Rafał Antoniewski (born 3 December 1980) is a Polish

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grandmaster.

Chess career

Rafał Antoniewski was one of the top Polish junior. He is a three-time Polish Junior Chess Championship winner: 1995 (U16), 1996 (U16), and 1997 (U20). Twice took 4th place at the European Youth Chess Championship: 1994 (U14) and 1995 (U16). In 1996 was 12th in the

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(U16) in

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. In 2005 won

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. In 2010 won

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Open tournament. In 2014 was second in the

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. Rafał Antoniewski has also competed successfully in several Polish Team Chess Championships (team silver in 2002, 2010).OlimpBase :: Polish Team Chess Championship :: Rafał Antoniewski
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