Bartłomiej Macieja

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Bartłomiej Macieja, 2004
Bartłomiej Macieja, 2004

Bartłomiej Macieja (born 4 October 1977) is a chess Grandmaster from Poland.

Born in Warsaw, he was Polish Under-18 Champion in 1994, and National Champion in 2004.

In 1995, he won in Zlin and in 1996 finished first in Budapest. He tied for 1st-4th places with Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, Vlastimil Babula and Zoltán Almási at the Krynica 1998 (zonal tournament). A four times qualifier for the FIDE World Championship finals (Las Vegas 1999, New Delhi 2000, Moscow 2001 and Tripoli 2004), at Delhi he beat Jonathan Speelman, Michal Krasenkow, and Alexander Beliavsky but lost in 4th round to Viswanathan Anand.

Macieja won the European Championship at Batumi 2002 and tied for 2nd-3rd with Viktor Korchnoi, behind Alexei Shirov, at Reykjavík 2003. His finishes at Solsones, Spain and Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh in 2005 were less impressive.

He was 5-times European Team Vice-Champion (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005).

He played for Poland in five Chess Olympiads.

  • In 1998, at third board in 33rd Olympiad in Elista (+3 –1 =6);
  • In 2000, at third board in 34th Olympiad in Istanbul (+3 –1 =6);
  • In 2002, at second board in 35th Olympiad in Bled (+1 –0 =10);
  • In 2004, at first board in 36th Olympiad in Calvia (+4 –3 =5);
  • In 2006, at second board in 37th Olympiad in Turin (+1 –2 =5).

Awarded the International Master title in 1996, and the GM title in 1999.

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