Jan-Krzysztof Duda

Jan-Krzysztof Duda

Jan-Krzysztof Duda during the Polish Chess Championship in Warsaw, 2014
Country Poland
Born April 26, 1998
Kraków
Title Grandmaster
FIDE rating 2610 (May 2015)
Peak rating 2587 (June 2014)[1]

Jan-Krzysztof Duda (born 26 April 1998) is a Polish chess grandmaster. He achieved his GM title in 2013 at the age of 15 years and 21 days, becoming the second youngest grandmaster in the world after Wei Yi.[2] In 2014, Duda represented Poland during the Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway, scoring 8.5/11.[3] In December he won the European Rapid Chess Championship[4] and also claimed silver during European Blitz Championship,[5] both held in Wrocław, Poland.

Chess career

In 2012 Duda won the Polish U18 Championship in Solina[6] and tied for 1st with Jan Krejci in the Olomouc Chess Summer tournament.[7] In 2013 he came first in the First Saturday GM tournament in Budapest.[8] Duda took part in the Chess World Cup 2013, but was eliminated in the first round by Vassily Ivanchuk.[9]

In 2014, he scored 4/9 at Qatar Masters.[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://ratings.fide.com/id.phtml?event=1170546
  2. ↑ "The chess games of Jan-Krzysztof Duda". ChessGames.com. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  3. ↑ http://chess-results.com/tnr140380.aspx?lan=3&art=9&flag=30&wi=821&snr=143
  4. ↑ http://www.chessdom.com/european-rapid-chess-championship-2014-jan-krzysztof-duda-is-the-winner/
  5. ↑ https://chess24.com/en/read/news/david-navara-is-european-blitz-champion
  6. ↑ "Mistrzostwa Polski Juniorow C18 May 2012 Poland". FIDE. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  7. ↑ "Olomouc Chess Summer 2012 - A1 September 2012 Czech Republic". FIDE. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  8. ↑ "First Saturday GM March 2013 April 2013 Hungary". FIDE. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  9. ↑ "Exciting round 1 at the Chess World Cup 2013". Chessdom. 2013-08-13. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  10. ↑ http://www.qatarmastersopen.com/standings/

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