Polish chess championships begin

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The Polish Chess Championships for men and women are being held from February 18 to 26th at the Hotel Novotel Centrum in Warsaw. Men's championship is having a 9-round Swiss format with 24 players. Aeroflot Open winner Mateusz Bartel is defending the national title. Women's championship is a 10-player round robin tournament. WGM Jolanta Zawadzka is defending the title.

Men's championship:
GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2706
GM Bartel Mateusz 2658
GM Socko Bartosz 2636
GM Miton Kamil 2623
GM Macieja Bartlomiej 2617
GM Gajewski Grzegorz 2616
GM Markowski Tomasz 2612
GM Kempinski Robert 2610
GM Mista Aleksander 2587
GM Swiercz Dariusz 2583
GM Moranda Wojciech 2568
GM Tomczak Jacek 2543
GM Jaracz Pawel 2542
GM Olszewski Michał 2539
IM Bulski Krzysztof 2523
IM Piorun Kacper 2520
IM Sieciechowicz Marcin 2459
FM Leniart Arkadiusz 2455
IM Kuzmicz Krystian 2451
IM Kolosowski Mateusz 2439
IM Dragun Kamil 2420
IM Hnydiuk Aleksander 2409
FM Strzemiecki Zbigniew 2402
FM Duda Jan-Krzysztof 2380

Women's championship:
IM Rajlich Iweta 2428
WGM Zawadzka Jolanta 2358
WGM Jaracz Barbara 2281
WGM Szczepkowska-Horowska Karina 2377
WGM Majdan-Gajewska Joanna 2387
WFM Kulon Klaudia 2238
WIM Worek Joanna 2234
WFM Iwanow Anna 2180
Chrząszcz Malvina 2074
WIM Matras-Clement Agnieszka 2305

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