Kamil Dragun

Kamil started playing chess with his grandfather when he was 5 years old. After showing some interest to the game, his parents decided to register him for the chess classes. Kamil became a Grandmaster in 2013. His biggest achievements include: winning a gold medal in World Youth Chess Championship (U16) in Chalkidiki (Greece) in 2010; winning a gold medal in the European Youth Chess Championship in Fermo (Italy) in 2009; winning a silver medal in World Youth Chess Championship (U14) in Antalya (Turkey) in 2009; and receiving 1st place in London Chess Classic in 2014. Kamil has also won many medals in Polish Youth Chess Championship individually and with the team. He won the European Team Chess Championship 3 times with the team. Even more, Kamil took a 4th place medal for individual in the Polish Chess Championship in 2013 in Chorzow which was his best performance in this tournament so far. In 2017, he came to the U.S. to begin study in UTRGV in Brownsville and joined a chess team. In 2018, the team won the National Collegiate Championship.