GMPawel Czarnota

Paweł Czarnota was born in Olkusz in 1988 and won six Polish junior titles across different age groups. In 2005 he won the European under-18 championship and the Rubinstein Memorial. He became a grandmaster in 2006 and played for Poland at that year’s Turin Olympiad. In 2009 he shared first place at Cracovia and won the Polish student championship. He graduated with a Master of Laws degree from the University of Silesia in 2013. His sister Dorota is also a titled chess player, having become a woman international master in 2005.