Tomasz Markowski (chess player)

For the Polish politician, see Tomasz Markowski.
Tomasz Markowski
Full name Tomasz Markowski
Country  Poland
Born (1975-07-30) 30 July 1975
Głogów, Poland
Title Grandmaster (1998)
FIDE rating 2574 (March 2016)
Peak rating 2632 (September 2009)

Tomasz Markowski (born 30 July 1975 in Głogów) is a Polish chess Grandmaster.

Chess career

He won the Polish Chess Championship in 1993, 1998, 1999, 2003, and 2007. He also represented Poland five-times in Chess Olympiads.[1] In 2000 he won a bronze medal at the European Individual Chess Championship in Saint-Vincent, Italy.[2] Markowski won at Geneva (1995, 2000) and shared for first at the 2004 Aeroflot Open in Moscow.

Markowski was awarded the GM title in 1998.

Chess strength

According to Chessmetrics his best single performance was at POL-ch 60th Warsaw, 2003, where he scored 10,5 of 13 possible points (81%) against 2520-rated opposition, for a performance rating of 2700.[3]

In September 2009, FIDE list his Elo rating is 2632. His peak rating was 2610 on the July and October 2003 rating lists.[4] He has been in the top 100 players in the world twice. In July 2003 he was ranked 87th in the world, and on the October 2003 list he was 88th.[5]

Notable games

References

  1. ↑ Bartelski, Wojciech. "Men's Chess Olympiads: Markowski, Tomasz". OlimpBase.com. Retrieved 2009-06-24.
  2. ↑ "European Men Championship, Saint Vincent, July 3–14, 2000". RusChess.com. Retrieved 2009-06-24.
  3. ↑ Sonas, Jeff. "Event Details: POL-ch 60th Warsaw, 2003". ChessMetrics.com. Retrieved 2009-06-24.
  4. ↑ "Rating Progress Chart: Markowski, Tomasz". World Chess Federation. Retrieved 2009-06-24.
  5. ↑ "Top lists records: Markowski, Tomasz". World Chess Federation. Retrieved 2009-06-24.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tomasz Markowski (chess player).


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, March 18, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.