He was born on August 11, 1957, died on April 9, 2022. The father of Paweł Stawarz, a chess player and solver of chess compositions. He worked as a IT specialist and administrator of the school computer network, as well as a photographer and chess instructor. The first category in a classical chess. He participated in the Polish chess solving championship four times. His best result was 7th place in 1986. In addition, he participated in 2014, 2018 and 2019.