Antoni Wojciechowski

Who was Antoni Wojciechowski?

Antoni Wojciechowski was a Polish chess master.

He was a well-known player in Poznań in the 1920s and 1930s. In 1926, he tied for 2nd-3rd in the Poznań chess championship. The same year, he won at the Poznań Chess Club Championship. In 1928, he won again the Poznań chess championship. Wojciechowski represented Poznań at the Polish Team championships. He took 16th place in the 3rd Polish Chess Championship at Warsaw 1935 won by Savielly Tartakower, and 11th place in the 4th Polish Championship at Jurata 1937, won again by Tartakower.

He played for Poland on the eighth board in the 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad at Munich 1936. The Polish team won the silver medal there. He was a poor man with weak health, and in January 1938 a bad attack of pneumonia killed him.