Jerzy Konikowski

Jerzy Konikowski ( born January 24, 1947 in Bytom ) is a German chess player of Polish descent.

Chess career

He learned chess at the age of 14 years. In 1981, he moved about in the context of family reunification with his wife and daughter to Germany and got the German citizenship. Since 1982 he works at the University of Dortmund as a chemical engineer.

In OTB chess he counted many years to the Polish top. He won several international tournaments, and reached 1981 Elo rating of 2400. He bears the title of FIDE Master. In the First and Second Bundesliga Jerzy Konikowski is known as a longtime player for the SG Bochum 31 and the chess friends Dortmund- Brackel.

Chess coach

His undergraduate chess coach Jerzy Konikowski graduated from a sports high school in Warsaw. In the period 1978-1981 he was a Polish national team coach, 1980 in Malta, he led the Polish Women 's National Team to the bronze medal. He has the trainer's license A of the German Chess Federation. One year he coached Arkady Naiditsch, today Germany No. 1 end of December 2010, he has been active as honorary coach of the German Deaf Sports Federation.

Successes in correspondence chess

Since he was 15, he is also dedicated to the correspondence chess. Here are some of his greatest successes of the 7th place in the final of the XLVIII. European Championship and his victory in I. Sergiusz - Czerniaków Memorial (1970-1973), at that time the strongest correspondence chess tournament in Poland. After moving to Germany, he won the I. Bogdan - Śliwa Memorial (2005-2006).

Opening theoretician and chess author

Jerzy Konikowski stands for the development of several opening variations to their particular research he made ​​use also of the correspondence chess game. The Konikowski Hardy Gambit that the trains 1.e2 -e4 e7 - e5 -f3 2.Sg1 Sb8 - c6 3.Lf1 - b5 - c5 4.c2 - c3 Bf8 d7 -d5? arises, one of his best-known developments.

As an author Jerzy Konikowski has written more than 100 chess books that have been published in Germany, Poland, the USA, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic. He commented games and wrote theoretical essays for the German chess magazine, International Correspondence Chess, castling Europe, ChessBase magazine, mail and other correspondence chess chess magazines.

Chess composition

Even as a chess composer, he has made ​​a name. He wrote about 400 chess problems, of which awarded more than 100 in international tournaments. Eight of his tasks found a place in FIDE albums, the collections of the best objects of the world.

Solution: 1 Dc5! zugzwang 1 ... 2 Kf1 matt Df2 1 ... 2 Kd1 matt Bg4 1 ... 2 Kf3 matt De3 1 ... 2 Kxd3 matt Dc4 Shown is a star escape the black king.

Honors

For his many years of membership in the German Correspondence Chess Federation him the silver badge of honor was awarded in 2008. He is also the winners of the Silver Badge of Honour of the swallow ( chess composition ) since 2006. Jerzy The Polish Chess Federation Konikowski has honored in 1973 with the Golden Badge of Honour.