poland – Chessdom https://www.chessdom.com Chess, chess news, live chess games Mon, 09 Jun 2025 08:33:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 Polish Team Championship – Ekstraliga 2025 LIVE https://www.chessdom.com/polish-team-championship-ekstraliga-2025-live/ Sun, 08 Jun 2025 11:56:31 +0000 https://www.chessdom.com/?p=99746 The Polish Team Chess Championship aka Ekstraliga 2025 is taking place June 2 – June 10 in Chotowa, Poland. Ekstraliga 2025 is a ten team round robin event with strong participation including Pentala Harikrishna (2707), Frederik Svane (2667), Matthias Bluebaum (2663), David Navara (2657), Daniel Dardha (2646), Andrei Volokitin (2626), Rasmus Svane (2626), Maxime Lagarde (2621), Ferenc Berkes (2613), Marc`Andria Maurizzi (2607), Szymon Gumularz (2605), Volodymyr Onyshchuk (2602), Adam Kozak (2587), Valery Kazakouski (2585), Mateusz Bartel (2579), Kacper Piorun (2579), etc,

Live games will be daily on Chessdom. For more European events check out The Chess Calendar and its European chess calendar sections (hint: you can type Poland in the search to refine the list by country)

]]> Duda, “I am fed up with classical chess, I might not participate in both the Grand Swiss and the World Cup https://www.chessdom.com/duda-i-am-fed-up-with-classical-chess-i-might-not-participate-in-both-the-grand-swiss-and-the-world-cup/ Mon, 19 May 2025 20:15:51 +0000 https://www.chessdom.com/?p=99415 Polish Grandmaster Jan-Krzysztof Duda, currently 16th in the world, will most probably skip the FIDE World Chess Championship 2026 cycle altogether. This is what Duda shared himself an interview after the Chess.com Classic Play In, “I am pretty fed up with classical chess or rather with what I have been doing for a very long time in this format.I think it is quite likely that I will not participate in both the World Cup and Grand Swiss” See Duda’s interview at the end of the Play in video here

This news comes in addition to a large list of players that did not qualify to the Grand Swiss through game requirements

Jan-Krzysztof Duda is set to play with Magnus Carlsen in the CCT Finals. The 2025 Chess.com Classic is the last online event of this year’s Champions Chess Tour (CCT). 2025 Chess.com Classic takes place May 18-23 and will feature some of the strongest players in the world. At stake are $150,000 and the last CCT Points, which will, in turn, determine the nine remaining players qualifying for the $1.5 million 2025 Esports World Cup (EWC) via the CCT. Chess.com Classic 2025 is among the top events of The Chess Calendar for the month of May, see more from the Top Events Calendar

]]> Pawel Teclaf is national chess champion of Poland https://www.chessdom.com/pawel-teclaf-is-national-chess-champion-of-poland/ Thu, 15 May 2025 06:01:56 +0000 https://www.chessdom.com/?p=99275 GM Paweł Teclaf is the winner of the national Polish Chess Championship 2025. He finished shared first with GM Jakub Kosakowski, both gaining 6,0/9. In the rapid tiebreak, Teclaf won the title with 1,5/2. See the women section final standings here

This is a second tournament win for Teclaf this spring as he also got the gold medal at the Southend Chess Masters 2025

The Polish Chess Championship 2025 is took place 5-15 May in Krakow, Poland. It was a 10 player round robin, featuring GM Paweł Teclaf, GM Kacper Piorun, GM Radosław Wojtaszek, GM Bartłomiej Heberla, GM Wojciech Moranda, GM Mateusz Bartel, GM Jacek Tomczak, FM Filip Łuczak, GM Szymon Gumularz, GM Jakub Kosakowski. Replay all the games here More events in Poland: : Grand Chess Tour Warsaw / Polish Chess Ekstraliga 2024 / More in The Chess Calendar

Polish Chess Championship 2025 final standings

  1. GM Paweł Teclaf 6.0
  2. GM Jakub Kosakowski 6.0
  3. GM Radosław Wojtaszek 5.5
  4. GM Szymon Gumularz 5.5
  5. GM Jacek Tomczak 5.5
  6. GM Kacper Piorun 5.0
  7. FM Filip Łuczak 3.0
  8. GM Mateusz Bartel 3.0
  9. GM Wojciech Moranda 3.0
  10. GM Bartłomiej Heberla 2.5
]]> Grand Chess Tour 2025 – all information and calendar https://www.chessdom.com/grand-chess-tour-2025-all-information-and-celendar/ Tue, 03 Sep 2024 12:46:45 +0000 https://www.chessdom.com/?p=93274 Returning in 2025, the Grand Chess Tour 2025 will celebrate its 10th anniversary and promises even more excitement and exceptional chess from the world’s top players, including a purse of more than $1.5 million dollars and the return of a knockout finals for the top four players of the regular season. Organizers for the GCT also announced the 2025 tour schedule:

  • Rapid & Blitz Poland: April 24-May 1, 2025 in Warsaw, Poland
  • Chess Classic Romania: May 5-17, 2025 in Bucharest, Romania
  • Rapid & Blitz Croatia: June 30-July 7, 2025 in Zagreb, Croatia
  • Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz: August 9-16 in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
  • Sinquefield Cup: August 16-29, 2025 in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
  • GCT Finals: Date and location TBC

]]> Włodzimierz Schmidt, the first Polish Grandmaster, passed away https://www.chessdom.com/wlodzimierz-schmidt-the-first-polish-grandmaster-passed-away/ Sun, 02 Apr 2023 18:31:30 +0000 https://www.chessdom.com/?p=87867 Włodzimierz Schmidt, the first Polish Grandmaster, passed away at age 79. Włodzimierz Schmidt played for Poland 14 times in Chess Olympiads between 1962 and 1994. He was Polish Champion seven times: in 1971, 1974, 1975, 1981, 1988, 1990 and 1994.

Schmidt won or tied for 1st at Lublin 1970, Polanica Zdrój 1973, Malmö 1977, Bagneux 1980, Polanica Zdrój 1981, Smederevo 1981 and Vinkovci 1986. He was awarded the IM title in 1968 and the GM title in 1976. In 2004, Schmidt was awarded the title of FIDE Senior Trainer.

]]> Cracovia International Chess Festival 2022 https://www.chessdom.com/cracovia-international-chess-festival-2022/ Tue, 27 Dec 2022 19:19:14 +0000 https://www.chessdom.com/?p=86108 The Cracovia International Chess Festival 2022 kicks off today in Krakow, Poland. The event will be played in 9 rounds, swiss system with the time control of 90 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. 68 players registered for the event, and the top seeds are Tomasz Warkomski, Evgeny Zanan, and Pranesh M.

Starting list of players – Cracovia International Chess Festival 2022:

1 Warakomski, Tomasz2544
2 Zanan, Evgeny2485
3 Pranesh M2475
4 Soffer, Ram2471
5 Jarmula, Lukasz2469
6 Baltag, Iulian2433
7 Pasztor, Balazs2400
8 Sieciechowicz, Marcin2390
9 Panda Sambit2384
10 Turski, Bartlomiej2375
11 Pasti, Aron2374
12 Nowak, Lukasz2370
13 Maly, Alexey2370
14 Dzida, Kamil2360
15 Koziorowicz, Michal2348
16 Skytte, Rasmus2347
17 Malek, Daniel2345
18 Lewicki, Miroslaw2336
19 Luczak, Filip2326
20 Ivanov, Mike2319
21 Palczert, Matyas2313
22 Sernecki, Franciszek2310
23 Liu, Casper2306
24 Fiedorek, Michal2303
25 Konyves, Almos2294
26 Cervello Tost, Ferran2292
27 Marszalek, Maciej2285
28 Gombocz, Ferenc Jr.2277
29 Popova, Natalija2276
30 Malicka, Maria2275
31 Balint, Peter2269
32 Vojtek, Vladimir2260
33 Trybus, Daniel2258
34 Yezhel, Valiantsin2256
35 Fernandez Diaz, Cristian2252
36 Rojano Alfonso, Carlos2252
37 Novotny, Michal2250
38 Suder, Jakub2244
39 Meurs, Tom2242
40 Sucikova, Svetlana2235
41 Pazderski, Ziemowit2235
42 Maisuradze, Nino2230
43 Kyc, Jerzy2230
44 Pniaczek, Marek2228
45 Hulka, Valentyn2222
46 Bus, Konrad2218
47 Klepek, Witold2216
48 Meers, Hubert2206
49 Fishchuk, Vladyslav2194
50 Balinski, Damian2190
51 Kosiorek, Marek2189
52 Jaskolka, Tomasz2188
53 De Boer, Bas2182
54 Bashirov, Kemal2182
55 Alfonso Durban, Xavier2181
56 Kucharska, Honorata2180
57 Safar, Sandro2179
58 Madej, Marek2169
59 Stanisz, Patryk2164
60 Szczurek, Krzysztof2163
61 Nemsadze, Daviti2162
62 Dotzer, Lukas2155
63 Garcia-Castany Musellas, Gal.la2152
64 Panek, Bartosz2152
65 Ivekovic, Tihana2148
66 Dziewonski, Dariusz2142
67 Dubnevych, Maksym2139
68 Kaim, Piotr2137
69 Lisowski, Krzysztof2136
70 Lojek, Marek2134
71 Bombek, Peter2131
72 Mohylnyi, Stepan2130
73 Dzwierzynski, Bartosz2123
74 Arhan Chethan Anand2112
75 Maslanka, Wojciech2103
76 Kaliszuk, Kamil2103
]]> Cracovia International Chess Festival 2022 – LIVE https://www.chessdom.com/cracovia-international-chess-festival-2022-live/ Tue, 27 Dec 2022 19:13:46 +0000 https://www.chessdom.com/?p=86107 The Cracovia International Chess Festival 2022 is taking place in Krakow, Poland from 27 December to 4 January. The event will be played in 9 rounds, swiss system with the time control of 90 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. 

Cracovia International Chess Festival 2022 – LIVE games:

]]> European Rapid Chess Championship 2022 – Opening ceremony https://www.chessdom.com/european-rapid-chess-championship-2022-opening-ceremony/ Sat, 17 Dec 2022 12:32:46 +0000 https://www.chessdom.com/?p=85864 The Opening ceremony of the European Rapid Chess Championship 2022 took place this morning in Katowice, with attendance of Dana Reizniece-Ozola – ECU Vice President, Waldemar Bojarun – Vice President of Katowice, Radoslaw Jedynak – President of the Polish Chess Federation, Andrzej Matusiak – President of the Silesian Chess Federation and Lukasz Turlej – FIDE Secretary General.

“Welcome all in Spodek, a legendary place for sport in Poland! Just recently we have organized the World Championships in volleyball and today we are very happy to host – chess, the royal game -here. I would like to wholeheartedly congratulate the organizers for making this event happen and wish all the players the best of luck. I hope that after your games you’ll still have some time to see our beautiful city Katowice. We hope you’ll have lots of beautiful memories from this weekend’s Capital of European Chess!” – said Vice President of Katowice, Waldemar Bojarun.

“As European Chess Union we are really proud to be a part of this event. We are also really happy that the event is held here in Katowice for the second time in a row, because the level of the organization is exteremly high and the atmosphere is truly amazing – so festive! My wish to you is to enjoy, have beautiful games and come back here again to play in the chess city Katowice.” – added Dana Reizniece-Ozola, Vice President of the European Chess Union.

]]> European Open and Women Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2022 – LIVE https://www.chessdom.com/european-open-and-women-rapid-and-blitz-chess-championships-2022-live/ Fri, 16 Dec 2022 02:54:00 +0000 https://www.chessdom.com/?p=85110 The 2022 European Open and Women Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships will take place from 16th-18th December in Katowice, Poland.

The first tournament on the schedule will be the European Blitz Chess Championship which will be played on December 16th. Open and Women’s sections will be merged, with separate prizes for the best ranked female players. The event will be played in 11 double rounds, swiss system, with the time control: 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment.

European Rapid Chess Championship will be played from 17th-18th December, in 11 rounds, swiss system, with merged Open and Women’s sections and separate prizes. The time control will be 15 minutes + 10 seconds increment.

Chessdom will follow the event with daily news and videos and will broadcast the live games here.

]]> European Open and Women Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2022 https://www.chessdom.com/european-open-and-women-rapid-and-blitz-chess-championships-2022/ Sun, 06 Nov 2022 09:21:37 +0000 https://www.chessdom.com/?p=84463 The 2022 European Open and Women Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships will take place from 16th-18th December in Katowice, Poland. The organizer is Silesian Chess Federation under the auspices of the ECU and Polish Chess Federation.

The first tournament on the schedule will be the European Blitz Chess Championship which will be played on December 16th. Open and Women’s sections will be merged, with separate prizes for the best ranked female players. The event will be played in 11 double rounds, swiss system, with the time control: 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment.

European Rapid Chess Championship will be played from 17th-18th December, in 11 rounds, swiss system, with merged Open and Women’s sections and separate prizes. The time control will be 15 minutes + 10 seconds increment.

The Winner of each tournament will become European Open Blitz/Rapid Chess Champions for 2022, and the best ranked female players will become European Women Blitz/Rapid Chess Champions. The total prize fund of the event is 44.000 EUR. Complete prize list can be found within the official regulations of the event.

The playing venue of the events will be “Spodek” Sport and Entertainment Centre and Park Hotel**** is the official (recommended) hotel for participants and accompanying persons.

European Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2017, Katowice, Poland; Photo by: Walusza Photography

The event is open to all players representing one of the European federations (FIDE Zones 1.1 to 1.10) regardless of title and rating. Registrations can be done through chessmanager website or by fulfilling the registration form through the tournament website. The registration deadline is November 30th, 2022.

The organizers are providing special conditions (free accommodation and full board) for 2700+ players and 2450+ women players. Free accommodation and breakfast will be offered for the top 10 players and the top 8 women players.

Contact information:
E-mail: office@katowice2022.eu
Official website: www.katowice2022.eu
Registration contact: IA Michał Wejsig, wejszach@wp.pl

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