Andrzej Maciejewski


Andrzej Maciejewski is a Polish chess International Master.

Chess career

In 1970 in Wisła Andrzej Maciejewski won the silver medal of the Polish Junior Chess Championship for U20 age group. He participated 10 times in the finals of the Polish Chess Championships, in which Andrzej Maciejewski achieved the best result in his debut championship in 1973, when he won a silver medal. In 1989, in Katowice Andrzej Maciejewski achieved great success, winning the Polish Rapid Chess Championship. In 1993, he won silver medal in the Polish Blitz Chess Championship. Andrzej Maciejewski with chess clubs BKS Chemik Bydgoszcz and KS Łączność Bydgoszcz won 4 medals in Polish Team Chess Championships: gold, silver and 2 bronze.
Andrzej Maciejewski performed at many international chess round-robin tournament, achieving the best results in Lublin, Rostock, Gdynia, Łódź, Legnica and in Tuzla. He also participated many times in national Swiss-system tournament, in many of them taking top positions, including: in Iwonicz-Zdrój, Janów Podlaski, Świnoujście, Rybnik, Warsaw, Wieżyca, Nałęczów and in Bielsko-Biała.
Andrzej Maciejewski played for Poland in the European Team Chess Championships:
Andrzej Maciejewski played for Poland in the European Team Chess Championship preliminaries:
  • In 1977, at reserve board in the 5th European Team Chess Championship preliminaries.
Andrzej Maciejewski achieved the highest rating in his career on July 1, 1973, with a score of 2470 points, he was ranked 1st among Polish chess players. Since 1994, in tournaments classified by FIDE, he participated very rare. However, he remains an active chess player, often taking part in blitz and rapid chess tournaments.