Aleksander Sznapik

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Aleksander Sznapik
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CountryPoland
Born (1951-02-10) February 10, 1951 (age 73)
Warsaw, Poland
Title International Master (1977)
Peak rating 2485 (January 1990)

Aleksander Sznapik (born 10 February 1951, Warsaw) is a Polish chess International Master.

He won four times Polish Chess Championships (1976, 1980, 1984 and 1991) and was a Sub-Champion in 1972, 1974, 1977, 1978 and 1981. [1]

He won at Warsaw 1979 and shared first at Copenhagen (Politiken Cup) in 1984 and 1989, shared second at Biel Masters Open Tournament 1987 (Lev Gutman won). [2]

Sznapik represented Poland in nine Chess Olympiads (in 1972, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990 and 1992), thrice playing on first board. [3]

He was awarded the International Master title in 1977.

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References

  1. ↑ Litmanowicz, Władysław & Giżycki, Jerzy (1986, 1987). Szachy od A do Z. Wydawnictwo Sport i Turystyka Warszawa. ISBN   83-217-2481-7 (1. A–M), ISBN   83-217-2745-X (2. N–Z)
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-04-14. Retrieved 2012-02-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ↑ "Home". olimpbase.org.


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