Ryszard Sławomir Drozd (16 June 1934 – 7 March 2012) was a Polish chess FIDE Master (1983).
Chess career In 1956, Ryszard Drozd won the gold medal for the DWP chess club (Warsaw) in Polish Team Chess Championship.Drużynowe Mistrzostwa Polski w Szachach 1956 - Szachy w Polsce In the 1960s he was one of the top Polish chess players. In 1959, in Łódź Ryszard Drozd made his debut in the final of Polish Chess Championship. Until 1979, he appeared in final tournaments 11 times (1959-1965, 1974–1975, 1977, 1979),OlimpBase :: Polish Individual Chess Championship :: Drozd, Ryszard winning bronze medals twice: in 1960 in WrocławMistrzostwa Polski Mężczyzn w Szachach 1960 - Szachy w Polsce and 1961 in Katowice.Mistrzostwa Polski Mężczyzn w Szachach 1961 - Szachy w Polsce In 1970, Ryszard Drozd won a silver medal in Poznań in Polish Blitz Chess ChampionshipMistrzostwa Polski w Szachach Błyskawicznych 1970 - Szachy w Polsce
Ryszard Drozd played for Poland in the European Team Chess Championship preliminaries: In 1961, at eight board in the 2nd European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+2, =4, -0).
Ryszard Drozd took part in several international chess tournaments in Bad Salzungen (1960), Rostov (1961), Warsaw (1961) and Bucharest (1962), without achieving significant success in tournament victories. In 1961, at a tournament in Rostov, he was very successful, defeating the Soviet Grandmaster, Lev Polugaevsky.Lev Polugaevsky vs Ryszard Drozd, Rostov on Don (Russia) 1961, 0-1
Ryszard Drozd won many times in the Silesia Seniors Chess Championships.Indywidualne Mistrzostwa Śląska Seniorów
According to the retrospective system Chessmetrics, Ryszard Drozd was the highest ranked in January 1962, then he was ranked 215th in the world.Chessmetrics Player Profile: Ryszard Drozd
Ryszard Drozd was buried in the municipal cemetery in Lubliniec.Wyszukiwarka grobów w Lublińcu
References
External links
Ryszard Drozd - Szachy w Polsce