Dariusz Świercz

Dariusz Świercz

Świercz in 2014, Warsaw
Country Poland
Born (1994-05-31) 31 May 1994
Tarnowskie Góry, Poland
Title Grandmaster
FIDE rating 2655 (April 2016)
(No. 79 in the March 2016 FIDE World Rankings)
Peak rating 2665 (March 2016)
Peak ranking No. 79 (March 2016)

Dariusz Świercz (born 31 May 1994) is a Polish chess grandmaster. He is one of the youngest grandmasters in history and the youngest Polish grandmaster of all time, achieving the title at the age of 14 years and seven months in 2009.

Świercz won the 2011 World Junior Chess Championship at the age of 17 and is currently the only Polish male chess player to accomplish this title. The following year he also won the Under-18 World Championship.

Chess beginnings

Świercz learnt how to play chess at the age of three years from his grandfather. He became a FIDE Master in 2004 at the age of eleven, an International Master in 2008 at thirteen and a Grandmaster in 2009 at the age of 14.

Team

Świercz had his first major debut in the Polish national team in 2012, competing in his home country’s team on the 4th board at the 40th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul. With a result of 7 points from 10 games, and a rating performance of 2705, he took 5th place in the board evaluation.

Clubs

Świercz plays for clubs in:

Notable results

References

  1. http://www.theweekinchess.com/html/chessnews/events/world-juniors-chess-2010
  2. http://en.chessbase.com/post/eric-hansen-leads-in-wijk-aan-zee
  3. "Nakamura Wins Tata Steel Chess Tournament". The New York Times. January 30, 2011.
  4. "2012 Extraliga 2010/2011". chess.cz. 2011-04-17. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
  5. "50th World Junior Chess Championship". Chess-Results.com. 2011-08-15. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  6. "World Junior Chess Championship – 2011 India". fide.com. 2011-08-15. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  7. "40th Olympiad Istanbul 2012 Open tournament". chess-results.com. 2012-09-10. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  8. "World Youth Championships 2012 – U18 Open". chess-results.com. 2012-11-12. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  9. "2012 WYCC: Twelve new world champions are crowned". chessbase.com. 2012-11-21. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  10. "Databáze ŠSČR - pořadí". Db.chess.cz. Retrieved 2013-12-09.
  11. "Polish Ekstraliga". chessarbiter.com. Retrieved 2014-02-06.
  12. "XXIV Miedzynarodowy Festiwal Szachowy CRACOVIA - 2013, Blitz". fide.com. Retrieved 2014-02-06.
  13. "Chess Results - 47° C.I.S. Master e 8° C.I.S. Femminile – Anno 2015". chess-results.com.
  14. "FIDE Archive. Tournament report June 2015". fide.com.

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