# List of Polish chess masters

This is a list of Polish chess masters. Some players assumed the citizenship of another country later in their careers (for example Janowski and Najdorf later became French and Argentinian citizens, respectively).

## Pre-FIDE chess masters

* Adolf Zytogorski (fl. 1841–1861)
* Jan Herman Zukertort (fl. 1860–1888)
* Szymon Winawer (fl. 1867–1901)
* Dawid Janowski (fl. 1891–1926)
* Henryk Jerzy Salwe (fl. 1903–1914)
* Dawid Przepiórka (fl. 1903–1938)
* Teodor Regedziński (fl. 1917–1952)

## FIDE chess masters
### Men

* 1950 – Akiba Rubinstein – Grandmaster
* 1950 – Ksawery Tartakower – Grandmaster
* 1950 – Mieczysław Najdorf – Grandmaster
* 1950 – Kazimierz Makarczyk
* 1950 – Kazimierz Plater
* 1953 – Bogdan Śliwa
* 1955 – Paulin Frydman
* 1976 – Włodzimierz Schmidt – Grandmaster
* 1980 – Adam Kuligowski – Grandmaster
* 1990 – Aleksander Wojtkiewicz – Grandmaster
* 1993 – Robert Kuczyński – Grandmaster
* 1996 – Marcin Kamiński – Grandmaster
* 1996 – Robert Kempiński – Grandmaster
* 1996 – Michał Krasenkow – Grandmaster
* 1997 – Jacek Gdański – Grandmaster
* 1998 – Bartłomiej Macieja – Grandmaster
* 1998 – Tomasz Markowski – Grandmaster
* 1999 – Bartosz Soćko – Grandmaster
* 2000 – Paweł Jaracz – Grandmaster
* 2001 – Paweł Blehm – Grandmaster
* 2002 – Artur Jakubiec – Grandmaster
* 2002 – Kamil Mitoń – Grandmaster
* 2002 – Mirosław Grabarczyk – Grandmaster
* 2003 – Łukasz Cyborowski – Grandmaster
* 2003 – Aleksander Miśta – Grandmaster
* 2005 – Mateusz Bartel – Grandmaster
* 2005 – Piotr Bobras – Grandmaster
* 2005 – Radosław Wojtaszek – Grandmaster
* 2006 – Paweł Czarnota – Grandmaster
* 2006 – Grzegorz Gajewski – Grandmaster
* 2006 – Bartłomiej Heberla – Grandmaster
* 2006 – Radosław Jedynak – Grandmaster
* 2007 – Marcin Dziuba – Grandmaster
* 2009 – Krzysztof Jakubowski – Grandmaster
* 2009 – Wojciech Moranda – Grandmaster
* 2009 – Michał Olszewski – Grandmaster
* 2009 – Dariusz Świercz – Grandmaster
* 2010 – Rafał Antoniewski – Grandmaster
* 2012 – Krzysztof Bulski – Grandmaster
* 2010 – Kacper Piorun – Grandmaster
* 2012 – Jacek Tomczak – Grandmaster
* 2013 – Jan-Krzysztof Duda – Grandmaster
* 2013 – Kamil Dragun – Grandmaster
* 2013 – Marcin Tazbir – Grandmaster
* 2014 – Zbigniew Pakleza – Grandmaster
* 2015 – Jacek Stopa – Grandmaster
* 2016 – Marcel Kanarek – Grandmaster
* 2017 – Daniel Sadzikowski – Grandmaster
* 2017 – Tomasz Warakomski – Grandmaster
* 2018 – Grzegorz Nasuta – Grandmaster
* 2019 – Oskar Wieczorek – Grandmaster
* 2020 – Maciej Klekowski – Grandmaster
* 2020 – Marcin Krzyżanowski – Grandmaster
* 2020 – Arkadiusz Leniart – Grandmaster
* 2021 – Łukasz Jarmuła – Grandmaster
* 2021 – Szymon Gumularz – Grandmaster
* 2022 – Igor Janik – Grandmaster
* 2023 – Paweł Teclaf – Grandmaster

### Women

* 1981 – Hanna Ereńska – Grandmaster
* 1984 – Krystyna Hołuj-Radzikowska – Grandmaster
* 1986 – Agnieszka Brustman – Grandmaster
* 1994 – Krystyna Dąbrowska – Grandmaster
* 1995 – Monika Soćko (Bobrowska) – Grandmaster (1995), Grandmaster (2008)
* 1997 – Joanna Dworakowska – Grandmaster, International Master (2001)
* 1998 – Iweta Rajlich – Grandmaster, International Master (2002)
* 1999 – Marta Michna – Grandmaster
* 2005 – Jolanta Zawadzka – Grandmaster
* 2006 – Beata Zawadzka – Grandmaster
* 2007 – Barbara Jaracz – Grandmaster
* 2008 – Monika Krupa – Grandmaster
* 2009 – Marta Bartel – Grandmaster
* 2009 – Joanna Majdan – Grandmaster
* 2010 – Karina Cyfka – Grandmaster, International Master (2016)
* 2012 – Katarzyna Toma – Grandmaster
* 2013 – Joanna Worek – Grandmaster
* 2014 – Klaudia Kulon – Grandmaster, International Master (2019)
* 2020 – Anna Warakomska – Grandmaster
* 2021 – Julia Antolak – Grandmaster
* 2023 – Maria Malicka – Grandmaster
* 2024 – Michalina Rudzińska – Grandmaster
* 2024 – Alicja Śliwicka – Grandmaster