Bartłomiej Macieja
| Bartłomiej Macieja | |
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 Bartłomiej Macieja, Lublin 2010 | |
| Country | Poland |
| Born | 4 October 1977 Warsaw, Poland |
| Title | Grandmaster (1998) |
| FIDE rating | 2520 (April 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2653 (January 2004) |
| Peak ranking | No. 40 (January 2004) |
Bartłomiej (Bartek) Macieja (born 4 October 1977) is a Polish
He is married to Mexican chess master Alejandra Guerrero Rodríguez.[1]
He currently serves as the head chess coach for the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.[2]
Career
Born in Warsaw, he was Polish Under-18 champion in 1994, and National champion of Poland in 2004 and 2009.
Macieja played his first international tournament at Bydgoszcz in 1985.
Macieja won the European Championship at Batumi 2002<[8] and tied for 2nd-3rd with Viktor Korchnoi, behind Alexei Shirov, at Reykjavík 2003. He was 5-times European Team Vice-Champion (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005).
In 2003, Macieja played an 8 games match against former world champion Karpov which he lost 6–2.[9]
He played for Poland in six Chess Olympiads.
- In 1998, at third board in 33rd Chess Olympiad in Elista (+3−1=6);
- In 2000, at third board in 34th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul (+3−1=6);
- In 2002, at second board in 35th Chess Olympiad in Bled (+1−0=10);
- In 2004, at first board in 36th Chess Olympiad in Calvià (+4−3=5);
- In 2006, at second board in 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin (+1−2=5);
- In 2012, at fifth board in 40th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul (+5−1=3).
Awarded the
He played at Alzicapital's team in Spain, national champion in 2010.
In opening theory, Macieja has made contributions to the Classical Variation of the
References
- ^ Glodek, Waldemar (26 February 2013). "Chess Champion, Bartlomiej "Bartek" Macieja is the new Coach of UTB & TSC Chess Team". Polish Club Online. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ^ "UTRGV Chess Team as of September 2021". UTRGV.
- ^ "Teimour Radjabov Vs Bartlomiej Macieja - How to be a Grandmaster". Chess Videos, Chess DVDs, Chess Software and more. 21 September 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- ^ "World Chess Championship1999 FIDE Knockout Matches". Fide.com. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ "World Chess Championship2001-02 FIDE Knockout Matches". Fide.com. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ "World Chess Championship2000 FIDE Knockout Matches". Fide.com. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ "World Chess Championship2004 FIDE Knockout Matches". Fide.com. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ "European Individual Men Championship 2002". Chess Siberia. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ "Karpov-Macieja Match". Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
- ^ Emms, John (30 April 2010). "Nimzo & Benoni Update April 2010". ChessPublishing. Archived from the original on 4 May 2010. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
External links
- Bartlomiej Macieja rating card at FIDE
- Bartlomiej Macieja player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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