was awarded the 1st place in international chess tournament in

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. In 2004 in

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, together with the team ''Damis Warszawa'', he won the silver medal of the Polish Youth Team Chess Championship and took 10th place in the

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'' Aeroflot Open C'' in

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. In 2006, Arkadiusz Leniart took the 3rd place in the ''Corus 2006 Group 1B'' tournament and won the second silver medal (in the colors of ''Polonia TradeTrans Warszawa'') at the Polish Youth Team Chess Championship in Szklarska Poręba. In 2007, he achieved the greatest success in his career so far, taking 2nd place in a very strong open chess tournament ''Aeroflot Open A2'' in Moscow and fulfilling the norm for the title of grandmaster. In 2008, Arkadiusz Leniart took 2nd place (behind Manuel Bosboom) in one of the reserve tournaments of the festival ''

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'' in

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. In 2010, he shared the 1st place (together with Marian Jurcik, Eva Repková and Robert Cvek) in the open championship of

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. In 2014, he took 1st place (together with

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) in the cyclical tournament ''Cracovia'' in

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. In 2009, Arkadiusz Leniart was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title and received the FIDE Grandmaster (GM) title eleven years later. He reached the highest

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in his career so far on December 1, 2019, with a score of 2508 points, he was then ranked 24th among Polish chess players.Rating Progress Chart: Leniart, Arkadiusz
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Arkadiusz Leniart - Szachy w Polsce
{{DEFAULTSORT:Leniart, Arkadiusz 1991 births Living people Chess players from Warsaw Chess Grandmasters Polish chess players