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Aleksander Wojtkiewicz

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ALEKSANDER WOJTKIEWICZ (born Jan-15-1963, died Jul-14-2006, 43 years old) Poland (federation/nationality United States of America) [what is this?] Aleksander Wojtkiewicz (pronounced Voit-kyev-ich) was born in Riga, Latvia to a Polish father (Pavel Voitkevich) and Russian mother. He was Polish by nationality. He became a Soviet master at the age of 15. He was a member of a human rights organization in Latvia. In 1986, Wojtkiewicz was imprisoned for refusing to join the Soviet Army and was imprisoned for 1½ years. In 1986, he immigrated to Warsaw, Poland. He won two Polish championships (1989, 1995). In 1989, he became a Grandmaster. He represented Poland on first board in several chess Olympiads and European teams championships. In the late nineties, he was banned from representing Poland in international tournaments after arguments between him and former communists heading the Polish Chess Federation. In 1998, he moved to the United States. In 1999, he was on the team of Alexander Khalifman, and help him win the 1999 World Championship in Las Vegas. He won the US Grand Prix 6 times in a row (1999-2004). In 2001, he won the US Open. At the time of his death, he was leading the Grand Prix for 2006. In 2006, he won or tied for first in the Columbus Open, the National Open, the Kentucky Open, the DC Action Championship, and the World Open. He played chess in 48 states and 6 continents. He died in Baltimore on July 14, 2006 of internal bleeding (perforated intestine) at the age of 43. He never married, but in 1993 he had a son, Yosef, with Laima Domarkaite, a Lithuanian chess player. His last FIDE rating was 2562. Wikipedia article: Aleksander Wojtkiewicz Last updated: 2022-05-31 16:47:05

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page 1 of 76; games 1-25 of 1,897  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Shleifman vs A Wojtkiewicz   0-1 45 1977 Latvian Junior Championship B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 2. A Wojtkiewicz vs A Sokolov   0-1 40 1978 USSR Junior Team Championship B83 Sicilian 3. A Wojtkiewicz vs T Khasanov   1-0 22 1978 USSR Junior Team Championship C10 French 4. V Terentiev vs A Wojtkiewicz 1-0 27 1979 URS B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 5. R Freimanis vs A Wojtkiewicz 0-1 39 1979 LAT A65 Benoni, 6.e4 6. A Wojtkiewicz vs Salov   0-1 47 1979 USSR Junior Championship B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 7. A Wojtkiewicz vs E Rajskij   1-0 26 1979 USSR Junior Championship B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 8. Salov vs A Wojtkiewicz   ½-½ 69 1979 Junior Selection Tournament B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen 9. V Sergeev vs A Wojtkiewicz   0-1 30 1979 Junior Selection Tournament A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 10. A Wojtkiewicz vs Ehlvest   0-1 73 1979 Junior Selection Tournament C15 French, Winawer 11. V Zhuravliov vs A Wojtkiewicz   1-0 46 1980 Latvian Championship A48 King's Indian 12. Klovans vs A Wojtkiewicz   0-1 64 1980 Latvian Championship B83 Sicilian 13. A Wojtkiewicz vs I Kivlan 1-0 49 1980 Latvian Championship B32 Sicilian 14. J Saksis vs A Wojtkiewicz 0-1 37 1980 Latvian Championship B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 15. A Wojtkiewicz vs E Priednieks   1-0 26 1980 Latvian Championship C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical 16. A Wojtkiewicz vs Y Agafonov   1-0 39 1980 Latvian Championship B05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern 17. A Wojtkiewicz vs Z Lanka   ½-½ 64 1980 Latvian Championship B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 18. A Vitolinsh vs A Wojtkiewicz 1-0 37 1980 Riga B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 19. A Wojtkiewicz vs V Levchenkov   1-0 47 1980 Latvian Championship C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense 20. A Kveinys vs A Wojtkiewicz   0-1 32 1980 USSR Junior Championship B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 21. A Wojtkiewicz vs Ehlvest   0-1 25 1980 USSR Junior Championship B83 Sicilian 22. A Wojtkiewicz vs I Lutsko   1-0 33 1980 USSR Junior Championship B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 23. A Wojtkiewicz vs A Sokolov   1-0 30 1980 Junior Selection Tournament B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 24. A Wojtkiewicz vs I Efimov   0-1 41 1980 Junior Selection Tournament B33 Sicilian 25. Salov vs A Wojtkiewicz   1-0 46 1980 Junior Selection Tournament B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack  page 1 of 76; games 1-25 of 1,897

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 3 OF 8 ·  Later Kibitzing> Sep-14-05    JustAFish: <who only plays fish for 1 or 2 rating points per game> Funny, I don't recall playing any "ekes" lately. Sep-14-05    roni.chessman: <Sneaky> Hey sneakmeister...what's ur account name in FICS? Mine is <ronichessman>, i have reached a peak of 1940+ in FICS but lost some and crashed to 1877. Anyways, we can play blitz or my favourite standard time limit - 30 + 90 Sep-14-05    Sneaky: I've been "Sneaky" on FICS since 1995. Sep-14-05    Koster: <Sneaky:> I never had the attention span for that kind of thing. I think I play my best against slightly stronger players and often get careless against much lower rateds. Sep-14-05    Koster: <Sneaky: I should add as a warning to hopeful "ekes" out there--one day you'll play somebody rated 1250 who has Fritz 9 fired up. Good luck!!> The same can happen OTB when you play one of these juniors who is improving so fast that the rating is ridiculously low. Once I was just below 2100 and was lucky to get a draw with a young teenager rated low 1600s. Today he is over 2300. Oct-27-05    Amber Berglund: This is an official announcement. Alex and I are no-longer a couple. We have separated and he is free to see other people as he likes. I am separating myself from Chess and everyone associated with Chess. I am not an anti-Semite and neither is Alex. I'm half Jewish. I believe in monogamy. Alex is a great person and I wish him the best. Oct-27-05    Koster: <Amber Berglund: This is an official announcement. Alex and I are no-longer a couple. We have separated and he is free to see other people as he likes. I am separating myself from Chess and everyone associated with Chess. I am not an anti-Semite and neither is Alex. I'm half Jewish. I believe in monogamy.> Do you look anything like Sofie Polgar? If so, send recent photo. I don't associate with chess players anymore either. As far as monogamy is concerned, your religion, whatever it is, is your business. We all have our own beliefs, but who really knows? Oct-27-05    keypusher: Very sorry, Ms. Berglund. We all wish you well. Nov-07-05    Amber Berglund: Okay, now we are officially back together again. Sometimes, Alex can be a real creep. Nov-07-05    aw1988: Chess players can be. Nov-07-05    stijn: <Amber Berglund> Nobody cares. Nov-07-05    tpstar: <Amber Berglund> Congratulations on reconciling and making the best of it. Chess players are often a little "touched" because it's such an individual pursuit, so please try not to think badly of all chess players, even if we are a bit weird. For some of us, it's preserving our sanity. ;>D Best wishes for the future. Nov-07-05    DP12: I have 0-5 against this guy it is so annoying.... His style is really,really nice because it is based upon understanding not hard work. Wojtkiewicz would never play the Colle, he loves to play fianchetto against everything and he knows the resulting positions so well. Also he has such a nice feeling for chess, even if he is too lazy to use it properly. I recently had the pleasure of watching him analyse a game, which I assure you he almost never does at least in public, and you could just hear the understanding and clarity of thinking. He would say things like "white has excellent compensation for a pawn" or "the 2 central pawns are worth much more than the 3 wing ones" and it all ended up true even if he was making mistakes in analysis and calculations. Its ashame that such a great talent has ended up the way it has. Nov-07-05    alexandrovm: <Its ashame that such a great talent has ended up the way it has.> I'm curious...how did he ended up? Nov-07-05    DP12: This is a guy who was one of Tal's proteges. Now, he is just playing tournaments like a robot almost because he has no choice. Whenever, he plays a really good guy he doesn't really want to beat him---- just to survive him and go down to play some guy like me and crush me. It's almost like he has lost the desire and to some extent the ability to really play chess up to his potential. His rating declines continuously because of this as well. Nov-08-05    notsodeepthought: <stijn: <Amber Berglund> Nobody cares.> A little harsh, but funny... Nov-08-05    alexandrovm: <just to survive him and go down to play some guy like me and crush me.> thanks for your replay. And now you play him in real tournaments or in the internet (like chessgames from chessbase for example) Nov-09-05    keypusher: <Amber Berglund> Would be happy to be pointed to any games Alex Wojtkiewicz is particularly proud of. Nov-09-05    Amber Berglund: Alex isn't dead, DP12... you don't "end up" until you are in the ground. It's smart to play safe against strong players, and he's not a robot. We all have choices. Alex could get a "normal" job, as I've stated before, a year ago, he plays tournaments because that is his choice. He fluently writes and speaks five languages. Just because he dresses like he's homeless doesn't mean he is, actually. He's not walking around shoeless, scoping the sidewalks for cigarette butts, yet. He has a closet full of decent clothes that he never wears because they are "too formal" and he isn't big on laundry. His rating has been declining because, now, he has a life. He's 42, what do you want? He's still in the top-10. His focus has shifted to teaching and training Kamil Miton, the E.U. and what is happening politically in Poland. He's distracted. He spends hours and hours on Polish websites, posting and talking to people about Polish politics until 5 a.m. He's obsessed with what's happening there. Sometimes he will stay up for two-days straight on Polish politics, Earl Grey tea and obsessive anger. and that stijn is a 17 year-old French kid, I don't expect him or anyone else to care. I'm a narcissist and sometimes I need an audience. Nov-09-05    DP12: Of course I wasn't trying to deny Wojtkiewicz's genius or imply he was homeless or even as jobless as <BadTemper>. I am just saying that as a chessplayer he never reached his zenith. Not even meant negatively because like I said he has consistently crushed me in a most unpleasant way. Nov-09-05    DP12: I just meant the 1-0 or 1-1 is jobless and no I don't. Nov-13-05    alexandrovm: <I said he has consistently crushed me in a most unpleasant way.> in tournaments or in the internet? Nov-14-05    DP12: in US tournaments Nov-15-05    alexandrovm: <DP12: in US tournaments> thanks for the info. What is your current ELO? (not the american, but the ELO from FIDE) Dec-20-05    Daodejing: Nice combination:Very well played by Alex Wojtkiewicz vs Emms, 1992 Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 8) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 3 OF 8 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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