Jacek Stopa
Jacek Stopa is a Polish chess Grandmaster.
Chess career
He is a three-time gold medalist of the Polish Junior Championships: under 12, under 18 and under 20. In addition, in 2005 in Środa Wlkp. he won a bronze medal in the under 20 category. In 2004, he shared the first place in the grandmaster tournament in Legnica. A year later, he won in the open tournament in Rybnik and achieved the greatest success in his career, winning the bronze medal at the U18 World Junior Championships in Belfort. in the open tournament in Coamo. In 2009, he achieved further successes, twice dividing the 1st place in open tournaments in Philadelphia and Indianapolis. In 2014, he shared the 1st place in Rethymno and Cologne and shared the 2nd place in Bratto. In 2014, he shared the first place in Berlin, and in 2015 he won the Khazar International Open tournament in Rashta.Stopa is also successful in solving chess problems. In this discipline, he won the title of European Junior Champion in 2005, and in 2006 he was ranked 3rd in Europe in the junior category and 6th in the world in the senior category. He was also a member of the Polish national team that won the bronze medal at the European Team Championships. He achieved another success in 2007, winning the title of European Junior Champion in Pardubice.
He achieved the highest ranking in his career on March 1, 2015, with a rating of 2544, and was ranked #19 in Poland.