Dariusz Świercz

Dariusz Świercz
Full name	Dariusz Świercz
Country	Poland
Born	May 31, 1994 (1994-05-31) (age 17) Tarnowskie Góry, Poland
Title	Grandmaster
FIDE rating	2585 (September 2011) (No. 16 in the September 2011 FIDE World Rankings for Top 20 Juniors)
Peak rating	2585 (September 2011)

Dariusz Świercz (born 1994) is a Polish chess grandmaster.^[1] He is a chess prodigy, being one of the youngest grandmasters in history and the youngest Polish grandmaster of all time,^[2] achieving the title at the age of 14 years and seven months. In the September 2011 FIDE rating list he is ranked 7th in the world for active players under the age of 18, first in Poland for active players under the age of 18 and a National Rank of 12.

Prodigy

Dariusz's grandfather showed him how to play chess when he was three years old. He became a FM in 2004 at the age of eleven, an IM in 2008 at thirteen and a GM in 2009 at the age of 14. Dariusz now represents his country Poland on an international scale in Chess Tournaments hosted around the world.

Achievements

In February 2002, he finished 1st in the Polish Boys Championship - U10
In March 2003, he finished 1st in the Rubicon Cup European Chess Championships - U9
In July 2004, he finished equal 1st (3rd on Buchholz System) in the European Boys Chess Championship - U10
In November 2004, he finished equal 2nd (3rd on Buchholz System) in the World Chess Championships - U10
In February 2005, he finished 1st in the Polish Boys Championship - U12
In February 2006, he finished 1st in the Polish Boys Championship - U12
In February 2007, he finished 1st in the Australian City Of Sydney Championships - Open
In April 2007, he finished 1st in the Polish Boys Championship - U14
In August 2007, he finished 1st in the 5th European Union Youth Championship - U14
In October 2007, he finished 2nd in the 17th European Youth Chess Championship - Boys U14
In October 2008, he finished 3rd in the World Youth Chess Championship - Open U14
In July 2009, member of the polish youth side that won the silver medal in the European youth team championship U18 - BOYS
In August 2010, he finished 3rd at the World Junior Chess Championships - U20^[3]
In November 2010, he finished 1st at The Cultural Village tournament^[4] which acted as a qualifier for remaining places in the GM Group C Tata Steel Chess tournament.
In January 2011, he finished equal 4th in the Tata Steel Chess Tournament GM Group C^[5]
In July 2011, he finished equal 1st (2nd on Buchholz System) in the Miguel Najdorf International Chess Festival Tournament A
In August 2011, he finished 1st in the 50th World Junior Chess Championship^[6][7]

References

1. ^ FIDE rating card for Dariusz Świercz
2. ^ See the list of youngest grandmaster records in the chess prodigy article.
3. ^ http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/world-juniors-chess-2010
4. ^ http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/cultural-village-tournament-2010
5. ^ "Nakamura Wins Tata Steel Chess Tournament". The New York Times. January 30, 2011. http://gambit.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/30/nakamura-wins-tata-steel-chess-tournament/. 
6. ^ "50th World Junior Chess Championship". Chess-Results.com. 2011-08-15. http://chess-results.com/tnr54522.aspx?art=1&rd=13&lan=1&turdet=YES&flag=30. Retrieved 15 August 2011. 
7. ^ "World Junior Chess Championship - 2011 India". fide.com. 2011-08-15. http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=57004. Retrieved 15 August 2011. 

External links

• Dariusz Świercz player profile at ChessGames.com
• Interview with GM Oleksandr Sulypa and GM Dariusz Swiercz By IM Alexander Ipatov
• World Junior Champion GM Dariusz Swiercz in an interview for Chessdom.com

Persondata
Name	Swiercz, Darius
Alternative names	Swiercz, Darek
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Date of birth	May 31, 1994
Place of birth	Tarnowskie Góry, Poland
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