Grzegorz Gajewski (born 19 July 1985) is a Polish

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player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by

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in 2006.

Chess career

In 2011, Gajewski won the

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. In 2012 he won the 14th ''Open International de Sants, Hostafrancs i La Bordeta'' in

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edging out Aleksandr Rakhmanov,

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and

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on tiebreak score, after all players scored 8 points from 10 games. Gajewski won the

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in 2015. Gajewski played for the Polish team in the

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s of

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, where he played on the fourth board scoring 6½ points from 10 games, and

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. He also took part in the

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in 2007, 2009, 2013 and 2015; Gajewski won the individual silver medal on board three in 2007. He was a

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in the

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, held in

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, Russia, and has worked as his second during several events since then. A strong opening theoretician, Gajewski is probably most known in the chess world by the

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move 10...d5!? in the

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opening which he introduced in July 2007 during a tournament in

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. Since the pandemic, he has been working with some of India's sharpest chess players at Westbridge Anand Chess Academy (WACA). Since 2023, he has been working as

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's second, assisting him in winning the 2024 Candidates Tournament, where Gukesh became the youngest challenger in the history of the World Chess Championship. He was also Gukesh's main trainer when he won the 2024 FIDE World Chess Championship against

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