Robert Kuczyński

Robert Kuczyński
Kuczyński in 2008
Country	Poland
Born	(1966-04-17) 17 April 1966 (age 58) Jelenia Góra, Poland
Title	Grandmaster (1993)
FIDE rating	2484 (December 2024)
Peak rating	2530 (January 1993)

Robert Kuczyński (born 17 April 1966) is a Polish chess player who won the Polish Chess Championship in 1987. FIDE Grandmaster (1993).

Robert Kuczyński twice won the Polish Junior Chess Championship: U-18 in 1980 (Chełmno), and U-20 in 1985 (Wrocław). From 1985 to 2001 he played sixteen times in the Polish Chess Championship's finals. He won gold (1987),^[1] two silver (1988, 1989) and two bronze (1986, 1993) medals. In Polish Team Chess Championships Kuczyński won eight medals: seven gold (1989, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001) and silver (1998).^[2] He was awarded the International Master title in 1986 and Grandmaster title in 1993.

In 1986 Kuczyński achieved great success, winning the young master's tournament in Oakham (before Viswanathan Anand).^[3] In 1991, shared second place (with Oleg Romanishin) in Rubinstein Memorial in Polanica-Zdrój.^[4] In 1994 Kuczyński won tournament in Legnica,^[5] and in 1999 shared first place in the Swiss-system tournament in Görlitz.^[6]

Robert Kuczyński played for Poland in Chess Olympiads:^[7]

• In 1986, won individual bronze medal at reserve board in the 27th Chess Olympiad in Dubai (+6, =3, -1),
• In 1988, at third board in the 28th Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki (+4, =2, -3),
• In 1990, at third board in the 29th Chess Olympiad in Novi Sad (+2, =5, -1),
• In 1992, at second board in the 30th Chess Olympiad in Manila (+3, =7, -2),
• In 1994, at first board in the 31st Chess Olympiad in Moscow (+1, =5, -4),
• In 1996, at fourth board in the 32nd Chess Olympiad in Yerevan (+1, =6, -0).

Robert Kuczyński played for Poland in European Team Chess Championship:^[8]

• In 1989, at third board in the 9th European Team Chess Championship in Haifa (+2, =1, -4),
• In 1992, won individual bronze medal at third board in the 10th European Team Chess Championship in Debrecen (+3, =6, -0).

• Robert Kuczynski rating card at FIDE
• Robert Kuczynski player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Robert Kuczynski chess games at 365Chess.com