Career
FIDE International Master (1975). Since 1989 he has played for France. Started playing chess at the age of ten.
From 1968 to 1985 Pytel played thirteen times in the Polish Chess Championship"s finals, and winning three medals: two gold (1972, 1973) and silver (1979).
In 1972 Pytel qualified for the World Chess Championship zonal tournament in Vrnjačka Banja, but his trip to the tournament was cancelled due to the ongoing smallpox epidemic in Yugoslavia. He was awarded the International Master title in 1976.
Krzysztof Pytel played for Poland in Chess Olympiads:
In 1972, at third board in the 20th Chess Olympiad in Skopje (+2, =10, -3),
In 1974, at third board in the 21st Chess Olympiad in Nice (+5, =11, -2),
In 1978, at reserve board in the 23rd Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires (+1, =4, -3),
In 1984, at third board in the 26th Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki (+0, =2, -2). Krzysztof Pytel played for Poland in European Team Chess Championship:
In 1973, at second board in the 5th European Team Chess Championship in Bath (+1, =6, -0).
Krzysztof Pytel is a chess trainer and journalist, and author of many books on chess.
