John Peter Fedorowicz (born September 27, 1958) is an American

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player, coach, and writer from

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Chess career

Fedorowicz learned to play chess in 1972, inspired by the Fischer–Spassky

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Match coverage on TV and as an enthusiastic youngster, made rapid progress to become co-winner of the 1977 U.S. Junior Championship (with Kenneth W. Regan) and outright winner in 1978. Fedorowicz continued to impress and in 1984 tied for third place in the U.S. Championships, tied for second place at Hastings in 1984–85, and tied for second place at Dortmund in 1986. He represented the U.S. at the 1986 Dubai

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and scored well, earning himself the Grandmaster (GM) title the same year. Since becoming a grandmaster, he has established himself as one of the leading players from United States, chalking up victories at Cannes 1987 and Sesimbra 1987. He has also won open tournaments, including the 1989 New York Open, the U.S. Open, and the World Open in Philadelphia. At Stockholm in 1990, he finished second to

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. Fedorowicz has captained the U.S. Olympiad team on two occasions and has frequently acted as a

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. He has written or co-written a number of chess books and many articles for magazines and on-line publishers. He has been an instructor at the Castle Chess Camp in

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, GA since 2004.https://castlechess.org/camp/instructors/ As an active 'New Yorker', he spends much of his time in the community, teaching chess to children, giving private lessons, and attending chess camps.

Books

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References

U.S. Chess Online

External links

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A Tribute to Chess and John Fedorowicz
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