VII GORZYCE WIELKIE CHESS FESTIWAL
MAIN TOURNAMENT
On Sunday 17th October we played a Main Tournament on the platform lichess.org
We played 9 rounds with a 7'+2" time control per each contestant.
The winner was FM Marcin Steczek (Hetman Konin) with 7.5 points in 9 games.
Marcin became the first player in history to win the main tournament for the second time! The first win took place in 2015.
Marcin Steczek
The second place was taken by 17 years old k Szymon Skurniak (SzSON Zagłębie Dąbrowa Górnicza).
Szymon was also the winner of the junior and Elo classification until 2000.
Juniors and Elo until 2000 classification is in this year identical. The winner is Szymon followed by Dominik Melerowicz (Gambit Ślesin) and Paweł Jędraszek (KTS Kalisz).
Szymon Skurniak
Third place took FM Dawid Niekraś (ASSz Lipno Stęszew) with 7.0 points.
It is David's fifth podium in the main tournament in the 7-year history of the Festival! It is our record!
This year Dawid also won blitz tournament.
Dawid Niekraś
Just behind the podium were:
4 - FM Marek Zakrzewski (ASSz Lipno Stęszew) 6.5 points
5 - Dominik Melerowicz (Gambit Ślesin) 6.0 points
6 - FM Dawid Janaszak (OTSz Ostrów Wielkopolski) 6.0 points
7 - Paweł Jędraszek (KTS Kalisz) 6.0 points
8 - Maciej Chmielarz (OTSz Ostrów Wielkopolski) 6.0 points
9 - Sławomir Smagalski (Hetman Konin) 6.0 points
10 - Mikołaj Kowalczuk (RUKS Korona Rawicz) 5.5 points
The winner in the women’s classification was Katarzyna Huchwajda (Korona Zakrzewo). Katarzyna played for the first time in the main tournament and won immediately.
The second place was taken by Małgorzata Steczek (Hetman Konin) and the third by Jadwiga Pieczewska (OTSz Ostrów Wielkopolski).
Katarzyna Huchwajda
In the classification of players 70 and older we have two winners Jarosław Hemmerling (ASSz Lipno Stęszew) and Mirosław Sobczak (Chrobry Gniezno).
The gentlemen obtained the same points and bucholz points.
Jarosław Hemmerling
Mirosław Sobczak
The winner in the foreigners classification was Manuel Albrecht from Germany. Manuel is a member Landau-Dingolfing chess club, which we are friends for many years.
Manuel Albrecht
The best player among the host team GKS Gorzyce Wielkie was Wojciech Biela. Wojciech wins this classification for the third time!
Wojciech Biela
Amateurs classification. This year, due to the unusual situation (online tournament) and the significant limitation of the performance for new players, we decided to include players in this classification, even if they have a polish chess category. The winner was Mikołaj Majdecki (Gambit Ślesin) who is only 7 years old!
Best score in the team classification was obtained by Hetman Konin with: FM Marcin Steczek, Sławomir Smagalski, Jarosław Smagalski and Małgorzata Steczek.
The second place was taken by ASSZ Lipno Stęszew with: FM Dawid Niekraś, FM Marek Zakrzewski, Jarosław Hemmerling and Joanna Zakrzewska.
The third place was taken by OTSz Ostrów Wielkopolski with FM Dawid Janaszak, Maciej Chmielarz, Igor Majcher and Jadwida Pieczewska.
This year, we also created a family classification for the first time. The family consists of three closest relatives.
Zakrzewski family turned out to be the best - with Joanna, Marek and Bartosz.
Second place to Pieczewski family - with Jakub, Szymon and Jadwiga.
Third place to Kątny family - with Robert, Samuel and Tymoteusz.
The tournament was commented live by IM Piotr Brodowski.
Many thanks to Piotr for his professional commentary!
click on the picture to start the broadcast (Polish language)
We would like to thank EKO-ENERGIA for supporting the tournament!
The organisers would like to offer their sincere thanks to all contestants for participating in the tournament!
VII GORZYCE WIELKIE CHESS FESTIVAL
BLITZ TOURNAMENT
On Sunday 24th January we launched the VII Gorzyce Wielkie Chess Festival with a Blitz Tournament.
For the first time, the tournament was held online and was played on the lichess.org platform.
The tournament was very strongly attended - as many as ten FM and one WFM participated in it.
The winner was FM Dawid Niekraś (ASSz Lipno Stęszew) with awesome score 10.5 points. Dawid has been on the podium of the main tournament as many as four times in previous years, this time for the first time also in blitz tournament - right away in the first place!
Dawid Niekraś
The second place was taken by 14 years old FM Jan Klimkowski (UKS Smecz Konin) with 9.0 points.
Jan won the Polish under-14 classic chess championship and is the great hope of Polish chess! It is worth mentioning that he won the championship as a 13-year-old, playing in a group with one year older chess players, which is significant at a junior age.
Jan Klimkowski
Third place for FM Marek Zakrzewski (ASSz Lipno Stęszew) - with 8.5 points.
Marek is the only contestant in the history of our Festival who has won twice in blitz tournament (2018,2019).
Marek Zakrzewski
Just behind the podium were:
4 place Łukasz Huchwajda (KS Korona Zakrzewo) 8.0 points
5 place Paweł Piekielny (OTSz Ostrów Wielkopolski) 7.5 points
6 place Mikołaj Kowalczuk (UKS Skoczek Milicz) 7.5 points
7 place FM Marcin Steczek (Hetman Konin) 7.0 points
8 place Jan Wojdak (Chrobry Gniezno) 7.0 points
9 place FM Piotr Dudziński (OTSz Ostrów Wielkopolski) 7.0 points
10 place FM Dawid Janaszak (OTSz Ostrów Wielkopolski) 7.0 points
11 place FM Liwia Jarocka (KSz Hetman Katowice) 7.0 points
The winner in the women’s classification was FM Liwia Jarocka (KSz Hetman Katowice) – European junior women's champion under14 in rapid chess from 2017. Liwia represented our media patron - portal Infoszach.
Liwia Jarocka
The second place was taken by WFM Aylen Strgacich (Argentina) 5 pkt. Aylen is a 9-time Argentine junior women's champion in various age categories. In 2018 she has won both tournaments in Gorzyce Wielkie: blitz and rapid.
Aylen Strgacich
The third-place finisher Małgorzata Steczek (Hetman Konin) – for many years, she is one of the strongest chess players in Greater Poland . Many times representative of Hetman Konin in 2nd Senior League.
Małgorzata Steczek
Next places:
4 place Katarzyna Huchwajda (KS Korona Zakrzewo)
5 place Jadwiga Pieczewska (OTSz Ostrów Wielkopolski)
6 place WCM Marika Kostecka (ASSz Lipno Stęszew)
7 place Julia Kowalska (Gambit Ślesin)
8 place Aleksandra Szadkowska (Gambit Ślesin)
9 place Wiktoria Muzykiewicz (Gambit Ślesin)
10 place Aleksandra Nussynblat (Gambit Ślesin)
The competition in woman classification was very fierce as usual.
There was only 1 point difference between the second and the eighth player!
The tournament was commented live by IM Piotr Nguyen.
Many thanks to Piotr for his professional commentary!
click on the picture to start the broadcast (Polish language)
It is interesting to note that many families competed in the tournament!
At least 2 people started from families: Dudziński, Huchwajda, Kątny, Majdecki, Pieczewski, Smagalski, Steczek, Zakrzewski.
Maybe we should consider a new classification - a family one :)
As usual, at least a few representatives were put up by the clubs OTSz Ostrów Wielkopolski, ASSz Lipno Stęszew, Gambit Ślesin, Hetman Konin, Smecz Konin, LKS Chrobry Gniezno, KTS Kalisz and Wieża Kórnicka Kórnik. Online tournament also made it easier to play in our tournament for friendly clubs from SK Landau-Dingolfing and Clube De Xadrez De Curitiba.
A total of 7 foreigners took part in the tournament. As many as 4 of them finished in the top 20 of the tournament. On the 14th place is Ulisses Kaniak (Brasil), 16th place for Dmitry Geraschenko (Ukraine) - the regular winner of this classification in rapid tournament. 18th place for Christoph Schultes (Germany) 20th place for Murilo Gimenez Salustiano (Brasil).
We hope that in the near future we will see each other live on the playing hall.
The best player among the host team GKS Gorzyce Wielkie was Jakub Pieczewski, which took 21st place. Jakub had a phenomenal start and was in 3rd place after 7 rounds!
The organisers would like to offer their sincere thanks to all contestants for participating in the tournament!
