Ignacy Nowak

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Ignacy Nowak
CountryPoland
Born(1949-01-12)12 January 1949
Poznań, Poland
Died10 January 2024(2024-01-10) (aged 74)
Poznań, Poland
TitleFIDE Master (1983)
Peak rating2435 (July 1985)

Ignacy Tadeusz Nowak (12 January 1949 – 10 January 2024) was a Polish chess player who won the Polish Chess Championship in 1985. Nowak achieved the rank of FIDE Master in 1983.

Life and career[edit]

From 1971 to 1990, Nowak participated in the Polish Chess Championships twelve times. In 1985 in Gdynia he shared first/third place, and then won an additional tournament in Warsaw, a half point ahead of Jan Adamski.[1] In the Polish Team Chess Championship, Nowak represented the Poznań chess club twice in 1985 and 1988 and won the team event.[2] Nowak also won the Polish Blitz Championships twice in 1973 and 1987.

From 1999 he was not involved in serious chess tournaments.[3] Nowak died on 10 January 2024, at the age of 74.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "XLII Szachowe Mistrzostwa Polski Gdynia / Warszawa play off 1985". Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
  2. ^ OlimpBase :: Polish Team Chess Championship :: Ignacy Nowak
  3. ^ "benoni.de / schach / elo: Nowak, Ignacy". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
  4. ^ "Ignacy Tadeusz Nowak". Szachy w Polsce. Retrieved 20 January 2024.

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