Aleksander Schnapik ( Polish: Aleksander Sznapik ; born February 10, 1951 ) - Polish chess player , international master (1977).
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| Country |  Poland |
| Date of Birth | February 10, 1951 (68 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Warsaw , Poland |
| Rank | international master ( 1977 ) |
| Maximum rating | 2485 (January 1990) |
| Actual Rating | 2390 (May 2017 ) |
| Personal card on the FIDE website Personal card on the Chess DB website | |
Biography
Born in Warsaw . In the 1970s and 1980s he was one of the leading Polish chess players. In 1970, he made his debut in the finals of a separate Polish championship. By 1992, he participated in the tournament finals twenty times, having won four times. Champion of Poland , twelve times included in the top three of the best chess players . He participated in nine national chess olympiads. He was a member of the Olympic team, which in 1978 - 1982 was among the top ten. The most successful was his performance at the Olympics in Lucerne in 1982 (54.2% compared to the first board, seventh in the team event ), in which he defeated Viktor Korchnoi . In total for the period of the Olympics 1972 - 1992 he played in 94 games - the balance is 33 -35 = 26 (48.9%).
Schnapik has participated in numerous international tournaments. He received the title of international master in 1977 after two successful performances at tournaments in Stockholm and Lublin . In 1979, he won the tournament by winning the International Cup of the Ministry of Communications in Warsaw, and at the end of this year the Cup of the tournament in Stockholm.
In 1998, he ended his career as an active chess player.
Links
- Personal card Alexander Shnapik on the FIDE website
- Alexander Shnapik games in the database
- Personal card Alexander Shnapik on 365chess.com
- Speeches by Alexander Shnapik at Chess Olympiads
- Speech by Alexander Shnapik at the European Team Championships