Ryszard Skrobek (born 4 July 1951) is a Polish

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player who won the Polish Chess Championship in 1977.

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(1978). ICCF Grandmaster (1990).

Chess career

Ryszard Skrobek has been one of the biggest surprises in the history of the individual Polish Chess Championships. In 1977 Polish Chess Championship in Piotrków Trybunalski he as a relatively little-known chess player in convincing style won title, ahead of

Włodzimierz Schmidt Włodzimierz Schmidt (born 10 April 1943) is a Polish chess grandmaster. He played for Poland 14 times in Chess Olympiads between 1962 and 1994. He was Polish Champion seven times: in 1971, 1974, 1975, 1981, 1988, 1990 and 1994. In tournamen ...

and

Aleksander Sznapik Aleksander Sznapik (born 10 February 1951, Warsaw) is a Polish chess International Master. 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 ...

. From 1975 to 1987 Skrobek played six times in the Polish Chess Championship's finals. He has participated in several international tournaments. The best results are first places in Hradec Králové (1977) and in the tournament at

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(1978). He was awarded the International Master title in 1978. In 1979 he represented Poland in

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zonal tournament in

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. Ryszard Skrobek is one of the strongest Polish

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player. In 1983 he won Polish Championship in correspondence chess. In the 13th Correspondence Chess Olympiad finals (25.11.2004-22.12.2009) Skrobek won the bronze medal. He was awarded the ICCF International Master title in 1989 and ICCF Grandmaster title in 1990. Ryszard Skrobek played for Poland in World Student Team Chess Championship:OlimpBase :: World Student Team Chess Championship :: Ryszard Skrobek
/ref> * In 1977, at second board in the 22nd World Student Team Chess Championship in

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(+2, =2, -7).

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