Aleksander Miśta

Aleksander Miśta (born 7 January 1983) is a Polish chess Grandmaster (2004) and FIDE Trainer (2012).

Aleksander Miśta
Miśta in 2012 (Warsaw)
CountryPoland
Born (1983-01-07) 7 January 1983
Myszków, Poland
TitleGrandmaster (2004)
FIDE rating2508 (October 2023)
Peak rating2625 (September 2014)

Chess career

Aleksander Miśta is a multiple medalist of the Polish Junior Chess Championship:

  • Gold: 1991 (U10), 2000 (U18), 2001 (U18);
  • Silver: 2000 (U20), 2003 (U20);
  • Bronze: 1993 (U10), 1999 (U16), 2001 (U20), 2002 (U20).

In 2009 he was third in Polish Chess Championship.[1] Aleksander Miśta was runner up at the Miguel Najdorf Memorial Tournament in 2010.[2]

In 2014 he won Banca Feroviar Open tournament in the Arad[3] and was third in the Polish Blitz Chess Championship in Bydgoszcz.[4]

Aleksander Miśta is the former coach of the Polish Women's team for the European Team Chess Championship (2011, Poland team won the silver medal) and the 40th Chess Olympiad (2012).

Also Aleksander Miśta is successful in solving chess competition. He three times won team gold for Poland in World Chess Solving Championship:

In January 2021, Mista tied for first place with IM Zurab Javakhadze in the Charlotte Chess Center's Winter 2021 GM Norm Invitational held in Charlotte, North Carolina with an undefeated score of 6.0/9.[8]

Personal life

Aleksander Miśta studied physics at the Gdańsk University of Technology.

References
  1. Mistrzostwa Polski Mężczyzn Chotowa 26.01-06.02.09
  2. MIĘDZYNARODOWY FESTIWAL SZACHOWY - gr.A Warszawa 2010-07-17/2010-07-25
  3. "Banca wins Miśta Feroviar Open 2014". Archived from the original on 2018-04-29. Retrieved 2015-02-05.
  4. "Mistrzostwa Polski w blitza 2014". Archived from the original on 2016-11-06. Retrieved 2015-02-05.
  5. 36th World Chess Solving Championship Kobe 17.-18.9.2012
  6. "GOLD MEDALS AT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS SOLVINGU!". Archived from the original on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2015-02-05.
  7. "PIORUN wORLD cHAMPION In SOLVINGU!". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-02-05.
  8. "CCCSA GM/IM Norm Invitational - Holiday 2021 GM/IM Norm Invitational Chess Tournament".
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