• Founder (2004) and Board Member (2004 - ?) of the Kazimierz Sosnkowski Chess Foundation (till 2011 the Warsaw Foundation for Chess Development)

  • General Secretary of the Association of Chess Professionals (2004 - 2007, 2012 - ?)

  • President of the Council of Polish Chess Players (2003 - ?)

  • Member of the FIDE Rules and Tournament Regulations Commission (2005 - 2007, 2009 - 2014)

  • Member of the FIDE World Chess Championship Committee (2005 - 2009)

  • Member of the FIDE Qualification Commission (2012 - 2014)

  • Chess Coach at the University of Texas at Brownsville (2012 - ?)

  • Federation: Poland

  • FIDE Title: Grandmaster

  • Current ELO Rating: 2583 (1 February 2014)

  • First chess
    • game: vs my mother, Warsaw (Poland) 1983
    • tournament: Bydgoszcz (Poland) 1985

  • Favourite chess player: Vassily Ivanchuk

  • Books written: "Zagadka Kieseritzky'ego" ("The Kieseritzky enigma")

  • Birthday: 4 October 1977

  • Marital status: Married

  • Children: 1 daughter (Sofi Alejandra) and 1 stepson (Luis Alfonso)

  • Nationality: Polish

  • Life-slogans
    • Help people
    • Injustice done to one is a threat to all
    • Never resign and fight to the last pawn

  • Profession: Chess player, chess coach

  • Education: Master, University of Warsaw, Faculty of physics, specialization: solid state physics

  • Knowledge of languages: Polish, Russian, English, basic Spanish

  • Favourite color: Blue

  • Favourite meal: Red borsch, pork chop with French fried potatoes

  • Favourite drink: Orange juice

  • Favourite writer: Henryk Sienkiewicz

  • Favourite book: "Trilogy" by Henryk Sienkiewicz

  • Favourite painter: Bernardo Bellotto

  • Favourite actor: Peter Falk "Columbo"

  • Favourite TV serial: "Columbo"

  • Favourite film: "Above suspicion" (1995)

  • Favourite hero: Michael Jordan

  • Favourite singer: Julio Iglesias

  • Favourite music band: "The Beatles"

  • Favourite music choir: "The Alexandrov Red Army Choir"

  • Favourite philharmony: "Philharmony of Humour"

  • Favourite song: "Yesterday" by "The Beatles"

  • Favourite animal: Dog

  • Favourite season: Summer

  • Favourite subject (in school): Mathematics

  • Hateful subject (in school): Fine arts

  • Favourite sports other than chess: tennis, table tennis, basketball, waterpolo

  • Hateful sport: Physical culture

  • Hobbies: Sports, brain games, mathematics, physics, computers, Internet

  • Hateful activity: I hate waking up before 10:00!

  • Favourite:
    • country: Venezuela
    • island: Bermuda
    • town: Copenhagen
    • place: Blue Lagoon