Włodzimierz Schmidt

{{Short description|Polish chess grandmaster (1943–2023)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}

{{Infobox chess biography

|image = 2021-Schmidt-Wlodzimierz.JPG

|country = Poland

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1943|4|10|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Posen, Wartheland, Germany

|death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|4|1|1943|4|10|df=yes}}

|death_place =

|title = Grandmaster (1976)

|peakrating = 2505 (January 1978)

}}

Włodzimierz Schmidt (10 April 1943 – 1 April 2023) was a Polish chess grandmaster.

Schmidt played for Poland 14 times in Chess Olympiads between 1962 and 1994.[http://www.olimpbase.org/players/ww6emkok.html OlimpBase Men's Chess Olympiads Włodzimierz Schmidt]

He was Polish Champion seven times: in 1971, 1974, 1975, 1981, 1988, 1990 and 1994.

In tournaments, Schmidt won or tied for 1st at Lublin 1970, Polanica Zdrój 1973, Malmö 1977, Bagneux 1980, Polanica Zdrój 1981, Smederevo 1981 and Vinkovci 1986.

Schmidt was awarded the IM title in 1968 and the GM title in 1976. In 2004, Schmidt was awarded the title of FIDE Senior Trainer.[http://www.fide.com/info/arbiters-trainers?task=arbiter&aid=1812 Arbiters / Trainers]

Schmidt died on 1 April 2023, at the age of 79.[https://przegladsportowy.onet.pl/szachy/nie-zyje-wlodzimierz-schmidt-byl-odznaczany-krzyzem-kawalerskim/dwcd2me Nie żyje Włodzimierz Schmidt. Jako pierwszy Polak zdobył tytuł arcymistrza] {{in lang|pl}}