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chess player

Piotr Murdzia is a Polish chess International Master, International Solving Grandmaster and seven-time World Chess Solving Champion.

Education

University of Gdańsk.

Career

He was awarded the IM title by FIDE in 1994. He is known as one of the best chess problem solvers in the world. In the solvers" rating list of WFCC of October 2015, he is third with 2742 points.

Achievements

  • He won tournaments in Świdnica (1998) and Legnica (2003) making two grandmaster"s norms. He has won the World Chess Solving Championship seven times (2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013) and placed second four times (2001, 2004, 2010, 2014). He also won the gold medal seven times in the team event of the same competition (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015). Murdzia also won seven times the European Chess Solving Championship (2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2012, 2013, 2014) and four times its team competition (2009, 2013, 2014, 2015).