Konstanty Kaiszauri ( ka, კოტე კაიშაური; born 25 October 1952) is a

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International Master (IM) (1977).

Biography

Konstanty Kaiszauri was born in Poland. His family have

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origin. At the end of the 1960s, Konstanty Kaiszauri was one of the leading Polish juniors. In 1968 he won the bronze medal of the Polish Junior Chess Championship (U20) in

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. He twice won the medals of the Polish team championships with ''Legion Warsaw'': gold (

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1969) and silver (

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1968). In 1970 he won the international junior chess tournament in Warsaw (ahead of

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and

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). In the same year Konstanty Kaiszauri emigrated to Sweden and won the title of this country's junior chess champion. In 1971 he played at the

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(in

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) and the European Junior Chess Championships (in

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, 1971/72), achieving significant success in the Netherlands, where he was fourth (behind

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and Petar Velikov). Soon he was promoted to the top of Swedish chess players, between 1974 and 1979, starting five times in the finals of the

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. The greatest success in these competitions was in 1977 in

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, where he won a bronze medal. Konstanty Kaiszauri successes on the International Chess tournaments include, among others: * 1st place (1979/80) and shared 1st place (1975/76) in ''Rilton Cup'' tournament in Stockholm, * 2nd place in

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(1975) behind Heinz Wirthensohn. * shared 3rd place (1981, after Axel Ornstein and Luben Spasov, together with

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) in

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. Konstanty Kaiszauri played for Sweden in the

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: * In 1978, at fourth board in the

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(+2, =1, -4). Konstanty Kaiszauri played for Sweden in the

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: * In 1980, at second reserve board in the 7th European Team Chess Championship in

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(+3, =1, -1) and won individual gold medal. Konstanty Kaiszauri played for Sweden in the

preliminaries: * In 1977, at seventh board in the 6th European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+2, =1, -1), * In 1980, at fourth board in the 7th European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+1, =0, -1), * In 1983, at fifth board in the 8th European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+0, =0, -2). Konstanty Kaiszauri played for Sweden in the Nordic Chess Cup: * In 1974, at fourth board in the 5th Nordic Chess Cup in

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(+3, =1, -1), * In 1977, at second board in the 8th Nordic Chess Cup in

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(+1, =2, -2) and won team gold medal, * In 1983, at fourth board in the 9th Nordic Chess Cup in

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(+2, =4, -1) and won team bronze medal. In 1977, Konstanty Kaiszauri was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title.

References

External links

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