Kamil Dragun (born 25 June 1995) is a Polish

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grandmaster.

Chess career

Dragun won medals in the Polish Junior Chess Championship in different age categories. In 2009 he won

European Youth Chess Championship The European Youth Chess Championship is organized by the European Chess Union (ECU) in groups under 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18 years old. The first tournament was held in 1991, and the under 8 category was introduced in 2007. Until 2002 there was al ...

(U14) in

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, Italy. In 2010 Dragun won

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(U16) in

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, Greece. He became a FIDE master in 2009 and an

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in 2010. Dragun has also competed successfully in Polish Team Chess Championships (individual gold in 2011, 2013). Dragun played for Poland in the European Boys' U18 Team Chess Championship: * In 2010, won team and individual gold at third board in the 10th European U18 Team Chess Championship (boys) in

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(+3, =4, -0), * In 2012, won team and individual gold at first board in the 12th European U18 Team Chess Championship (boys) in

(+6, =2, -1), * In 2013, won team and individual gold at first board in the 13th European U18 Team Chess Championship (boys) in

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(+7, =0, -0). Dragun played for Poland in the

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: * In 2013, at second board (Poland 2) in the 19th European Team Chess Championship in

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(+2, =3, -4). He shared first place with

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at the

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Open in 2014, scoring 7½/9 points. Dragun is the 11th highest rated Polish player. In November 2020, he tied for first place with IM Praveen Balakrishnan in the Charlotte Chess Center's Thanksgiving 2020 GM Norm Invitational held in Charlotte, North Carolina with an undefeated score of 6.5/9.

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Kamil Dragun
player profile and games at Chess-DB.com 1995 births Living people Chess grandmasters People from Gorzów Wielkopolski Polish chess players {{Poland-chess-bio-stub