Adam Kuligowski (born 24 December 1955) is a Polish
chess
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master. He was awarded the
GM title in 1980.
Tournaments
In 1973, he won Polish Junior Championship. In 1973/74, he took 3rd in
Groningen
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(EU Junior-ch;
Sergey Makarichev
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Background
In 1974 he won the European Junior Chess Championship ...
won). In 1974, he took 15th in
Manila
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(World Junior-ch;
Tony Miles
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Early and personal life
Miles was an only child, born 23 April 1955 in Edgbaston, a suburb of Birming ...
won). In 1975, he took 6th in Tjentište (World Junior-ch;
Valery Chekhov
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He was awarded the International Master title in 1975 and became a Grandmast ...
won). In 1975, he tied for 6-10th in
Poznań
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(32nd POL-ch). In 1975, he took 2nd in
Dresden
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.
In 1978, he tied for 1st-2nd with
Aleksander Sznapik
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He won four times Polish Chess Championships (1976, 1980, 1984 and 1991) and was a Sub-Champion in 1972, 1974, 1977, 1978 and 1981.
He won at Warsaw 1979 ...
in
Kraków
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(35th POL-ch), drew the playoff match (2 : 2), and took the
Polish Champion title on tie-break. In 1978, he won in
Warsaw
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. In 1980, he tied for 3rd-4th in
Łódź
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(37th POL-ch). In 1980, he won in Warsaw. In 1980, he tied for 2nd-4th in
Krosno
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. In 1980, he tied for 1st-2nd in
Niš
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. In 1981, he tied for 4-6th in Warsaw (38th POL-ch). In 1981, he tied for 3rd-4th in
Lewisham
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. In 1983, he took 14th in
Wijk aan Zee
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(Hoogovens;
Ulf Andersson
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Career
At his peak, Andersson reached number four on the FIDE rating list. Tournamen ...
won).
Chess Olympiads
Kuligowski played for Poland in three
Chess Olympiads
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.
* In 1978, at second board in
23rd Chess Olympiad
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in
Buenos Aires
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(+8 –1 =4);
* In 1980, at third board in
24th Chess Olympiad
The 24th Chess Olympiad ( mt, L-24 Olimpijadi taċ-Ċess), organized by FIDE and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male and female players. and a women's tournament, as well as ...
in
La Valletta
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(+7 –0 =6);
* In 1982, at third board in
25th Chess Olympiad
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in
Lucerne
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(+7 –3 =2).
He won individual gold medal at Buenos Aires 1978 and silver medal at La Valletta 1980.
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By the late 1980s he was inactive as a chess player and has not played competitively since.
References
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1955 births
Living people
Chess players from Warsaw
Chess Grandmasters
Polish chess players
Chess Olympiad competitors
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