John Fedorowicz

John Fedorowicz, Seattle 2002
Surname	John Peter Fedorowicz
Association	United States
Born	September 27, 1958 New York City , United States
title	International Master (1978) Grand Master (1986)
Current  Elo rating	2413 (August 2020)
Best Elo rating	2574 (January 1999)
Tab at the FIDE (English)

John Peter Fedorowicz (born September 27, 1958 in the Bronx, New York ) is an American chess master.

Life

As a 13-year-old Fedorowicz learned the rules of chess , inspired by the 1972 World Championship match between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spasski . In his youth, he achieved an exceptionally rapid development in the game: in 1977 he was divided US youth champion, in 1978 sole winner. In 1978 he became an international master . In 1980 he won the US Open (shared with Florin Gheorghiu ). In 1984 he was third in the US championship and in 1984/85 in the traditional Hastings tournament second. At the Dortmund Schachtagen 1986 he reached a shared 2nd to 4th place behind Zoltán Ribli , who won the tournament. This year, he was awarded FIDE the Grandmaster title .

Yasser Seirawan , Lubomir Kavalek , John Fedorowicz and Nick de Firmian at the 1986 Chess Olympiad

Fedorowicz won the World Open in Philadelphia four times , the New York Open in 1989 , in 1987 in Cannes and Sesimbra and in 1990 in Wijk aan Zee .

Fedorowicz was Sekundant of Gata Kamsky in his FIDE world championship match in 1996 in Elista against Anatoly Karpov .

He is a respected live commentator for the largest internet chess club in the world, the US Internet Chess Club , and the author of numerous articles and books.

Team chess

Fedorowicz took part with the United States team in the 1986 chess Olympiads in Dubai and 1990 in Novi Sad , where he came third in 1986 and second in 1990. He was also part of the US selection at the 1989 World Team Championship in Lucerne .

In the United States Chess League , Fedorowicz played from 2008 to 2011 for the New York Knights team , with which he became champions in 2009 and 2011 . Fedorowicz played in the 1988/89 season for SG Porz in the German Federal Chess League .

Web links

Commons : John Fedorowicz  - Collection of Images

• Replayable chess games by John Fedorowicz on chessgames.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dortmund Chess Days 1986 on TeleSchach (cross table and games)
2. ↑ John Fedorowicz's results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
3. ↑ John Fedorowicz's results at the World Team Championships on olimpbase.org (English)