Andrzej Łuczak (born 5 December 1948) is a Polish

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to disti ...

International Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

(1979) and scientist (

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Chess career

In 1967, Andrzej Łuczak won a silver medal in Wisła in the Polish Junior Chess Championship in U20 age group. Twice (in 1977 and 1979) he played in Swiss-system tournament finals of Polish Chess Championship, without achieving significant successes. In 1981, Andrzej Łuczak won a silver medal in

Bydgoszcz Bydgoszcz ( , , ; german: Bromberg) is a city in northern Poland, straddling the meeting of the River Vistula with its left-bank tributary, the Brda. With a city population of 339,053 as of December 2021 and an urban agglomeration with more ...

Polish Blitz Chess Championship The Polish Blitz Chess Championship is a chess competition held annually in Poland. Medal winners Men Medal winners Women References

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Andrzej Łuczak won four medals in Polish Team Chess Championships (all in the colors of the chess club ''Start Łódź''): gold (

Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...

1965), two silver ( Wisła 1963,

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1966) and bronze (

Częstochowa Częstochowa ( , ; german: Tschenstochau, Czenstochau; la, Czanstochova) is a city in southern Poland on the Warta River with 214,342 inhabitants, making it the thirteenth-largest city in Poland. It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship (admin ...

1964). He was also a three-time medalist of the Polish Blitz Chess Team Championships: gold in the colors of chess club ''Start'' (

Poznań Poznań () is a city on the River Warta in west-central Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business centre, and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John ...

] 1970) and twice in the colors of chess club ''Anilana Łódź'' – gold (

1987) and silver (

Katowice Katowice ( , , ; szl, Katowicy; german: Kattowitz, yi, קאַטעוויץ, Kattevitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area. It is the 11th most popul ...

1988). In 1975 Andrzej Łuczak won the ''open'' tournament in

. In 1978, he took 3rd place in the

Kazimierz Makarczyk Kazimierz Makarczyk (1 January 1901, Warsaw – 27 May 1972, Łódź) was a Polish chess master. In 1922, he took 3rd in Warsaw (Academic-ch). In 1926, he finished 10th in the 1st Polish chess championship played in Warsaw. The event was won by Da ...

memorial played in

Łódź Łódź, also rendered in English as Lodz, is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located approximately south-west of Warsaw. The city's coat of arms is an example of canti ...

. A year later, Andrzej Łuczak performed in Akiba Rubinstein Memorial 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, ...

. In 1981, he took 3rd place in Nałęczów. In 1984, Andrzej Łuczak again took 3rd place in the Kazimierz Makarczyk memorial in Łódź. Andrzej Łuczak reached the highest

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in his career on 1 January 1979, with a score of 2440 points, he was ranked 2nd (behind

Adam Kuligowski Adam Kuligowski (born 24 December 1955) is a Polish chess 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 (EU Junior-ch; Sergey Makarichev won). In 1974, ...

) among Polish chess players. He has not participated in

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tournaments since 1994.

Scientific career

Andrzej Łuczak is a mathematician, since 2012 a habilitated professor (specialty: probability theory). He works in the Department of Probability Theory and Statistics at Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science in University of Łódź. He is also a Mathematics Genealogy Project 4th degree of Stefan Banach.

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