Waldemar Świć (born 10 March 1953) is a Polish

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(1979).

Biography

In the years 1975–1984 Waldemar Świć participated in the men's Polish Chess Championships seven times, achieving the best result in 1978 in

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, where he shared 3rd-5th place (together with

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and Jan Adamski). He is a four-time medalist of the

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: gold (

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1982, after winning the play-off with Artur Sygulski), silver (

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1992) and twice bronze (

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1977 and Kalisz 1980). Waldemar Świć won three medals in Polish Team Chess Championship, all in the colors of the chess club ''Anilana Łódź'': two silver (

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1976,

1977) and bronze (

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1975). He was also a five-time medalist of Polish Team Blitz Chess Championship: gold (

1992, in the colors of chess club ''Hetman Gryfów Śląski'', silver (

1988, Anilana Łódź) and three times bronze ( Kalisz 1979, ''Anilana Łódź''; Kalisz 1993, ''Hetman Gryfów'' Śląski; Koszalin 2006, ''Szach-Centrum Cosinus'' Łódź). Waldemar Świć played for Poland in the

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preliminaries: * In 1980, at reserve board in the 7th European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+0, =2, -0). In 1979, Waldemar Świć was one (along with Rafał Marszałek) of two Polish chess players who were the first to receive the titles of

. Waldemar Świć reached the highest

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in his career on July 1, 1978, with a score of 2430 points, Waldemar Świć was ranked 5th among Polish chess players.FIDE rating history :: Swic, Waldemar
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