Jerzy Lewi (22 April 1949,

Wrocław Wrocław is a city in southwestern Poland, and the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the largest city and historical capital of the region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder River in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Eu ...

– 30 October 1972,

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(US) and ) is a city in the provinces of Sweden, province of Scania, southern Swed ...

) was a Polish

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. He won five-times Polish Junior championships in 1965–1969. He took 3rd, behind

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and Andras Adorjan, at Groningen 1967 ( European Junior Championship). In 1968, he tied for 2nd-5th in

Łódź Łódź is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located south-west of Warsaw. Łódź has a population of 655,279, making it the country's List of cities and towns in Polan ...

(25th Polish Championship). In 1969, he won in Lublin (26th POL-ch). He took 12th at Athens 1969 ( zonal;

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won), and had decided to stay in the West. As a refugee, because of the

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, he lived in

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where he died in a traffic accident in Lund. He was buried in a Jewish cemetery in Malmö.

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1949 births 1972 deaths 20th-century Polish Jews Chess players from Wrocław Jewish chess players Polish refugees 20th-century Polish chess players 20th-century Polish sportsmen Road incident deaths in Sweden {{Poland-chess-bio-stub

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