Joanna Majdan-Gajewska ( Majdan; born 9 June 1988) 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 ...

player with the title of

Woman Grandmaster 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 ...

(WGM). She was a member of the national team at the

2006 Chess Olympiad The 37th Chess Olympiad ( it, Le 37° Olimpiadi degli scacchi), 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 we ...

(women's section) in

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, where she scored 6 points from 9 games. In 2008, she participated at the women's Dresden Chess Olympiad where she scored an excellent 9½ points out of 11 games winning the individual gold medal for the best player on the fourth board. In October 2009 she played at the 8th

European Team Chess Championship The European Team Championship (often abbreviated in texts and games databases as ''ETC'') is an international team chess event, eligible for the participation of European nations whose chess federations are located in zones 1.1 to 1.9. This more ...

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, Serbia and won an individual gold medal for being the best player on board five. She is married to compatriot Grandmaster Grzegorz Gajewski.

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Joanna Majdan
chess games at 365Chess.com * 1988 births Living people Chess Woman Grandmasters Polish female chess players Polish chess players People from Koszalin Sportspeople from West Pomeranian Voivodeship {{Poland-chess-bio-stub