Radosław Wojtaszek facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Radosław Wojtaszek |
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Wojtaszek in 2023
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| Country | Poland |
| Born | 13 January 1987 Elbląg, Poland |
| Title | Grandmaster (2005) |
| FIDE rating | 2719 (August 2025) |
| Peak rating | 2750 (January 2017) |
| Peak ranking | No. 15 (December 2014) |
Radosław Wojtaszek, born on January 13, 1987, is a famous Polish chess player. He holds the highest title in chess, called a Grandmaster. He has won the Polish Chess Championship six times!
Wojtaszek has also helped other top chess players. He was a "second" for Viswanathan Anand, who used to be the World Chess Champion. Radosław helped Anand prepare for his big championship matches. He assisted Anand in defending his title against Vladimir Kramnik in 2008, Veselin Topalov in 2010, Boris Gelfand in 2012, and against Magnus Carlsen in 2013 and 2014.
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Radosław Wojtaszek's Chess Journey
Early Successes in Chess
In 2004, Radosław Wojtaszek showed his talent by winning two big youth chess events. He won both the European Youth Chess Championship and the World Youth Chess Championship in the Under-18 age group. The next year, in January 2005, he won the Cracovia Open tournament. He scored 7½ points out of 9 games. Later in 2005, he won the Polish Chess Championship for the very first time.
Playing for Poland
In 2006, Wojtaszek represented Poland at the Chess Olympiad in Turin. He played very well, scoring 9 points out of 11 games for his team. In December 2008, he won the 8th Amplico AIG Life International – European Rapid Chess Championship in Warsaw.
In 2009, he came in second place at the Polish Championship. He also shared second place at the first Lublin Grandmaster Tournament. That same year, he won the Najdorf Memorial tournament in Warsaw.
More Tournament Wins
In January 2010, Wojtaszek tied for first place at the 39th Rilton Cup in Stockholm. He finished second again in the Polish Championship that year. He won the 5th Polonia Wrocław Open in July 2010. In August, he won the 4th San Juan International Tournament in Pamplona, scoring 6½ points out of 9.
At the Chess Olympiad in Khanty Mansiysk, Wojtaszek played on the top board for Poland. He scored 6 points out of 9 games. In June 2011, he won the 9th György Marx Memorial tournament in Paks, Hungary. In December 2013, he won the 37th Zurich Christmas Open with a score of 6 points out of 7.
In 2014, he won the Polish Championship for the second time.
Facing Top Players
In January 2015, Wojtaszek played in the Tata Steel Masters tournament. This is a very strong tournament with many of the world's best players. He finished ninth out of 14 players. He scored 5½ points out of 13. What was special is that he was the only player to defeat the World Chess Champion, Magnus Carlsen, in that tournament. He also beat Fabiano Caruana, who was the second-highest rated player in the world at the time. In July 2015, he came in second place at the Biel Grandmaster Tournament.
In April 2016, he won the Polish Championship for the third time. He scored 6½ points out of 9.
In July 2017, Wojtaszek won the Dortmund tournament. He scored 4½ points out of 7. He finished ahead of famous players like Vladimir Kramnik and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. He did not lose any games in that tournament. He won games against Wang Yue and Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu.
In April 2018, he played in the fifth edition of Shamkir Chess. He finished fifth with a score of 4½ points out of 9.
Team and Individual Successes
In October 2018, Radosław's team, AVE Novy Bor, finished second at the 34th European Chess Club Cup in Greece. Wojtaszek played well and even drew a game against Magnus Carlsen. In the same month, he also won the Chess.com Isle of Man International tournament. He scored 7 points out of 9 and won a play-off match against Arkadij Naiditsch.
In 2019, he played in the FIDE Grand Prix 2019 for the first time. This is a series of tournaments where players try to qualify for the World Championship. His best result was in the Moscow tournament. He won against Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Peter Svidler. He then reached the semifinals but lost to Ian Nepomniachtchi in tie-break games.
In 2020, Wojtaszek won the Biel Chess Festival. This tournament had a special format with many games in different time controls. He finished with 37 points, just half a point ahead of Pentala Harikrishna.
In early 2022, Wojtaszek played in the FIDE Grand Prix 2022. He tied for first place in his group with Richárd Rapport. He then lost in the rapid tie-breaker games.
In 2023, he won a silver medal at the Polish Chess Championship. In May 2024, he won the Polish Chess Championship again in Rzeszów.
Personal Life
Radosław Wojtaszek is married to another chess player, Alina Kashlinskaya. She was born in Russia but now plays for Poland.
See also
In Spanish: Radosław Wojtaszek para niños
