DARIUSZ SWIERCZ (born May-31-1994, 30 years old) Poland (federation/nationality United States of America) [what is this?] World Junior Champion (2011); World U18 Champion (2012). Born in Tarnowskie, Dariusz learned chess at 3, was an FM by 2004, an IM in 2008, and a GM in 2009 at the age of 14 years 7 months and 29 days. Championships <Youth> Polish U10 champion 2002; European U9 champion 2003; 3rd in the U10 European Boys championship; Polish U12 champion 2005 and 2006; Polish U14 champion 2007; European Union U14 champion 2007; and in November 2012, he won the 2012 World U18 Championship. <Junior (U20)> 2nd at the 17th European Youth Championship 2007; 3rd in the 2008 World Youth Championship U14; and 3rd in the World Junior Championship (2010). He won the World Junior Championship (2011) on count back from Robert Hovhannisyan, both scoring 10.5/13. As World Junior Champion of 2011, he qualified to play in the World Cup 2013. <World> He defeated Russian GM Vadim Zvjaginsev in the first round of the World Cup (2013) but was eliminated from the Cup by Russian GM Alexander Grischuk in the second round. Tournaments His best results were 2nd in the Zabranska Jesien 2004; 1st in the Polonia Club Tournament; 1st at the Zabrzanskie Lato 2006; 1st in the City of Sydney Championship in 2007; =4th in the 2007 Crakovia Open; 2nd in the Marianske Lazne 2008 - GM (A1) tournament; 6.5/11 in the 9th European Individual Championships 2008; =2nd at the 44th Rubinstein Memorial. He was =3rd in the World Junior Championship (2010) and won the Cultural Village Tournament 2010 with 7/10, thereby gaining an invitation to the Tata Steel Group C (2011) event at Wijk aan Zee (formerly Corus), where he came =4th with 7.5/13. He scored 6.5/9, one point off the lead in the powerful 2010 Chigorin Memorial in St Petersburg defeating GM Dmitry Bocharov and losing only to GM Denis Khismatullin. In 2011, he has come =4th in the Polish Championship, scored 6/11 in the European Championship (2011), and come =1st alongside compatriot Tomasz Markowski in the Miguel Najdorf International Chess Festival in Warsaw. He also scored 7/10 in the International Open in Barcelona held in August 2011 and 6/9 at the International Bavarian Open in October. The beginning of 2012 was slow for Swiercz, scoring only 3/9 at the Moscow Open D and shedding 18 rating points, but he has made up lost ground in the 2011-12 Czech Extraliga, in the European Championship (2012) where he scored 6/11, the IV International Grandmasters' Tournament the Lublin Union Memorial (3/5), and at the Golden Sands (2012) (6.5/9). He represented Poland on board 4, scoring 7/10 (TPR 2705) and placing 5th overall on that board. He scored 6.5/9 at the Chigorin Memorial (2012), adding a few points to his ratings card but then lost a few points with a slightly under-strength 6.5/10 result at Gibraltar Masters (2013). He placed =2nd in the Biel Open (Masters division) in July 2014, a point behind the winner, Baskaran Adhiban. He was =4th at the 13th World University Chess Championship held in August 2014 in Poland. In October 2016 he finished 1st in the 3rd Millionaire Chess Open. In October 2017 he finished equal 1st in the 11th Spice Cup Open. Team events <Olympiad> Swiercz played board four for Poland at the Istanbul Olympiad (2012) in Istanbul, placing 5th overall for his board, and helping his team to 13th place. <Other national representation> He played top board for Poland in the European U18 Team Championship, winning team silver. He also represented Poland on board two in the European Team Championship (2013), scoring 5.5/9 for a near 2700 performance. In December 2017 he helped his team St. Louis University to 2nd place in the Pan American Intercollegiate Team Chess 2017. <National Leagues> Swiercz played with KSz Polonia Wrocław from 2009 to 2014 in the Polish Ekstraliga, winning one team gold, 3 team bronzes, 1 individual gold and 3 individual bronzes to date. He also played in the Czech Extraliga from 2011 to 2015, playing for TJ Tatran Litovel from 2011-2014, helping his team to bronze medals in 2010-11 and 2012-13. In 2014-15 he switched to the AD Mahrla Prague club, playing board three, although neither he nor his team were on the leader board on that occasion. In the 2013 season, he played top board for the Rueil Malmaison team in the French Top 12 League where he scored 7.5/11, picking up enough rating points to have him knocking on the door of the world's top 100 (July 2013). A month later, he scored 7/12 in the 2013 season of the Turkish League, and thereby won enough rating points to enter the top 100 (at #99) for the first time. He played with SK Turm Emsdetten in the 2013-14 Bundesliga, his team placing 7th out of 16. He also played for SK Turm Emsdetten in the 2014-15 Bundesliga. Rating and ranking Swiercz's highest rating was 2670 in August 2019.. Sources and references Photo>: http://www.bidmonfa.com/swiercz_dar...; ICC: daro94; Wikipedia article: Dariusz Świercz Last updated: 2021-11-27 21:21:03

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page 1 of 36; games 1-25 of 897  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. V Kulakov vs Swiercz   1-0 73 2001 EYCC B10 D02 Queen's Pawn Game 2. O Wieczorek vs Swiercz   1-0 65 2003 POL-ch U10 B32 Sicilian 3. S Sjugirov vs Swiercz   1-0 67 2003 EU-ch U10 B40 Sicilian 4. T Petenyi vs Swiercz   ½-½ 42 2003 EU-ch U10 B41 Sicilian, Kan 5. Swiercz vs So 1-0 73 2003 Wch U10 B33 Sicilian 6. Swiercz vs H S Gretarsson   1-0 58 2003 Wch U10 B53 Sicilian 7. O Wieczorek vs Swiercz   0-1 19 2004 EU-ch U10 B01 Scandinavian 8. Swiercz vs A Shomoev   ½-½ 32 2005 European Championship B54 Sicilian 9. Ftacnik vs Swiercz   1-0 29 2005 European Championship D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 10. W Moranda vs Swiercz   1-0 35 2005 European Championship B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 11. Swiercz vs M Bakalarz 0-1 24 2005 European Championship C02 French, Advance 12. M Ondozi vs Swiercz   ½-½ 35 2005 European Championship B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 13. Swiercz vs H Asauskas   0-1 59 2005 European Championship C45 Scotch Game 14. M Tazbir vs Swiercz   1-0 26 2005 European Championship B41 Sicilian, Kan 15. Robson vs Swiercz   1-0 40 2005 Wch U12 B42 Sicilian, Kan 16. H S Gretarsson vs Swiercz   0-1 28 2005 Wch U12 A15 English 17. D Szoen vs Swiercz   0-1 61 2006 Barlinek Lasker mem-A B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 18. M Berchtenbreiter vs Swiercz   0-1 53 2006 EU-ch U12 B22 Sicilian, Alapin 19. Swiercz vs V Malaniuk   0-1 29 2007 Cracovia op-A 17th A80 Dutch 20. W Moranda vs Swiercz   1-0 59 2007 Cracovia op-A 17th A57 Benko Gambit 21. Swiercz vs E Weinzettl   0-1 52 2007 Marianske Lazne IM C08 French, Tarrasch, Open, 4.ed ed 22. M Berchtenbreiter vs Swiercz   0-1 29 2007 EU Union-ch U14 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 23. Swiercz vs T Petenyi   ½-½ 19 2007 EU-ch U14 17th B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 24. Swiercz vs G Popilski   1-0 22 2007 EU-ch U14 17th B44 Sicilian 25. S Sjugirov vs Swiercz   1-0 66 2007 EU-ch U14 17th B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line  page 1 of 36; games 1-25 of 897

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jun-23-10    twinlark: Hi Tabanus! These teenage GM prodigies are springing up like weeds these days! There were five in the twentieth century younger than Bobby Fischer, and nearly twenty in the decade since. Aug-06-10    BIDMONFA: Dariusz Swiercz SWIERCZ, Dariusz http://www.bidmonfa.com/swiercz_dar... _ Aug-06-10    polarmis: He's started with 3/3 at the World Junior Chess Championship. It'll be interesting to see if he can push on now from the 2500 mark - in a recent interview the President of the Polish Chess Federation outlined Darek's new sponsorship program funded by Microsoft: http://www.chessintranslation.com/2... Aug-18-10    Tabanus: Placed 3rd in World Junior Ch (Poland) 2-17 August 2010: http://www.chessarbiter.to.pl/turni... Nov-23-10    slomarko: Interesting game today by Swiercz: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3 e6 9. Be3 h5 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. Be2 b5 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rad1 b4 14. Na4 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bf2 Qc7 17. Bg3 Qa5 18. c4 bxc3 19. Nxc3 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Rd8 21. Bh4 Be7 22. Bxe7 Kxe7 23. Kh1 Nf6 24. Qb2 Ba8 25. Nb3 Rb8 26. c4 Qb4 27. Qe5 Rhd8 28. Qc7+ Ke8 29. c5 Bd5 30. Bxa6 Ra8 31. Be2 Rxa2 32. Nd4 Qb8 33. Bb5+ Kf8 34. Qxb8 Rxb8 35. Rfe1 Rc8 36. c6 Ne8 37. Ra1 Rd2 38. Red1 Rxd1+ 39. Rxd1 Nc7 40. Bf1 Rb8 41. Kg1 Rb2 42. h4 Ke7 43. Kh2 g6 44. Kg3 Kd6 45. Rc1 e5 46. Nc2 Rb3 47. Ne1 Rb6 48. Nd3 Bxc6 49. Re1 f6 50. Rd1 Bd5 51. Nf2 Ke6 52. Bd3 f5 53. Rc1 Ne8 54. Nh3 Nf6 55. Rc7 Kd6 56. Rg7 Kc5 57. Kh2 Kd4 58. Bf1 Ne8 59. Re7 Re6 60. Rd7 Rd6 61. Ra7 Nf6 62. Ra4+ Ke3 63. Ra3+ Kd2 64. Rd3+ Ke1 65. Kg1 e4 66. Rd4 Rb6 67. Nf4 click for larger view black position is already a bit dangerous, he should have moved the bishop somewhere instead.... 67...gf3?? is already losing. 68. gxf3 Bxf3 69. Be2! click for larger view no defense 69...Bxe2 70.Ng2# Nov-24-10    slomarko: Dariusz won the Cultural Village tournament and qualified for the Corus C tournament. Congratulations! http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessne... Nov-26-10    polarmis: Thanks, Slomarko - I'd actually seen the first few rounds of this tournament and then forgotten about it (after three draws I thought the chances of him reaching Wijk were slim). Anyway, I've now written a bit about Świercz at the bottom of this post: http://www.chessintranslation.com/2... It's funny that in the final round Darek's trainer beat the other player who could have finished first! Nov-26-10    slomarko: polarmis, very good article! I have followed the tournament and I have to say that Darek was a bit lucky. For example in the game against that Indian guy he was a pawn down and I think close to losing at one point but managed to save it. In the last round his position also looked a bit suspect to me. But anyway he never lost faith and fought on and as for everything in life in chess you need a bit of luck :D Feb-15-11    polarmis: Nice game today at the Polish Championship today: http://www.mp2011.pl/node/421 click for larger view Marcel Kanarek has just played 21. Nc3. The combination that Swiercz plays isn't hard to see, but just glancing at the position you wouldn't really expect the c3-knight to be taken by the h6-rook in only 3 moves! Aug-08-11    notyetagm: Dariusz Swiercz Can you recall what issue of CT you wrote of the ending to the game <Swiercz-Burg Cultural Village Tournament 2010>? Reply Jeff Hall to Alexander show details Jan 17 The game was played in late November 2010. <It's the great self-blocking 69 Bf1-e2! Bf3xBe2 70 Nf4-g2#.> I cannot find it in my issues of Chess Today. If yoo don't have time, it's no problem. I was just hoping that you had a faster way of searching back issues then I did. Thanks Aug-15-11    TugasKamagong: Finished in a tie with Hovhannisyan, but winner after the tiebreak. Great show, 2011 WJC in Chennai. Congratulations, Darek! Aug-15-11    siamesedream: Congrats to Darek for winning Gold! Aug-15-11    twinlark: Well done and congratulations on winning the World Junior Championship. Aug-15-11    uribe: Congratulations! Please post a picture of the newly crowned world junior champion. Feb-25-12    Penguincw: Dariusz Swiercz won today with a slick combination. Swiercz-Leniart 60.♗d4! Black to move. click for larger view The last move is a fork with the bishop and rook. If 60...♗xd4 then 61.b8=♕ g1=♕ ♖xg1 ♖xg1... click for larger view and it's a win... ENDGAME STATS ♔♕♙ vs. ♔♖♗♙ Superior (White) 43.6% Draw: Happens 56.4% click for larger view less than half of the time. This is someone rated lower than you, and you have white. It has to be a win. Plus, you're at -1. Instead, what was played was 60...g1=♕ 61.♖xg1 ♖xg1 62.♗xe5 1-0. click for larger view Brilliant! Very natural is to grab the rook, but I can't say it's a win. ENDGAME STATS ♔♗♙♙ vs. ♔♗♙ Superior (White): 48.4% Draw: Happens 51% Inferior (Black): 0.6% Endgame Explorer: BPP vs BP However, grabbing the bishop is winning. The rook can not sac itself for the pawn, because the king covers b1 and the black pawn stops black from getting to g8. Also, checks can only last very long. 62...♖g2+ 63.♔b3 and black can not check on g3 because of the bishop. Lastly, black can not even gain the a3 pawn because a1 and g3 are both covered. ENDGAME STATS ♔♕♗♙ vs. ♔♖♙ One example: V Takhtarov vs V Vepkhvishvili, 1970 The superior side (in that game black) eventually won. :) May-31-13    ketchuplover: Happy birthday young man :) Aug-25-13    notyetagm: D Swiercz vs T Burg, 2010 69 ? click for larger view 69 ♗f1-e2!! Δ ♖d4-d1#! <<interpose: f3->d1@e2+f4> click for larger view 69 ... ♗f3x♗e2 <self-block: e2-flight> click for larger view 70 ♘f4-g2# <deflection: g2-sq> click for larger view Swiercz's 69 ♗f1-e2!! is a -stupendously- brilliant move. What does it do? 1) <INTERFERENCE>: it <CLOSES THE LINE> of the <DEFENDING> Black f3-bishop to the critical d1-sq to threaten the <SNAP MATE> 70 ♖d4-d1# while also putting the <UNPROTECTED> Black f3-bishop <EN PRISE>. 2) <SELF-BLOCK>: 69 ... ♗f3x♗e2 results in the light-squared Black bishop <BLOCKING> the important <FLIGHT SQUARE> e2-flight of the Black e1-king, leaving His Majesty <STALEMATED>. 3) <DEFLECTION>: the Black f3-bishop cannot <PROTECT> the e2-flight and also <PROTECT> the g2-checking sq. Brilliant move by Swiercz at a clutch time: winning this game won the <2010 CULTURAL VILLAGE TOURNAMENT> for Swiercz, earning him a spot in the <2011 TATA STEEL C> group. Tata Steel (Group C) (2011)/Dariusz Swiercz Jul-02-15    dumbgai: Is Swiercz the same name as Schwartz/Schwarz/Swartz? Oct-10-16    ManicSquirrel: Congratulations to GM Swiercz for winning the 3rd Millionaire Chess Open! Oct-11-16    WorstPlayerEver: Świercz is a polish name. Black (schwarz, zwart) means czarny in Polish. Dec-01-18    sonia91: This former world junior champion just switched federation from Poland to USA: https://ratings.fide.com/fedchange.... Mar-05-19    sonia91: He is top board of US in the World Team Championship in Astana, Kazakhstan. Today, in the first round, Swiercz made his debut in the US team with a win against Bassem Amin (rated 2709) of Egypt. Oct-27-20    Penguincw: Just found out he is now an American, and playing in the US Championship. Nice! Aug-21-21    MissScarlett: Wait, Swiercz is American, too? Nobody told me. JOKE! Aug-23-21    HeMateMe: another heavy hitter for the USA Olympiad team? search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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