Jerzy Lewi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jerzy Lewi

Polish chess player

Date of Birth: 22-Apr-1949

Place of Birth: Wrocław, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 30-Oct-1972

Profession: chess player

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

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.