GMJacek Gdanski

Jacek Gdański was born in Szczecinek in 1970. He won the Polish under-20 championship and European junior bronze in 1986, then took silver at the 1989 World Junior Championship. He became an international master in 1988 and Polish national champion in 1992. His grandmaster title followed in 1997. He also won Polish rapid championships in 1995 and 2000 and blitz championships in 1998 and 2000.

Gdański represented Poland at three Olympiads between 1990 and 1994. His tournament successes included victories or shared victories at Cracovia in 1993 and 1994 and in Helsinki and Rio de Janeiro in 1999. He studied at the University of Gdańsk and Poland’s National School of Public Administration. His subsequent public-service career included work at the National Health Fund and, from 2009, the Ministry of Finance.