Roman Tomaszewski (born 16 May 1960) is a Polish

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(1984).

Chess career

In 1977 Roman Tomaszewski won the Polish Youth Chess Championship in U18 age group. In 1978 he won the international chess tournament in

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, won the bronze medal

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and represented Poland at the

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. Roman Tomaszewski played for Poland in the World Youth U26 Team Chess Championship: * In 1981, at third board in the 3rd World Youth U26 Team Chess Championship in

(+1, =5, -3). In the mid 1980s Roman Tomaszewski was one of the top Polish chess players, which he confirmed in

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, winning the title of vice-champion of Poland (tournament won

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). In total (in the years 1979–1988) he appeared six times in the final tournaments of national chess championship. He performed twice (in 1980 and 1987) in

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. In 1983, he won the silver medal in Polish Team Chess Championship, he was also a three-time medalist Polish Team Blitz Championship (gold - 1982 and bronze twice - 1983, 1984), winning all team medals with chess club ''KS Skra Częstochowa''. Roman Tomaszewski reached his career highest

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on January 1, 1979, with a score of 2435, and was then 3rd-4th place among Polish chess players. From 1991, he significantly reduced his tournament activity, practically only appearing in team competitions in Germany and Poland.benoni.de/schach/elo: Tomaszewski, Roman
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