Jan Klimkowski
{{short description|Polish chess grandmaster (born 2007)}}
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Jan Klimkowski (born 30 January 2007) is a Polish chess grandmaster.
Chess career
Jan Klimkowski started playing chess in the first grade with his trainer Kamil Szadkowski. After 4 months, he joined chess club UKS Smecz Konin. In 2015, after 10 months of training, he took part in the first Polish Rapid Chess Championship in U8 age group and took 53rd place, but in 2016 he won the same tournament in U10 age group. Since 2019, he has been training with Jacek Tomczak.{{Cite web|url=https://www.konin.pl/index.php/jeden-news-1432/jan-klimkowski-miedzynarodowy-mistrz-z-konina.html|title=Jan Klimkowski - Międzynarodowy Mistrz z Konina|lang=pl|website=konin.pl|publisher=18 августа 2023|access-date=2024-12-13|url-status=live}}
Jan Klimkowski has won numerous medals from youth championships. He has participated in individual and team championships of Europe and the world many times: 8th place at the European Youth Chess Championship in U10 age group (2017), 44th place at the World Youth Chess Championship in U12 age group (2018). In 2019, at the European Team Chess Championship in U12 age group as part of the Polish Chess Team, he scored 7 points out of 7, and in 2022 and 2023, at European Team Chess Championship in U18 age group, he received an individual gold medal.
Jan Klimkowski is bronze medalist of the 2024 Polish Team Chess Championship with chess club Hetman (Katowice).{{Cite web|url=http://www.szachypolskie.pl/jan-klimkowski/|title=Jan Klimkowski|lang=pl|author=Przemysław Jahr|website=szachypolskie.pl|date=2017-09-17|access-date=2024-12-15|url-status=live}}
Jan Klimkowski was participant of the World Rapid and Blitz Championships in 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lm.pl/aktualnosci/jan-klimkowski-otrzymal-dzika-karte-zagra-na-mistrzostwach-swiata|title=Jan Klimkowski otrzymał dziką kartę. Zagra na Mistrzostwach Świata|lang=pl|author=Dariusz Walory|website=lm.pl|date=2021-12-23|access-date=2024-12-13|url-status=live}} and Polish Chess Cup in 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic1387.html|title=The Week in Chess 1387|lang=en|author=Mark Crowther|website=theweekinchess.com|date=2021-06-07|access-date=2024-12-13|url-status=live}} n 2022, at the international chess tournament in Kraków, he shared 3rd-9th places.{{Cite web|url=https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic1443.html|title=The Week in Chess 1443|lang=en|author=Mark Crowther|website=theweekinchess.com|date=2022-07-04|access-date=2024-12-13|url-status=live}} In 2023, he won the round robin chess masters tournament "Voivode's Cup" in Legnica{{Cite web|url=https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic1492.html#15|title=The Week in Chess 1492|lang=en|author=Mark Crowther|website=theweekinchess.com|date=2023-06-12|access-date=2024-12-13|url-status=live}} and shared 4th-9th places at the chess festival in Bydgoszcz,{{Cite web|url=https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic1495.html#27|title=The Week in Chess 1495|lang=en|author=Mark Crowther|website=theweekinchess.com|date=2023-07-02|access-date=2024-12-13|url-status=live}} in 2024 he participated in the tournament Sharjah Masters.{{Cite web|url=https://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/events/7th-sharjah-masters-2024|title=7th Sharjah Masters 2024|lang=en|author=Mark Crowther|website=theweekinchess.com|date=2024-05-22|access-date=2024-12-13|url-status=live}}
In 2023, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title and received the FIDE Grandmaster (GM) title two years later.
In 2024 Jan Klimkowski was Gukesh Dommaraju second in World Chess Championship title match.{{Cite web|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/world-championship-2024-g14|title=Gukesh becomes 18th undisputed world chess champion at 18!|lang=en|author=Carlos Alberto Colodro|website=en.chessbase.com|date=2024-12-12|access-date=2024-12-13|url-status=live}}
References
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External links
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- {{chessgames player|id=171247}}
- {{365Chess.com player|Jan_Klimkowski}}
- [http://www.szachypolskie.pl/jan-klimkowski/ Jan Klimkowski - Szachy w Polsce]
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