Henryk Dobosz
Henryk Dobosz in 2008
Country	Poland
Born	(1953-03-20) 20 March 1953 (age 71) Lublin, Poland
Title	International Master (1978)
Peak rating	2465 (July 2003)

Henryk Dobosz (born 20 March 1953) is a Polish chess International Master (1978).

Chess career

From 1976 to 1979 Henryk Dobosz appeared in the finals of Polish Chess Championship three times (all tournaments was swiss-system tournament). He achieved the best result in 1976 in Bydgoszcz, ranked in 4th place.^[1] In Polish Team Chess Championship with chess clubs KS Kolejarz Katowice and MKS Start Lublin he won nine medals: gold (1971), 5 silver (1970, 1974, 1982, 1988, 1989) and 3 bronze (1972, 1973, 1987).^[2] In 1985, Henryk Dobosz won silver medal in the Polish Blitz Chess Championship.^[3] In 1988, he won silver medal in the Polish Rapid Chess Championship.^[4]

Henryk Dobosz played for Poland in the World Student Team Chess Championship:^[5]

• In 1976, at fourth board in the 21st World Student Team Chess Championship in Caracas (+4, =0, -3).

Henryk Dobosz has participated in national and international chess tournaments many times, achieving successes in:

• 1978 – Słupsk – shared 2nd-3rd place, Rzeszów – ranked 1st place;
• 1981 – Prague – shared 3rd-4th place;
• 1983 – Sopot – shared 1st-2nd place;
• 1995 – Biel (Credis Open) – ranked 1st place;
• 1997 – Götzis – shared 1st-3rd place, Leipzig - shared 2nd-4th place;
• 1998 – Görlitz – ranked 1st place;
• 1999 – Görlitz – shared 2nd-4th place;
• 2002 – Freudenstadt – ranked 1st place;
• 2003 – Triesen – shared 2nd-7th place;
• 2005 – Görlitz – shared 1st-3rd place;
• 2006 – Buchen – ranked 2nd place.

Henryk Dobosz achieved the highest rating in his career on July 1, 2003, with a score of 2465 points, he was ranked 17th among Polish chess players.^[6]