VIII Turniej Szachowy o Puchar Dyrektora MDK nr 1 Bytom - Grupa I
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16 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 24 May 2025 to 25 May 2025 in Bytom, Poland. Top 10 Elo average was 1745, and top seed was Patryk Musial (🇵🇱 POL, 1883).
Maciej Kowalski (🇵🇱 POL, 1769) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Karol Plowy (3.5) and Stanislaw Kisielinski (3.0). Kowalski won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Stanislaw Piotrowski (1544) beat Piotr Yarychevskyi (1699), a +155-point gap.
Location
🇵🇱Bytom, Poland
Dates
24 May 2025 → 25 May 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇵🇱Poland×16
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsMaciej Kowalski led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R4–R5 · LEAD HELD
Maciej Kowalski held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.
R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Maciej Kowalski drew with Karol Plowy (Black).
R1–R5 · UNBEATEN
Maciej Kowalski went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Maciej Kowalski | * | ½ | — | — |
| 2Karol Plowy | ½ | * | — | — |
| 3Stanislaw Romanowski | — | — | * | — |
| 4Oskar Ciupek | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kowalski, Maciej | 1769 | POL | +10N | +12B | =9N | +8B | =2N | 4.0 | 10.5 | 12.5 | 9.50 | 1978 | +53.2 |
| 2 | Plowy, Karol | 1861 | POL | =7N | +5B | =8N | +3B | =1B | 3.5 | 12.5 | 15.0 | 10.50 | 1867 | +2.4 |
| 3 | Kisielinski, Stanislaw | 1686 | POL | +6N | =8B | =7N | −2N | +13B | 3.0 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 7.00 | 1753 | +18.8 |
| 4 | Ciupek, Oskar | 1742 | POL | +11B | −9B | =12N | +7B | =5N | 3.0 | 10.0 | 12.0 | 7.00 | 1745 | +3.2 |
| 5 | Kotasinski, Szymon | 1693 | POL | =14B | −2N | +15B | +11N | =4B | 3.0 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 5.75 | 1755 | +16.8 |
| 6 | Romanowski, Stanislaw | 1479 | POL | −3B | +13N | =11N | +10B | =7N | 3.0 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 5.75 | 1706 | +61.2 |
| 7 | Piecuch, Szymon | 1649 | POL | =2B | +14N | =3B | −4N | =6B | 2.5 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 6.25 | 1658 | +2.0 |
| 8 | Hryniewicz, Maciej | 1791 | POL | +13B | =3N | =2B | −1N | =10B | 2.5 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 5.75 | 1711 | -21.2 |
| 9 | Musial, Patryk | 1883 | POL | +16B | +4N | =1B | — | — | 2.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 5.50 | 2001 | +15.2 |
| 10 | Wisniowski, Marcel | 1612 | POL | −1B | =15N | +14B | −6N | =8N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 3.50 | 1581 | -9.6 |
| 11 | Bozek, Franciszek | 1595 | POL | −4N | +16N | =6B | −5B | =12N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 3.00 | 1555 | -11.2 |
| 12 | Piotrowski, Stanislaw | 1544 | POL | +15B | −1N | =4B | −14N | =11B | 2.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 4.00 | 1593 | +11.2 |
| 13 | Reterski, Wiktor | 1625 | POL | −8N | −6B | =16B | +15N | −3N | 1.5 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 1.75 | 1519 | -28.8 |
| 14 | Kieca, Szymon | 1523 | POL | =5N | −7B | −10N | +12B | −15N | 1.5 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 3.50 | 1491 | -8.8 |
| 15 | Yarychevskyi, Piotr | 1699 | POL | −12N | =10B | −5N | −13B | +14B | 1.5 | 8.5 | 10.0 | 2.50 | 1451 | -66.8 |
| 16 | Buszka, Pawel | 1681 | POL | −9N | −11B | =13N | — | — | 0.5 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 0.75 | 1429 | -37.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Romanowski, StanislawPOL+61.23.0 pts · #3
- 2Kowalski, MaciejPOL+53.24.0 pts · #1
- 3Kisielinski, StanislawPOL+18.83.0 pts · #5
Top rating losers
- 1Yarychevskyi, PiotrPOL-66.81.5 pts · #13
- 2Buszka, PawelPOL-37.60.5 pts · #16
- 3Reterski, WiktorPOL-28.81.5 pts · #15
Biggest upsets
- R1+155 Elo gap
- R2+146 Elo gap
- R4+133 Elo gap