- Bogdan Śliwa
Bogdan Śliwa (
4 February ,1922 ,Krakow —16 May ,2003 ) was a Polishchess master .Śliwa won the championship of Poland six times. In 1946, he won the first Polish chess championships after
World War II in Sopot (5th POL-ch). In 1948, he took 3rd in Krakow (6th POL-ch;Kazimierz Makarczyk won). He won the Polish championship four consecutive times in 1951–1954. He won his last title at Wroclaw 1960 (17th POL-ch).In tournaments, Śliwa tied for 9-10th at Sopot 1951 (
Ernő Gereben won). In 1952, he took 17th in Budapest (Paul Keres won). In 1954, he tied for 12-14th in Bucharest (Viktor Korchnoi won). His best achievement was 3rd, behindLuděk Pachman andLászló Szabó , at Mariánské Lázně (Marienbad) 1954 (zt). In 1955, he tied for 19th-21st in the Göteborg (interzonal), whichDavid Bronstein won. In 1957, Śliwa tied for 2nd-4th withOleg Neikirch and Alexander Matanović, behindMiroslav Filip in Sofia (zt). In 1959, he tied for 5-7th in Riga (Boris Spassky won). In 1962, he tied for 4-7th in Mariánské Lázně (Mark Taimanov won). In 1965, he tied for 12-14th in Belgrade (Milan Matulović won). In 1966, he took 9th in Polanica Zdrój (Vasily Smyslov won). In 1966, he tied for 9-10th in Tel Aviv (Svetozar Gligorić won).One of Śliwa's most famous games is his win over Bronstein in the
Immortal losing game .He played for Poland in seven
Chess Olympiads :
* In 1952, at fourth board in the 10th Olympiad inHelsinki (+7 –1 =4);
* In 1956, at first board in the 12th Olympiad inMoscow (+6 –4 =6);
* In 1958, at first board in the 13th Olympiad inMunich (+6 –6 =5);
* In 1960, at first board in the 14th Olympiad inLeipzig (+5 –5 =6);
* In 1962, at first board in the 15th Olympiad inVarna (+7 –4 =5);
* In 1964, at third board in the 16th Olympiad inTel Aviv (+6 –2 =6);
* In 1966, at fourth board in the 17th Olympiad inHavana (+7 –3 =5).He won the individual silver medal at Helsinki 1952.FIDE awarded Śliwa theInternational Master title in 1953, and the Honorary Grandmaster title in 1987.References
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