Agnieszka Barbara Matras-Clement (née Matras; born 5 December 1982) is a Polish and Canadian (from 2016)

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Woman International Master (WIM) (2000).

Biography

Agnieszka Matras is a multiple medalist of the Polish Youth Chess Championships: three times gold (

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1999 - U20 girl's age group,

Wisła Wisła (; german: Weichsel; cs, Visla) is a town in Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, with a population of about 11,132 (2019), near the border with Czech Republic. It is situated in the Silesian Beskids mountain range in t ...

2000 - U18 girl's age group, Trzebinia 2002 - U20 girl's age group), silver (

Brzeg Dolny Brzeg Dolny (german: Dyhernfurth) is a town in Wołów County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship in south-western Poland. It is located north-west of Wrocław on the Oder River, and is the site of a large chemical plant complex, PCC Rokita SA. As of ...

2001 - U20 girl's age group) and twice bronze (

Babimost Babimost (german: Bomst) is a small town in western Poland in Zielona Góra County, Lubusz Voivodeship. It is the administrative seat of Gmina Babimost. As of December 2021, it has a population of 3,847. Geography The town is situated on the Len ...

1997 - U20 girl's age group, Trzebinia 1998 - U20 girl's age group). In addition, in 1999 in Straszecin she won the gold medal, and in 2000 in Wisła - the silver medal of the Polish Youth Team Chess Championships (in the colors of the ''MKSzach

Rybnik Rybnik (Polish pronunciation: ; szl, Rybńik) is a city in southern Poland, in the Silesian Voivodeship, around 38 km (24 mi) southwest of Katowice, the region's capital, and around 19 km (11 miles) from the Czech border. It is on ...

'' club). She represented Poland many times at the

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s: in 1998 U16 girl's age group in

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, in 1999 U20 girl's age group in

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, in 2000 - U18 girl's age group in Oropesa del Mar, in 2002 - U20 girl's age group in

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. In 1998, she shared 1st–2nd place in the junior chess tournament in

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, and in 2002 she shared 3rd in the

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tournament in

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. The following year she won the ''Open C'' tournament (ladies tournament) in

Polanica-Zdrój Polanica-Zdrój (german: link=no, Altheide-Bad) is a spa town in Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Kłodzko, and south-west of the regional capital, Wrocław. As at 2021, ...

. From 2000 to 2013 Agnieszka Matras nine times participated in Polish Women's Chess Championship finals, the best result achieved in 2005 in

Suwałki Suwałki ( lt, Suvalkai; yi, סואוואַלק) is a city in northeastern Poland with a population of 69,206 (2021). It is the capital of Suwałki County and one of the most important centers of commerce in the Podlaskie Voivodeship. Suwałki i ...

, where she took 5th place. In the colors of the ''MKSz Rybnik'' chess club in 2008 and 2009, she won the titles of Polish Women's Team Chess Championship twice. She is also a four-time medalist of Polish Blitz Chess Team Championship: gold (2008), twice silver (2006, 2009) and bronze (2007). In 2011 Agnieszka Matras-Clement won bronze medal in the

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. Agnieszka Matras's peak

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is 2305, achieved in December 2012; she was ranked 7th among Polish female chess players in this month.

References

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