- Kazimierz Plater
Kazimierz Plater (Broel-Plater) (3 March 1915, Vilna – 30 April 2004, Warsaw) was a Polish
chess master.Born into an aristocratic family in
Vilnius , he studied inWarsaw where won the Warsaw County Championship in 1934.After
WW II , he participated twelve times in Polish championships (1946–1964). He was thrice Polish Champion (1949, 1956, 1957) and twice Sub-champion (1950, 1963). [cite book | author=Litmanowicz, Władysław & Giżycki, Jerzy| title=Szachy od A do Z | publisher=Wydawnictwo "Sport i Turystyka" Warszawa | year=1986, 1987 | id=ISBN 83-217-2481-7 (1. A-M), ISBN 83-217-2745-x (2. N-Z)]In 1947, he took 6th in Warsaw (
Svetozar Gligorić won) and 12th in Hilversum (zonal,Albéric O'Kelly de Galway won). [ [http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/Tables%2018.htm 1947 ] ] In 1949, he took 7th in Bucharest (Luděk Pachman won). [ [http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/Tables%2020.htm 1949 ] ] In 1957, he shared 4th in Szczawno Zdrój (2nd Przepiórka Memorial,Efim Geller won). [pl icon [http://polbase.w.interia.pl/szczawno57.htm II TURNIEJ PAMIĘCI PRZEPIÓRKI Szczawno Zdrój 1957 ] ]He represented Poland in Chess Olympiads:
* In 1952, at third board in 10th Olympiad in Helsinki (+2 –3 =8);
* In 1956, at second board in 12th Olympiad in Moscow (+3 –6 =4);
* In 1960, at second board in 14th Olympiad in Leipzig (+2 –4 =3). [ [http://www.olimpbase.org OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess ] ]Plater was awarded the
International Master title in 1950.References
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