Jakub Czakon (born 30 December 1985) is a Polish

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(2005).

Chess career

In 2004, in

Środa Wielkopolska Środa Wielkopolska (; until 1968 ''Środa'') is a town in western-central Poland, situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship, about southeast of Poznań, with 22,001 inhabitants (2009). It is the seat of Środa Wielkopolska County, and of Gmina ...

Jakub Czakon won silver medal in Polish Youth Chess Championship in U20 age group and took 3rd place in the

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Legnica Legnica (; , ; ; ) is a city in southwestern Poland, in the central part of Lower Silesia, on the Kaczawa River and the Czarna Woda. As well as being the seat of the county, since 1992 the city has been the seat of the Diocese of Legnica. Le ...

. A year earlier, he took 1st place in

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s in

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and in

Koszalin Koszalin (; ; , ) is a city in northwestern Poland, in Western Pomerania. It is located south of the Baltic Sea coast, and intersected by the river Dzierżęcinka. Koszalin is also a county-status city and capital of Koszalin County of West Pomera ...

. In 2005 he single-handedly won in Koszalin. Jakub Czakon achieved further successes in the ''open'' chess tournaments played in 2006: he took 1st place in

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and

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and shared 1st place in

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and in Leutersdorf. In 2007 he shared 1st place in the ''open'' chess tournament in

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and won the tournament ''Konik Morski Rewal'' in

Rewal Rewal () is a village in Gryfice County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Rewal. It lies approximately north-west of Gryfice and north of the regional capit ...

. Jakub Czakon twice participated in

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s (2008, 2013). He ten times participated in Polish Team Chess Championship (2004-2009, 2011, 2014–2015, 2017) and in 2006 won bronze medal with chess club ''JKSz MCKiS Jaworzno''. In 2008, in

Racibórz Racibórz (, , , ) is a city in Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland. It is the administrative seat of Racibórz County. With Opole, Racibórz is one of the historic capitals of Upper Silesia, being the residence of the Duchy of Racibórz, Du ...

Jakub Czakon won

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. Jakub Czakon achieved the highest

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in his career so far on October 1, 2007, with a score of 2510 points, he was ranked 20th among Polish chess players.Rating Progress Chart: Czakon, Jakub
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