I GORZYCE WIELKIE CHESS FESTIVAL
20.02.2015 - 22.02.2015
On Friday we launched the I Gorzyce Wielkie Chess Festival with a chess trivia competition.
The competition had 12 participants, mostly members of sports club Gorzycki Klub Sportowy (GKS), but also visitors from Kórnik or Poznań. Questions pertained not only to recent events in the world of chess, but also events related to the history of chess. Below you can find some questions our contestants were required to answer.
Who is the current world champion in chess?
a) Viswanathan Anand
b) Garry Kasparov
c) Magnus Carlsen
Who is the current president of FIDE?
a) Kirsan Ilyumzhinov
b) Alexander Alekhine
c) Florencio Campomanes
The winner of the contest was Robert Adamek from Poznań, followed by Wojciech Biela (GKS Gorzyce Wielkie) and Marcin Orzechowski (M-G UKS Pogoń Nowe Skalmierzyce).
Very good scores were also obtained by Jerzy Kątny (GKS Gorzyce Wielkie) and Patrycja Kowalewska (OTSz Ostrów Wielkopolski).
The following competition was solving chess problems. Each contestant was given 8 problems of varying difficulty. Here, Robert Adamek (Poznań) proved best as well.
A merely one-point lower score was obtained by Robert Kątny (MUKS Wieża Kórnicka Kórnik), Piotr Zimny (OTSz Ostrów Wielkopolski), Wojciech Biela (GKS Gorzyce Wielkie) and Marcin Orzechowski (M-G UKS Pogoń Nowe Skalmierzyce). The contestants received special event ball pens and mugs. The correct conduct of the competition was supervised by Krystian Ofierzyński.
Exemplary problems that required specifying the best move for the white are presented above
Robert Adamek - The winner of Friday’s contests
The subsequent stage of the Festival was the blitz chess tournament, which had 22 players from, among others, Kalisz, Łódź, and Kórnik. The winner was Piotr Zimny with a score of 9.5/11. The second place was taken by Jakub Rosik and the third by Adam Pera (all three from OTSz Ostrów Wielkopolski).
The best score among women was obtained by Patrycja Kowalewska (also from OTSz Ostrów Wielkopolskiy). Top contestants were awarded with cash prizes and cups.
from left to right: Marcin Orzechowski -tournament arbiter, Łukasz Magdziak - GKS President , Adam Pera, Jakub Rosik, Piotr Zimny, Patrycja Kowalewska.
On the following day (Saturday) the Young Talent tournament was held, targeted at students of middle schools, elementary schools, and pre-schoolers.
Nikodem Pabiszczak proved the best contestant in this regard, followed by Szymona Klaska and Patrycja Kowalewska.
In the centre: Nikodem Pabiszczak the winner of the first edition of the Young Talent tournament
The best player among pre-schoolers was Tymoteusz Kątny.
All children who took part in the tournament received valuable material prizes and commemorative medals from the Headmistress of the School Complex in Gorzyce Wielkie Mrs. Lucyna Piaskowska. The tournament was supervised by arbiter Marcin Orzechowski.
The best player among pre-schoolers
Lucyna Piaskowska
On Sunday morning the main tournament of the I Gorzyce Wielkie Chess Festival in Gorzyce Wielkie was held. The tournament was attended by contestants from, among others, Konin, Łódź, Poznań, Lubliniec, Kórnik, Brzeg, Leszno, Nowe Skalmierzyce, Stęszewo, Kalisz, and even a contestant from Belarus. However, the most numerous were obviously the GKS representatives.
The winner of the tournament
Marcin Steczek
TS-R Hetman Konin
2nd in general classification, 1st in juniors classification
Dawid Niekraś
ASSz Lipno Stęszew
3rd in general classification, 1st in Players 50&70 and over classification
Jerzy Kot
Lębork
4th in general classification
Sergei Zhuck
Grodno (Białoruś)
5th in general classification, 2nd in Players 50 and over classification
Witold Walaszczyk
TS-R Hetman Konin
1st in women classifcation
Arleta Magnucka
ASSz Lipno Stęszew
2nd in women classifcation
Milena Magnucka
OTSz Ostrów Wielkopolski
3rd in women classifcation, 2nd in juniors classification
Aleksandra Stróżyk
UMKS Na Pięterku Poznań
3rd in juniors classification
Nikodem Pabiszczak
OTSz Ostrów Wielkopolski
3rd in Players 50 and over classification
Sławomir Stachowiak
ASSz Lipno Stęszew
2nd in Players 70 and over classification
Kazimierz Winiarski
Ostrów Wielkopolski
3rd in Players 70 and over classification
Jerzy Olszewski
GKS Gorzyce Wielkie
1st in Elo<2000 classification
Patryk Ziąbek
KTS Kalisz
2nd in Elo<2000 classification
Tomasz Pietrzak
KPT Audyt Podatki Edukacja Łódź
3rd in Elo<2000 classification
Adam Pera
OTSz Ostrów Wielkopolski
1st in GKS classification
Wojciech Biela
GKS Gorzyce Wielkie
1st in amateurs classification
Robert Magnucki
Ostrów Wielkopolski
2nd in amateurs classification
Stanisław Pabiszczak
Ostrów Wielkopolski
3rd in amateurs classification
Rafał Patoka
Brzeg
The top ranked team
OTSz Ostrów Wielkopolski
Milena Magnucka, Nikodem Pabiszczak, Adam Pera, Jakub Rosik
2nd position team classification
GKS Gorzyce Wielkie
Wojciech Biela, Katarzyna Jasiak, Kamil Matuszak, Jerzy Olszewski
3rd in team classification
ASSz Lipno Stęszew
Arleta Magnucka, Dawid Niekraś, Sławomir Stachowiak
Arbiter FA Magdalena Judek
President of the Greater Poland Chess Federation Łukasz Dębowiak
from left to right: GKS President Łukasz Magdziak, arbiter Magdalena Judek, Vice-president of the Greater Poland Chess Federation Adam Wojcieszak
The organisers would like to offer their sincere thanks to all contestants for participating in the tournament and all people, including sponsors, who contributed to the organisation of the Festival.
See you next year!
Gorzycki Klub Sportowy
