GM Alex Mista

I'm a grandmaster from Poland but currently I live in Texas where I work as Chess Program Manager at University of Texas Rio Grande Valley - 3-time National Collegiate Champion. Besides managing the Team, I also coach local players.

I also have my Master's degree in Applied Physics from Gdansk University of Technology.

I'm a GM since 2003. My peak rating was 2691 (USCF) and 2625 (FIDE). In my long career I won numerous medals in youth Polish championships as well as many national and international tournaments, for instance Najdorf Memorial (2018), Hastings Chess Congress (2016).

In 2011 I became a coach of the Polish Women's Team and won silver medal in the European Team Chess Championship. I also coached many youth Polish players helping them to become Polish champions. In 2015 my student WIM Julia Antolak took 3rd place in the Youth European Chess Championship.

Moreover, I was a member of the National Solving Team winning 8 consecutive World Chess Solving Championships (2011-2018).

Among my latest accomplishments is being the Deputy Organizer of the First FIDE World University Online Chess Championships in which about 1,300 students from all over the world took part.