Bogdan Śliwa
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Bogdan Śliwa (born 4 February 1922, Krakow – died 16 May 2003) was a Polish chess master.
He was six times Champion at Polish championships. In 1946, he won first Polish chess championships after WW II in Sopot (5th POL-ch). In 1948, he took 3rd in Krakow (6th POL-ch; Kazimierz Makarczyk won). In 1951–1954, he won four times successively in the Polish championships. His last title, he won at Wroclaw 1960 (17th POL-ch).
In tournaments, he tied for 9-10th at Sopot 1951 (Ernő Gereben won). In 1952, he took 17th in Budapest (Paul Keres won). In 1954, he tied for 12-14th in Bucharest (Viktor Korchnoi won). His best achievement was 3rd, behind Luděk Pachman and László Szabó, at Mariánské Lázně (Marienbad) 1954 (zt). In 1955, he tied for 19-21th in Göteborg (interzonal). The event was won by David Bronstein. In 1957, he tied for 2nd-4th with Neikirch and Matanović, behind Miroslav Filip in Sofia (zt). In 1959, he tied for 5-7th in Riga (Boris Spassky won). In 1962, he tied for 4-7th in Mariánské Lázně (Mark Taimanov won). In 1965, he tied for 12-14th in Belgrade (Milan Matulović won). In 1966, he took 9th in Polanica Zdrój (Vasily Smyslov won). In 1966, he tied for 9-10th in Tel Aviv (Svetozar Gligorić won).
He played for Poland in seven Chess Olympiads.
- In 1952, at fourth board in the 10th Olympiad in Helsinki (+7 –1 =4);
- In 1956, at first board in the 12th Olympiad in Moscow (+6 –4 =6);
- In 1958, at first board in the 13th Olympiad in Munich (+6 –6 =5);
- In 1960, at first board in the 14th Olympiad in Leipzig (+5 –5 =6);
- In 1962, at first board in the 15th Olympiad in Varna (+7 –4 =5);
- In 1964, at third board in the 16th Olympiad in Tel Aviv (+6 –2 =6);
- In 1966, at fourth board in the 17th Olympiad in Havana (+7 –3 =5).
He won individual silver medal at Helsinki 1952.
Awarded the International Master title in 1953, and the Honorary Grandmaster title in 1987.
