Radosław Wojtaszek
{{Short description|Polish chess grandmaster (born 1987)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox chess player
| name = Radosław Wojtaszek
| image = 2022-Radoslaw-Wojtaszek.JPG
| caption = Wojtaszek at the Polish Chess Championship 2022
| country = Poland
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1987|01|13}}
| birth_place = Elbląg, Poland
| death_date =
| death_place =
| title = Grandmaster (2005)
| rating =
| peakrating = 2750 (January 2017)
| peakranking = No. 15 (December 2014)
| FideID = 1118358
}}
Radosław Wojtaszek (born 13 January 1987) is a Polish chess grandmaster. He is a six-time Polish champion.
Wojtaszek has acted as Viswanathan Anand's second, assisting the former world chess champion in his successful title defence match against Vladimir Kramnik,{{cite web|url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4991 |title=World Championship Picture Gallery of the final day |publisher=ChessBase|date=30 October 2008 |access-date=20 October 2011}} in 2010 against Veselin Topalov,{{cite web |url=http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/wch-g12-anand-beats-topalov-retains-world-title/ |title=WCh G12: Anand beats Topalov, retains world title |publisher=ChessVibes |access-date=20 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815201458/http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/wch-g12-anand-beats-topalov-retains-world-title |archive-date=15 August 2012 |url-status=dead }} in 2012 against Boris Gelfand,{{cite web |last=Crowther|first=Mark|url=https://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/events/world-chess-championship-2012/gelfand-surprises-anand-with-a-gruenfeld-and-draws-comfortably-in-world-championship-game-1|title=Gelfand surprises Anand with a Gruenfeld and draws comfortably in World Championship Game 1|website=The Week in Chess|date=12 May 2012 |access-date=29 July 2020 }} in 2013{{cite web|url=http://chess-news.ru/en/node/14037|title=Carlsen Didn't Have Seconds in India|website=chess-news.ru|date=26 November 2013|access-date=26 August 2015}} and in 2014{{cite web|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/wch-sochi-personalities-players-and-seconds|title=WCh Sochi: personalities, players and seconds|website=ChessBase|author=Sagar Shah|date=8 November 2014|access-date=26 August 2015}} against Magnus Carlsen.
Chess career
In 2004, Wojtaszek won both the European Youth Chess Championships and the World Youth Chess Championships in the U18 category.{{cite web|date=14 November 2004|title=World Youth Chess Championships 2004|url=http://www.greekchess.com/wycc2004/press_release10-11.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111101155637/http://www.greekchess.com/wycc2004/press_release10-11.html|archive-date=1 November 2011|access-date=20 October 2011|website=greekchess.com}} In January 2005, he won the Cracovia Open with a score of 7½/9 points.[http://mzszach.l.pl/online/cracovia2004/cra-t9.html Cracovia Open 2004] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306145656/http://mzszach.l.pl/online/cracovia2004/cra-t9.html|date=6 March 2012}}[http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2125 "Highlights of Cracovia 2004"]. ChessBase. 9 January 2005. Retrieved 29 July 2020. He won the Polish Chess Championship for the first time in 2005.[http://www.chessbase.de/nachrichten.asp?newsid=4378 ″Schüler gewinnt polnische Meisterschaft″] {{in lang|de}}. ChessBase. 29 May 2005.
In 2006, Wojtaszek played for the Polish team at the Chess Olympiad in Turin scoring 9 points out of 11 games.{{cite web|author=Wojciech Bartelski |url=http://www.olimpbase.org/players/vxjvvjjj.html |title=Men's Chess Olympiads :: Radosław Wojtaszek |publisher=OlimpBase|access-date=20 October 2011}}
In December 2008, he won the 8th Amplico AIG Life International – European Rapid Chess Championship in Warsaw.{{Cite web|last=Bartel|first=Mateusz|author-link=Mateusz Bartel|date=22 December 2008|title=Radoslaw Wojtaszek Superior at the European Rapid Championship|url=http://tournaments.chessdom.com/european-rapid-chess-championship-day-2|access-date=29 July 2020|website=Chessdom|publisher=WordPress}}{{cite web|url=http://www.archiwum.poloniachess.pl/amplico2008/results/tournament_table_acc_places.html|title=VIII Międzynarodowy Turniej Szachowy Amplico AIG Life – Tabela turniejowa|website=archiwum.poloniachess.pl |date=21 December 2008 |access-date=20 October 2011}}
In 2009, Wojtaszek finished second in the Polish Championship, shared second place with Michael Roiz at the first Lublin Grandmaster Tournament and won the Najdorf Memorial in Warsaw.
In January 2010, Wojtaszek tied for 1st–5th with Eduardas Rozentalis, Pavel Ponkratov, Luke McShane and Igor Lysyj at the 39th Rilton Cup in Stockholm{{cite web|last=Crowther|first=Mark|date=11 January 2010|title=Rilton Cup 2009-10|url=http://www.theweekinchess.com/html/twic792.html#5|access-date=26 August 2015|website=The Week in Chess}} and finished again second in the Polish Championship.
He won the 5th Polonia Wrocław Open in July 2010.{{cite web|author=Crowther|first=Mark|date=28 June 2010|title=Polonia Wroclaw Chess Festival|url=https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic817.html#4|access-date=26 August 2015|website=The Week in Chess}} In August of the same year, he won the 4th San Juan International Tournament in Pamplona with 6½/9.{{cite web|author=Mark Crowther|url=http://www.theweekinchess.com/html/twic822.html|title=IV Torneo Internacional A.D.San Juan|website=The Week in Chess |date=9 August 2010|access-date=26 August 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://chess-results.com/tnr34216.aspx?art=4&lan=1&turdet=YES&flag=30&m=-1&wi=1000 |title=IV Torneo Internacional A.D.San Juan|website=chess-results.com|access-date=20 October 2011}}
At the Chess Olympiad in Khanty Mansiysk, Wojtaszek played on top board for Poland scoring 6/9. In June 2011, he won the 9th György Marx Memorial tournament in Paks, Hungary.{{cite web|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/wojtaszek-wins-gyrgy-marx-memorial-with-2900-performance|title=Wojtaszek wins György Marx Memorial with 2900 performance|date=29 June 2011|publisher=ChessBase|access-date=29 July 2020}} In December 2013, he took clear first with 6/7 in the 37th Zurich Christmas Open.{{cite web|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/wojtaszek-is-first-at-zurich-open|title=Wojtaszek is first at Zurich Open|date=3 January 2013|publisher=ChessBase|access-date=4 January 2014}}
File:Wojtaszek,Radoslaw und Kashlinskaya,Alina 2017 Dortmund.jpeg in 2017]]
In 2014, he won for the second time the Polish Championship.
In January 2015, Wojtaszek took part in Tata Steel Masters tournament in Wijk aan Zee, finishing ninth out of 14 players. He scored 5½/13 and was the only player to have defeated World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen as well as the world's second highest rated player, Fabiano Caruana.{{cite web|url=https://www.tatasteelchess.com/archive/tournament?id=84&type=standings&group=1|title=Standings of Tata Steel Masters 2015|website=tatasteelchess.com|access-date=28 July 2020}} In July 2015, he placed second in the Biel Grandmaster Tournament scoring 6/10.{{cite web|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/biel-final-mvl-wins-again|title=Biel Final: MVL wins again!|author=Alejandro Ramirez|website=ChessBase|date=30 July 2015|access-date=26 August 2015}}
In April 2016, he won the Polish Championship for the third time, scoring 6½/9.{{Cite web|date=8 April 2016|title=Soćko and Wojtaszek are 2016 Chess Champions of Poland|url=http://www.chessdom.com/socko-and-wojtaszek-are-2016-chess-champions-of-poland/|access-date=29 July 2020|website=Chessdom}}
In July 2017, Wojtaszek won the Dortmund tournament, scoring 4½ out of 7, ahead of players like Vladimir Kramnik and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. He was unbeaten in that tournament, winning games against Wang Yue and Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (both with white pieces).{{Cite web|last=Crowther|first=Mark|date=23 July 2017|title=Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2017|url=https://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/events/dortmund-sparkassen-chess-meeting-2017|access-date=28 July 2020|website=The Week in Chess}}
In April 2018, he participated in the fifth edition of Shamkir Chess, finishing fifth with a score of 4½/9 (+1–1=7).{{cite web|url =http://shamkirchess.com/content/5|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20160528164617/http://www.shamkirchess.com/content/5|url-status =usurped|archive-date =28 May 2016|title =Results: Cross Table|publisher =Shamkir Chess|date =28 April 2018}}
In October 2018, his team AVE Novy Bor finished second at the 34th European Chess Club Cup held in Porto Carras, Greece.{{Cite web|last=Crowther|first=Mark|date=12 October 2018|title=34th European Club Cup 2018|url=https://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/events/34th-european-club-cup-2018|access-date=28 July 2020|website=The Week in Chess}} Wojtaszek drew against Magnus Carlsen, among others.{{cite web|last=McGourty|first=Colin|date=15 October 2018|title=Euro Clubs 2-3: Team Magnus impress|url=https://chess24.com/en/read/news/euro-clubs-2-3-team-magnus-impress|access-date=28 July 2020|website=chess24.com}} In the same month, he also won the Chess.com Isle of Man International tournament with a score 7/9 after a play-off match against Arkadij Naiditsch.{{cite web|date=29 October 2018|title=Spouses win 2018 Chess.com Isle of Man|url=http://www.chessdom.com/spouses-win-2018-chess-com-isle-of-man/|access-date=28 July 2020|website=Chessdom}}
In 2019, he qualified for the FIDE Grand Prix for the first time. His best result was at the Moscow tournament. In the first round he knocked out Shakhriyar Mamedyarov then Peter Svidler in the quarterfinals to progress to the semifinals. Here he was defeated by Ian Nepomniachtchi in tie-breaks, who won in the fourth rapid game, after the first three encounters finished drawn.{{cite web |last1=Pereira |first1=Antonio |title=Moscow GP: Nepomniachtchi reaches the final |url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/moscow-grand-prix-2019-r3-d3 |website=Chessbase.com |date=26 May 2019 |access-date=28 July 2020}} In Hamburg and Jerusalem, he was knocked out in the first round by Alexander Grischuk and Dmitry Andreikin respectively.{{Cite web|title=FIDE Grand Prix Hamburg: Rapid & blitz drama on Day 3|url=https://www.fide.com/news/190|access-date=28 July 2020|website=www.fide.com}}{{Cite web|title=Vachier-Lagrave and Nepomniachtchi still in the hunt|url=https://www.fide.com/news/267|access-date=28 July 2020|website=www.fide.com}}
In 2020, Wojtaszek won the Biel Chess Festival. The tournament format consisted of 28 games in various time controls (7 classical, 7 rapid and 14 blitz) competing against seven other highly ranked grandmasters. The final standings had him on 37 points, half a point ahead of second place Pentala Harikrishna.{{cite web |title=Grandmaster Triathlon |url=https://www.bielchessfestival.ch/Tournaments/Closed-Tournament/Grandmaster-Tournament.html |website=Biel International Chess Festival |access-date=30 July 2020 |archive-date=1 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801054802/https://www.bielchessfestival.ch/Tournaments/Closed-Tournament/Grandmaster-Tournament.html |url-status=dead }}
Through February and March 2022, Wojtaszek played in the FIDE Grand Prix 2022 as a replacement. In the first leg and only leg in which he played, he tied for first with Richárd Rapport in Pool B with a 3.5/6 result in the classical format, and then going on to lose 0.5/2 in rapid tiebreakers. He finished the tournament with four points.
In 2023, he won silver medal in the Polish Chess Championship.[http://www.szachypolskie.pl/mistrzostwa-polski-mezczyzn-w-szachach-2023/ Mistrzostwa Polski Mężczyzn w Szachach 2023] In May 2024, in Rzeszów he won in Polish Chess Championship.[http://www.szachypolskie.pl/mistrzostwa-polski-mezczyzn-w-szachach-2024/ 81. Indywidualne Mistrzostwa Polski Mężczyzn w Szachach]
Personal life
Wojtaszek is married to Russian-born Polish chess player Alina Kashlinskaya.{{cite web|url=http://chess-news.ru/node/19505|title=Another Chess Family Will Be Born Today in Moscow|date=7 September 2015|website=Chess-news.ru|access-date=10 July 2015}}
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