Ryszard Sławomir Drozd (16 June 1934 – 7 March 2012) was a Polish chess FIDE Master (1983).

In 1959, in Łódź Ryszard Drozd made his debut in the final of Polish Chess Championship.

Until 1979, he appeared in final tournaments 11 times (1959-1965, 1974–1975, 1977, 1979),[2] winning bronze medals twice: in 1960 in Wrocław[3] and 1961 in Katowice.

[4] In 1970, Ryszard Drozd won a silver medal in Poznań in Polish Blitz Chess Championship[5] Ryszard Drozd played for Poland in the European Team Chess Championship preliminaries:[6] Ryszard Drozd took part in several international chess tournaments in Bad Salzungen (1960), Rostov (1961), Warsaw (1961) and Bucharest (1962), without achieving significant success in tournament victories.

[7] Ryszard Drozd won many times in the Silesia Seniors Chess Championships.