- Bartłomiej Macieja
Bartłomiej Macieja (born 4 October 1977) is a
chess Grandmaster fromPoland .Born in
Warsaw , he was Polish Under-18 Champion in 1994, and National Champion in 2004.In 1995, he won in
Zlín and in 1996 finished first inBudapest . He tied for 1st-4th places withLiviu-Dieter Nisipeanu ,Vlastimil Babula andZoltán Almási at theKrynica 1998 (zonal tournament). A four times qualifier for the FIDE World Championship finals (Las Vegas 1999,New Delhi 2000, Moscow 2001 andTripoli 2004), at Delhi he beatJonathan Speelman ,Michal Krasenkow , andAlexander Beliavsky but lost in 4th round toViswanathan Anand .Macieja won the European Championship at
Batumi 2002 and tied for 2nd-3rd withViktor Korchnoi , behindAlexei Shirov , atReykjavík 2003. His finishes atSolsones , Spain andStepanakert ,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 Olympiad s.
* 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.External links
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