Mateusz Bartel’s hat-trick in Polish Chess Championships

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012

Hi everybody,

We have here the latest chess championship update from www.chessdom.com. Poland Chess Championships for men and women were held concurrently from 18th to 26th February at the Hotel Novotel Centrum in Warsaw.

Grandmaster Mateusz Bartel, winner of the recent Aeroflot Open, rounded up a trifecta in the Polish Championships as he won his third consecutive national title (and 4th overall). Bartel was also champion in 2006, 2010 and 2011. An impressive feat having in mind that all top Polish players regularly competed.

In an interview for Chessdom after the victory at the Aeroflot Open, Bartel expressed his doubts about the success in Warsaw. But he said he will try his best and relied on a bit of luck.

Bartel shared the first place with the 2009-champion Bartlomiej Macieja but took the trophy on better tie-break score.
Update: A two games mini-match (25′ + 10″ per move) was played to decide the champion. In case of 1-1 Bartel’s better tie-break would guarantee the title. He won the first game, so the 2nd one was not necessary. GM Kamil Miton earned the bronze medal with 6.5 points.

In the Women Championship IM Iweta Rajlich and WGM Joanna Majdan-Gajewska shared the first place with 6.0 points each. Rajlich was declared champion on better tie-break. Last year champion WGM Jolanta Zawadzka finished clear third with 5.5 points.

Mateusz Bartel 

Men’s championship had a 9-round Swiss format with 24 players. Women’s championship was a 10-player round robin tournament.

Next event in Poland is Ferdynand Dziedzic Memorial on 4th March in Trzcianka.

Final standings (Men):1-2. GM Bartel Mateusz 2658 and GM Macieja Bartlomiej 2617 – 7.0
3. GM Miton Kamil 2623 – 6.5
4. GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2706 – 6.0
5. GM Moranda Wojciech 2568 – 5.5
6-10. GM Socko Bartosz 2636, IM Bulski Krzysztof 2523, GM Kempinski Robert 2610, IM Kuzmicz Krystian 2451 and GM Swiercz Dariusz 2583 – 5.0
11-13. GM Markowski Tomasz 2612, IM Hnydiuk Aleksander 2409 and IM Dragun Kamil 2420 – 4.5
14-18. GM Gajewski Grzegorz 2616, GM Mista Aleksander 2587, GM Jaracz Pawel 2542, FM Duda Jan-Krzysztof 2380 and FM Strzemiecki Zbigniew 2402 – 4.0
19-21. GM Tomczak Jacek 2543, IM Leniart Arkadiusz 2455 and GM Olszewski Michał 2539 – 3.5
22. IM Sieciechowicz Marcin 2459 – 3.0
23-24. IM Kolosowski Mateusz 2439 and IM Piorun Kacper 2520 – 2.0

Final standings (Women):
1-2. IM Rajlich Iweta 2428 and WGM Majdan-Gajewska Joanna 2387 – 6.0
3. WGM Zawadzka Jolanta 2358 – 5.5
4-7. WGM Jaracz Barbara 2281, WIM Worek Joanna 2234, WFM Kulon Klaudia 2238 and WGM Szczepkowska-Horowska Karina 2377 – 5.0
8. WFM Iwanow Anna 2180 – 3.5
9-10. Chrząszcz Malvina 2074 and WIM Matras-Clement Agnieszka 2305 – 2.0

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Polish chess championships begin

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Hello everyone,

 

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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Pretty lady getting massage next to your chess board: Is that distracting?

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Hi everyone,

Before we give you this news update, here's a serious question: Would a pretty lady getting a massage next to your chess board distract you? Think about it. Till we tell you the news first.

Jolanta Zawadzka (2371) has won the Polish Chess Championship for women. The men’s segment was won by Mateusz Bartel (2617). Both the winners came clear first, scoring 7/9. GM Bartel won the tournament for the second time in a succession and showed a respectable 2789 performance.

The Championship was held in Warsaw from February 12-20, 2011. Though the women’s section was a round robin with nine rounds, the men played Swiss format with 22 participants. (Right: Jolanta Zawadzka)

GM Mateusz Bartel won the men’s section convincingly (7.0/9), finishing a full point ahead of the field and suffering not a single loss. The next players, GMs Pawel Jaracz (2543) and Radoslaw Wojtaszek (2726) scored 6/9, whereas the second prize went to Jaracz based on Buchholz tie-break points. In the women’s section, the victor WGM Jolanta Zawadzka (2371) scored 7.0/9 with not a single loss. She left behind GM Monika Socko (2489), who scored 6.5/9 and WGM Karina Szczepkowska-Horowska (2254), who scored 5.5/9.

Prize winners Pawel Jaracz (left), Mateusz Bartel (left of centre) and Radoslaw Wojtaszek (right) with Dorota Rzepecka, the Tournament Director.

You can find more details at the official website here.

And, now back to the question: Would a pretty lady getting a massage next to your chessboard distract you? We think GM Robert Kempinski would answer that best. Wink.

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