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Apr 22, 1949 Wrocław, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland Died on 30 Oct 1972 (aged 23)
Polish chess player
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About Jerzy Lewi
- Jerzy Lewi (22 April 1949, Wroclaw – 30 October 1972, Lund) was a Polish chess master. He won five-times Polish Junior championships in 1965–1969.
- He took 3rd, behind Anatoly Karpov and Andras Adorjan, at Groningen 1967 (European Junior Championship).
- In 1968, he tied for 2nd-5th in Lódz (25th Polish Championship).
- In 1969, he won in Lublin (26th POL-ch).
- He took 12th at Athens 1969 (zonal; Milan Matulovic won), and had decided to stay in the West.
- As a refugee, because of the 1968 Polish political crisis, he lived in Sweden where he died in a traffic accident.
- He was buried in a Jewish cemetery in Malmö.
