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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 4 OF 8 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jan-31-06    Joshka: <Amber Berglund> Amber, Alex has to contact the American Foundation 4 Chess, as soon as possbile!! John Henderson needs his contract for the upcoming US Championship!! They also are trying to locate Emory Tate as well! Jan-31-06    Fan of Leko: <He's 42, what do you want?> From the photo i would have guessed 50-55. Feb-01-06    Joshka: <chessgames.com> Do you have a way of contacting Alek or Emory Tate? Feb-26-06    Reorder: I take it that Alex and Emory Tate have both contacted the American Foundation by now for the US Championship? If not, post again asap. Feb-26-06    Reorder: Hever mind, I just found him on the list. Gosh, I forgot it was coming up so soon. I've been doing my own thing, not paying attention at all! Apr-23-06    Knight13: I met him today at 13th Spacecoast Open. He sure goes to a lot of out-of-state tournaments!! Apr-26-06    Reorder: I tried to find that tournament on the internet. Couldn't find it. Do you have a link to it? He goes to a lot of tournaments, period, but that's his life, chess. Alex is a nice guy. Janet May-03-06    Gala: Is he?! Perhaps, he’s changed his attitude. May-03-06    Reorder: I don't know who you are or what your encounters with him have been. But I do believe that anything on this Earth can be forgiven. Jun-17-06    BIDMONFA: Aleksander Wojtkiewicz WOJTKIEWICZ, Aleksander http://www.bidmonfa.com/wojtkiewicz... _ Jun-17-06    WTHarvey: Here are some critical positions from Aleksander's games: http://www.wtharvey.com/wojt.html Jun-17-06    Joshka: Alek is one of the nicest gents ya ever wanna chat with if given the chance, seems like he keeps his ego checked at the board during game time!:-) Jun-17-06    dakgootje: Looks JUST like my teacher literature. Though im quite sure they differ a lot in personality Jun-20-06    Reorder: BIdmonfa, that's a good picture of Alex. When was it taken? Jun-20-06    Calli: Ignore Bidmonfa! Just learn how to Google pictures and have a good time: http://images.google.com/images?as_... Jul-05-06    Reorder: In case you didn't see it, here's an article I enjoyed reading: http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/ju... Jul-06-06    Joshka: <reorder> Thanks for the article link, never even heard of Pawel before, nice read. Jul-14-06    Gala: With great regret I would like to inform all kibitzers that GM Aleksander Wojtkiewicz has died today. Jul-14-06    Reorder: I am so sad. I'm going to Amber. She's going to be okay, but this is just so incredibly sad. I can't believe it. So young. Janet Jul-14-06    weltschmertz: this is horrible. how did he die? Jul-14-06    Reorder: I'm not sure yet. It sounds like some kind of aneurysm burst, but I could be way off base. I'm sure we'll know more soon. Janet Jul-15-06    orio24: <Gala> That is sad. I can't believe that. Where did you learn the news? Jul-15-06    Gala: Amber called Jaan Ehlvest and he called me. Jul-15-06    Reorder: I learned it from Amber. I still can't believe it. Jul-15-06    Benzol: Just read on Susan Polgar's thread of his passing. Very sad to hear of this. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 8) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 4 OF 8 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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