Stefan Brzózka

Stefan Brzózka (born 5 October 1931) is a Polish chess player, International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster (1985).

Stefan Brzózka
CountryPoland
Born (1931-10-05) 5 October 1931
Radomsko, Poland
TitleInternational Correspondence Chess Grandmaster (1985)

Chess career

From 1953 to 1966 Stefan Brzózka eleven times participated in Polish Chess Championships final. His best result was 4th place in 1953. Stefan Brzózka four time won Polish Team Chess Championship (1958, 1968, 1970, 1974) and one time won Polish Team Fast Chess Championship (1968).[1][2]

Stefan Brzózka played for Poland in the Chess Olympiad:[3]

Stefan Brzózka played for Poland in the European Team Chess Championship preliminaries:[4]

  • In 1957, at tenth board in the 1st European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+0, =1, -1).
  • In 1961, at fourth board in the 2nd European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+1, =1, -3).

Stefan Brzózka played for Poland in the World Student Team Chess Championships:[5]

  • In 1955, at second board in the 2nd World Student Team Chess Championship in Lyon (+4, =3, -5),
  • In 1956, at first board in the 3rd World Student Team Chess Championship in Uppsala (+2, =3, -1).

In 1967 Stefan Brzózka withdrew from the active chess tournament, devoting himself to correspondence chess where achieving significant successes. In 1966 he won Polish Correspondence Chess Championship.[6] Stefan Brzózka was a participant in the 16th World Correspondence Chess Championship (1999-2004).[7] In 1985, as the first Polish chess player, Stefan Brzózka was awarded the title of the Correspondence chess grandmaster.[8]

References
  1. "OlimpBase :: Polish Team Chess Championship :: Stefan Brzózka". www.olimpbase.org.
  2. Jahr, Autor Przemysław (July 26, 2015). "Stefan Brzózka".
  3. "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Stefan Brzózka". www.olimpbase.org.
  4. "OlimpBase :: European Men's Team Chess Championship :: Stefan Brzózka". www.olimpbase.org.
  5. "OlimpBase :: World Student Team Chess Championship :: Stefan Brzózka". www.olimpbase.org.
  6. "- IMP". szachykorespondencyjne.pl.tl.
  7. "Wch-16 Final". tables.iccf.com.
  8. ":: Polski Związek Szachowy - oficjalna strona". web.archive.org. February 13, 2016.
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