Jerzy Jagielski, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Polish chess player
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Place of Birth: Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
About Jerzy Jagielski
- Jerzy Jagielski (16 September 1897, Warsaw – 5 January 1955, Munich) was a Polish chess master and journalist. He played several times in Warsaw City championships, where tied for 12-13th in 1926, 10-11th in 1930, 5-6th in 1931, 7-8th in 1932, and took 12th in 1934.
- He won twice in local tournaments at Warsaw 1929 (ahead of Mieczyslaw Najdorf and Moshe Czerniak) and 1933, and took 4th place in 1938/1939.Jagielski played for Poland in 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad at Munich 1936 and won team silver medal.
- He was also the correspondent of Polish Telegraphic Agency there. In 1937, he took 21st in Jurata (the 4th Polish Chess Championship, Savielly Tartakower won).
- During World War II he lived in Warsaw, occupied by Nazis, where he played in underground chess tournaments (he shared 2nd place in 1944).
- After the collapse of Warsaw Uprising in October 1944, he was taken away to Germany.
- He settled in Bavaria after the war because of the communist regime in Poland.
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