Kazimierz Plater


Kazimierz Plater was a Polish chess master.
Born into an aristocratic family in Vilnius, he studied in Warsaw where he won the Warsaw County Chess Championship in 1934.
After the Second World War, he participated twelve times in Polish championships. He was thrice Polish Champion and twice Sub-champion.
In 1947, he took 6th place in Warsaw in a tournament won by Svetozar Gligorić and 12th in the Hilversum zonal won by Albéric O'Kelly de Galway. In 1949, he took 7th in Bucharest. In 1957, he shared 4th in Szczawno Zdrój at the 2nd Przepiórka Memorial won by Efim Geller.
He represented Poland in Chess Olympiads:
Plater was awarded the International Master title in 1950.