Antoni Wojciechowski

Career

He was a well-known player in Poznań in the 1920s and 1930s. In 1926, he tied for 2nd-3rd in the Poznań chess championship. Wojciechowski represented Poznań at the Polish Team championships (1st at Królewska Huta (Königshütte) 1929, and 2nd at Katowice 1934).

He played for Poland on the eighth board (+7 –2 =5) in the 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad at Munich 1936.

He was a poor man with weak health, and in January 1938 a bad attack of pneumonia killed him. Wojciechowski is however probably best known for his famous combination in a game against Tylkowski at Poznań 1931.

Achievements

• The same year, he won at the Poznań Chess Club Championship. In 1928, he won again the Poznań chess championship. He took 16th place in the 3rd Polish Chess Championship at Warsaw 1935 won by Savielly Tartakower, and 11th place in the 4th Polish Championship at Jurata 1937, won again by Tartakower. The Polish team won the silver medal there. During the interwar period Wojciechowski was one of the strongest Polish chess masters and won games against players like Dawid Przepiórka, Rudolf Spielmann and Miguel Najdorf.