Jan Malek
Jan Malek is a Polish chess grandmaster.
Chess career
Jan Malek has won medals at the Polish Youth Chess Championships three times: gold in Sypniewo in 2022, silver in Jastrzębia Góra in 2023, gold in Stare Jabłonki in 2024Jan Malek has won Polish Youth Rapid Chess Championship in Wrocław in 2014. He has also won Polish Youth Blitz Chess Championship in Rzeszów in 2022. He represented Poland at European Youth Chess Championships, achieving his best result in 2023 in Mamaja. He won bronze medal with Poland team in European Youth Chess Team Championship in the U18 age group.
In 2023, he participated at the Polish Chess Championship.
Jan Malek has been among the winners in the following tournaments:
- 2020 – 2nd place in Warsaw Chess Championship;
- 2021 – shared 2nd place in Jastrzębie Górne Chess Tournament Gwiazda Północy;
- 2023/2024 – 2nd place with chess club Moravská Slavia in Czech Extraliga;
- 2024 – shared 2nd place in Przeworsku in Round Robin Tournament, shared 2nd place in Bialystok.