Warsaw Chess Festival - XXIV Miguel Najdorf Memorial -group A

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104 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 08 Jul 2025 to 16 Jul 2025 in Warszawa, Poland. 60 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2445, and top seed was Jacek Tomczak (🇵🇱 POL, GM, 2559).

Xinyang Nie (🇨🇳 CHN, IM, 2381) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Deep Sengupta (7.0) and Vladimir Hamitevici (6.5). Nie shared the lead from round 8 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Yahor Silich (FM, 2216) beat Bartlomiej Heberla (GM, 2517), a +301-point gap.

Location

🇵🇱Warszawa, Poland

Dates

08 Jul 2025 → 16 Jul 2025

Time control

Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇵🇱GMJacek Tomczak2559

Avg top 10

2,445

Participants

104

Titled players · 60

GM×9

IM×4

FM×20

CM×19

WGM×1

WIM×1

WFM×6

Federations · 8 represented

🇵🇱Poland×74

🇮🇳India×9

🇺🇦Ukraine×4

🇳🇱Netherlands×3

🇪🇸Spain×2

🇨🇳China×2

🇬🇪Georgia×2

🇩🇰Denmark×2

Top 3

🥇
IMXinyang Nie
🇨🇳CHN·2381
7.5pts·2488perf+11.3
🥈
GMDeep Sengupta
🇮🇳IND·2497
7.0pts·2504perf+3.4
🥉
GMVladimir Hamitevici
🇲🇩MDA·2427
6.5pts·2479perf+7.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

IM Xinyang Nie led from R9; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Nie7.5Sengupta7Fernandez6.5Janeczko6.5Krysztofiak6.5Hamitevici6.5

R7 · LEADER CHANGE14 Jul

Jakub Janeczko takes the sole lead (6.0/7).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

IM Xinyang Nie 3+4 wins (R2–R4, R6–R9)GM Deep Sengupta 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1IMXinyang Nie	*	—	—	1
2GMDeep Sengupta	—	*	½	0
3GMDaniel Howard Fernandez	—	½	*	—
4Jakub Janeczko	0	1	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Nie, XinyangIM	2381	CHN	−26N	+82B	+90N	+18B	=27N	+45B	+20N	+11B	+5N	7.5	41.0	43.5	36.00	2488	+11.3
2	Sengupta, DeepGM	2497	IND	+76N	+34B	+30N	+57B	=3N	+11B	−5N	+10B	=4N	7.0	45.5	49.0	36.00	2504	+3.4
3	Hamitevici, VladimirGM	2427	MDA	+66N	=28B	+31N	+52B	=2B	+6N	=4B	=5B	=7N	6.5	47.5	51.5	35.75	2479	+7.8
4	Fernandez, Daniel HowardGM	2481	ENG	+51B	=62N	+28B	=21N	+32B	=10B	=3N	+14N	=2B	6.5	45.5	49.5	35.00	2479	+1.7
5	Janeczko, Jakub	2282	POL	+69N	=26B	=58N	+30B	+57N	+13B	+2B	=3N	−1B	6.5	45.0	49.0	33.75	2413	+32.0
6	Peng, XiongjianGM	2520	CHN	+80N	+18B	=33N	−11B	+52N	−3B	+40N	+45B	+9B	6.5	43.0	46.5	31.50	2393	-10.0
7	Krysztofiak, MarcinIM	2392	POL	−94B	+70N	=37B	+50N	+81B	+27N	=9B	+18N	=3B	6.5	39.5	41.0	30.75	2364	-1.1
8	Karvatskyi, OleksiiFM	2258	UKR	+68B	=48N	−81B	+51N	+37B	−29N	+26N	+46B	+25N	6.5	38.0	41.0	30.75	2330	+34.2
9	Rosh JainFM	2322	IND	+17N	+90B	+47N	=13B	−11N	+15B	=7N	+19B	−6N	6.0	47.0	49.5	30.75	2414	+23.2
10	Tomczak, JacekGM	2559	POL	+56B	=75N	=12B	+35N	+19B	=4N	=14B	−2N	+39B	6.0	45.5	49.0	31.00	2431	-11.7
11	Ochedzan, TymonFM	2284	POL	=83B	+65N	+94B	+6N	+9B	−2N	+29B	−1N	=12B	6.0	45.0	46.5	27.50	2399	+28.2
12	Klepek, WitoldCM	2221	POL	+59N	=13B	=10N	+46B	=22N	=19B	=24N	+20B	=11N	6.0	44.5	48.5	31.25	2459	+55.2
13	Heberla, BartlomiejGM	2517	POL	+40B	=12N	+75B	=9N	+39B	−5N	−18B	+23B	+32N	6.0	44.5	48.0	30.00	2365	-14.5
14	Fiszer, BartoszCM	2332	POL	+85N	=31B	=78N	+66B	=15N	+21B	=10N	−4B	+35N	6.0	41.5	44.5	27.75	2380	+12.0
15	Arnold, RhysFM	2256	NED	=77N	+87B	=36N	+73B	=14B	−9N	+37B	=24N	+29B	6.0	39.5	42.0	26.00	2304	+13.0
16	Niezhentsev, KyryloFM	2208	POL	=95N	=64B	=59N	+67B	=36N	+73B	=22N	+27B	=19N	6.0	36.5	38.0	25.25	2253	+23.2
17	Padalka, ArtemCM	2087	POL	−9B	+99N	−23N	+90B	−18N	+74N	+82B	+34B	+46N	6.0	35.5	36.5	19.50	2295	+49.0
18	Silich, YahorFM	2216	POL	+60B	−6N	+49B	−1N	+17B	+81N	+13N	−7B	=22B	5.5	46.5	49.5	26.25	2341	+29.2
19	Savitha Shri BIM	2341	IND	=42B	+44N	+62B	+33B	−10N	=12N	+28B	−9N	=16B	5.5	44.0	48.0	27.50	2302	-3.8
20	Koziorowicz, MichalFM	2308	POL	+38N	+43B	−57N	+78B	=21N	+23B	−1B	−12N	+50B	5.5	43.0	46.5	26.25	2262	-9.4
21	Mirski, Stanislaw	2231	POL	=64N	+77B	+61N	=4B	=20B	−14N	+60B	=22N	=24B	5.5	41.0	44.5	25.00	2289	+15.4
22	Sriram, JhaGM	2301	IND	+49B	=94N	+50B	=81N	=12B	=28N	=16B	=21B	=18N	5.5	40.0	41.5	25.25	2243	-6.3
23	Mika, TomaszCM	2227	POL	+71B	−57N	+17B	=48N	+60B	−20N	+58B	−13N	+55B	5.5	38.5	42.5	24.75	2220	-1.2
24	Golis, WiktorFM	2319	POL	−30B	=68N	+83B	=53N	+80B	+75N	=12B	=15B	=21N	5.5	38.0	41.0	23.00	2236	-17.6
25	Kubicka, AnnaWIM	2232	POL	+98B	=81N	=48B	=97N	=26B	+57B	+36N	=29N	−8B	5.5	34.5	36.0	20.00	2181	-10.4
26	Borowik, WojciechCM	2115	POL	+1B	=5N	=39B	=45B	=25N	=32N	−8B	=63N	+65B	5.0	44.5	48.5	26.75	2284	+78.8
27	Deszczynski, Adam	2281	POL	+70B	−33N	+42B	+80N	=1B	−7B	+52N	−16N	=44B	5.0	43.5	47.0	23.25	2222	-13.8
28	Lecki, Leonard	2198	POL	+96B	=3N	−4N	+54B	+59N	=22B	−19N	=36B	=33N	5.0	42.5	44.0	21.00	2241	+17.1
29	Arun KatariaFM	2338	IND	−58N	=67B	+95N	+38B	+33N	+8B	−11N	=25B	−15N	5.0	42.0	43.5	22.75	2202	-30.2
30	O`cuilleanain, Oisin	2086	IRL	+24N	+45B	−2B	−5N	−63B	+53N	−35B	+82N	+62B	5.0	41.0	44.0	21.50	2277	+42.6
31	Pniaczek, MarekFM	2185	POL	+104B	=14N	−3B	−60N	+55B	=49N	+48B	=41N	=42B	5.0	40.0	40.0	19.25	2202	+3.2
32	Krawczyk, FlawianCM	2264	POL	+54N	=58B	=73N	+47B	−4N	=26B	=59N	+38B	−13B	5.0	39.5	43.0	22.25	2204	-14.0
33	Warchol, KamilFM	2095	POL	+100N	+27B	=6B	−19N	−29B	=41N	+81B	=49N	=28B	5.0	39.5	40.5	19.50	2308	+88.9
34	Rekuc, PatrykFM	2204	POL	+72B	−2N	=60B	=65N	=49B	=48N	+54B	−17N	+81B	5.0	38.5	41.5	20.00	2144	-29.3
35	Mickiewicz, Piotr	2224	POL	+74N	−47B	+64N	−10B	+85N	−36B	+30N	+57B	−14B	5.0	38.0	41.0	19.50	2180	-11.8
36	Endeladze, Ramaz	2008	GEO	=86B	+89N	=15B	=93N	=16B	+35N	−25B	=28N	=37B	5.0	38.0	40.5	21.25	2252	+56.2
37	Suska, SzymonFM	2169	POL	=84N	=95B	=7N	+61B	−8N	+87B	−15N	+58B	=36N	5.0	37.5	39.0	18.50	2169	-1.2
38	Barchuk, IrinaWFM	2084	POL	−20B	=79N	+68B	−29N	+50B	+62N	=39B	−32N	+63B	5.0	37.0	40.5	20.75	2243	+36.6
39	Chomczyk, MarekFM	2280	POL	=87N	+102B	=26N	+58B	−13N	=47B	=38N	+59B	−10N	5.0	37.0	37.5	17.00	2219	-14.2
40	Borischik, SergeyCM	2128	POL	−13N	−59B	+74N	+95B	=93B	+65N	−6B	+60N	=41B	5.0	35.5	37.0	16.75	2241	+44.4
41	Romanishin, Oleg MGM	2287	UKR	=102N	=61B	−66N	+92B	=58N	=33B	+47N	=31B	=40N	5.0	34.0	34.5	18.75	2136	-17.4
42	Terkiewicz, BrunoCM	2109	POL	=19N	=46B	−27N	+99B	=88N	=61B	=73N	+75B	=31N	5.0	33.5	34.5	17.00	2231	+53.2
43	Goderdzishvili, GigaCM	2158	GEO	+79B	−20N	−46N	−87B	=64N	+98B	+67N	=47B	+59N	5.0	32.5	34.0	17.25	2151	-2.4
44	Nagly, Wojciech	2097	POL	=46N	−19B	−82N	+77B	−61N	+91B	+84N	+78B	=27N	5.0	32.0	34.5	17.25	2178	+35.6
45	Golecki, JanFM	2279	POL	+55B	−30N	+85B	=26N	+62B	−1N	+63B	−6N	F	4.5	41.0	44.0	18.00	2247	-5.8
46	Malisauskas, VidmantasGM	2335	LTU	=44B	=42N	+43B	−12N	+97B	=63N	+75B	−8N	−17B	4.5	41.0	42.5	17.00	2150	-21.3
47	Choroszej, Aleksander	2035	POL	+101B	+35N	−9B	−32N	+53B	=39N	−41B	=43N	=51B	4.5	40.0	41.0	17.75	2222	+42.8
48	Pancewicz, Szymon	2077	POL	+88N	=8B	=25N	=23B	−75N	=34B	−31N	=76B	+73N	4.5	38.0	40.5	19.00	2196	+56.8
49	Bachor, Tomasz	2082	POL	−22N	+103B	−18N	+76B	=34N	=31B	+85N	=33B	F	4.5	37.0	37.0	14.00	2199	+25.6
50	Taranowicz, Michal	2165	POL	=73N	+84B	−22N	−7B	−38N	+77N	+97B	+69B	−20N	4.5	36.5	38.0	13.75	2139	-6.8
51	Bartodziej, BartoszFM	2123	POL	−4N	+72B	=88N	−8B	+67N	=82B	−57N	+73B	=47N	4.5	36.0	38.5	16.50	2137	+2.8
52	Praczukowski, Stanislaw	2139	POL	=65B	+83N	+93B	−3N	−6B	+97N	−27B	−55N	+57B	4.5	36.0	37.5	13.00	2188	+8.2
53	Kazmierowski, Tymon	2138	POL	−61N	=54B	+77N	=24B	−47N	−30B	=64N	+84B	+74N	4.5	34.5	37.5	17.00	2073	-32.0
54	Obukhava, AnastasiyaWFM	2059	POL	−32B	=53N	+89B	−28N	+94B	=86N	−34N	=66B	+76N	4.5	32.5	34.0	13.25	2162	+49.6
55	Kraczek, CezaryCM	2059	POL	−45N	−100B	=96N	+84B	−31N	+79B	+88N	+52B	−23N	4.5	30.0	31.0	14.25	2169	+47.9
56	Klim, FilipCM	2137	POL	−10N	=74B	+84N	=88B	−73N	=69B	+70N	+61B	—	4.5	28.0	30.5	16.00	2173	+12.0
57	Lisowski, Krzysztof	2025	POL	+63N	+23B	+20B	−2N	−5B	−25N	+51B	−35N	−52N	4.0	44.0	48.0	19.50	2196	+37.6
58	Mizzi, JackCM	2107	MLT	+29B	=32N	=5B	−39N	=41B	+88B	−23N	−37N	=68B	4.0	41.0	43.5	17.75	2202	+22.6
59	Wierzbicki, Dawid	2040	POL	−12B	+40N	=16B	+101N	−28B	+89N	=32B	−39N	−43B	4.0	39.5	40.5	14.00	2157	+52.4
60	Chmura, Eryk	2039	POL	−18N	+76B	=34N	+31B	−23N	+78B	−21N	−40B	=66N	4.0	39.0	42.5	16.50	2133	+45.2
61	Rzewucki, Jan	2000	POL	+53B	=41N	−21B	−37N	+44B	=42N	=62B	−56N	=70B	4.0	38.5	42.5	18.50	2114	+26.4
62	Swara Lakshmi S NairWFM	2187	IND	+103N	=4B	−19N	+82B	−45N	−38B	=61N	+64B	−30N	4.0	37.5	37.5	12.25	2106	-20.0
63	Salgado Allaria, CarlosFM	2188	ESP	−57B	+71N	−97N	+69B	+30N	=46B	−45N	=26B	−38N	4.0	36.0	37.5	17.75	2073	-27.4
64	Sujkowski, Pawel	2047	POL	=21B	=16N	−35B	−86N	=43B	+94N	=53B	−62N	+83B	4.0	36.0	37.5	15.00	2121	+18.0
65	Paluszek, JanCM	2001	POL	=52N	−11B	+102N	=34B	=78N	−40B	=66N	+88B	−26N	4.0	35.5	36.0	11.50	2124	+54.0
66	Rozycki, Bartlomiej	2119	POL	−3B	+96N	+41B	−14N	F	=68N	=65B	=54N	=60B	4.0	35.5	35.5	14.75	2154	+5.8
67	Jarzebowski, Kacper	2079	POL	−93B	=29N	+79B	−16N	−51B	+72N	−43B	=71N	+89B	4.0	34.5	37.0	14.50	2109	+6.6
68	Wiech, Grzegorz	2056	POL	−8N	=24B	−38N	=79B	+96N	=66B	−78N	+92B	=58N	4.0	34.5	36.0	12.50	2088	+7.4
69	Wieckowski, Michal	2069	POL	−5B	=101N	=86B	−63N	+95B	=56N	+89B	−50N	=72B	4.0	30.5	31.5	10.25	2106	+18.4
70	Flis, Piotr	2060	POL	−27N	−7B	=72N	=96B	+99N	=80N	−56B	+97B	=61N	4.0	30.5	31.5	9.00	2072	+1.8
71	Ochedzan, FilipCM	2044	POL	−23N	−63B	−76N	+103B	+92N	−85B	=74N	=67B	+91N	4.0	28.5	28.5	8.75	2059	+8.0
72	Witczak, Borys	2037	POL	−34N	−51N	=70B	+102B	−89N	−67B	+99N	+87B	=69N	4.0	27.5	28.0	8.00	2048	+5.7
73	Barwinska, EwaWFM	2014	POL	=50B	+86N	=32B	−15N	+56B	−16N	=42B	−51N	−48B	3.5	40.0	43.0	14.75	2085	+15.6
74	Fritz, Antoni	2042	POL	−35B	=56N	−40B	=83N	+76N	−17B	=71B	+90N	−53B	3.5	35.5	38.0	11.75	2045	+0.2
75	Tytynnik, ArtemFM	2221	UKR	+91B	=10B	−13N	+94N	+48B	−24B	−46N	−42N	—	3.5	34.0	35.5	11.50	2216	-4.0
76	Rajlich, VaclavCM	2126	POL	−2B	−60N	+71B	−49N	−74B	+95N	+96B	=48N	−54B	3.5	33.5	35.0	9.25	2021	-54.0
77	Borowy, Cezary	2054	POL	=15B	−21N	−53B	−44N	+102N	−50B	−92N	+94B	+87N	3.5	32.0	32.5	7.50	2057	0.0
78	Smetek, Michal	2144	POL	+97B	=93N	=14B	−20N	=65B	−60N	+68B	−44N	—	3.5	31.0	32.5	11.75	2100	-10.4
79	Cera DagariyaWFM	2013	IND	−43N	=38B	−67N	=68N	=98B	−55N	=83B	=95B	+92N	3.5	29.5	31.0	10.00	1997	-8.0
80	Cornelisse, LoreleiWFM	2129	NED	−6B	+91N	+100N	−27B	−24N	=70B	+87N	—	—	3.5	26.0	27.0	8.00	2230	+16.0
81	Obrycki, TomaszCM	2031	POL	F	=25B	+8N	=22B	−7N	−18B	−33N	+85B	−34N	3.0	42.5	42.5	15.00	2137	+37.2
82	Rzeszowski, Dominik	2001	POL	=89B	−1N	+44B	−62N	+90B	=51N	−17N	−30B	−85N	3.0	37.5	40.0	11.00	2027	+4.4
83	Sliwerski, Radoslaw	2069	POL	=11N	−52B	−24N	=74B	=91N	−84B	=79N	+96B	−64N	3.0	32.5	34.0	9.25	1979	-22.6
84	Ladon, Tymoteusz	2019	POL	=37B	−50N	−56B	−55N	+103B	+83N	−44B	−53N	=96N	3.0	32.5	32.5	6.25	1974	-19.8
85	Tabak, StefanFM	2097	NED	−14B	+104N	−45N	F	−35B	+71N	−49B	−81N	+82B	3.0	31.0	31.0	7.00	2040	-14.4
86	Zysko, Jan	2146	POL	=36N	−73B	=69N	+64B	=87N	=54B	—	—	—	3.0	21.0	23.5	12.00	2043	-17.2
87	Siennicki, Gustaw	2060	POL	=39B	−15N	=101B	+43N	=86B	−37N	−80B	−72N	−77B	2.5	35.0	36.0	9.50	1993	-32.8
88	Nowak, LukaszIM	2300	POL	−48B	+98N	=51B	=56N	=42B	−58N	−55B	−65N	—	2.5	31.0	32.5	8.50	1942	-36.9
89	Harshit Amarnani	2143	IND	=82N	−36B	−54N	+98N	+72B	−59B	−69N	−91B	−67N	2.5	31.0	32.5	7.00	1877	-64.4
90	Majek, Kacper	2166	POL	+99B	−9N	−1B	−17N	−82N	=92B	+98N	−74B	—	2.5	30.0	31.0	3.75	1984	-39.4
91	Kemper, Meinolf	2040	GER	−75N	−80B	−92N	F	=83B	−44N	+94B	+89N	−71B	2.5	25.5	25.5	5.50	1974	-13.8
92	Khamidov, Abdulla	2098	UKR	F	F	+91B	−41N	−71B	=90N	+77B	−68N	−79B	2.5	25.0	25.0	7.25	1992	-42.4
93	Kokoszczynski, JanFM	2301	POL	+67N	=78B	−52N	=36B	=40N	—	—	—	—	2.5	18.5	22.0	10.75	2100	-25.6
94	Hury, TymoteuszCM	2115	POL	+7N	=22B	−11N	−75B	−54N	−64B	−91N	−77N	—	1.5	33.5	36.0	9.25	1924	-38.6
95	Moe, Arthur Helsted	2039	DEN	=16B	=37N	−29B	−40N	−69N	−76B	F	=79N	—	1.5	32.0	32.0	7.25	1920	-20.2
96	Wojtaszewski, Piotr	2034	POL	−28N	−66B	=55B	=70N	−68B	F	−76N	−83N	=84B	1.5	31.0	31.0	5.75	1837	-38.0
97	Matuszczyk, Mateusz	2007	POL	−78N	F	+63B	=25B	−46N	−52B	−50N	−70N	—	1.5	30.5	30.5	6.75	1950	-9.4
98	Gacek, Waldemar	2052	POL	−25N	−88B	+103N	−89B	=79N	−43N	−90B	−99B	—	1.5	22.5	22.5	1.75	1880	-33.4
99	Sanz Losada, VictorianoCM	2015	ESP	−90N	−17B	F	−42N	−70B	F	−72B	+98N	—	1.0	23.0	23.0	1.50	1812	-28.6
100	Rakshitta RaviWGM	2329	IND	−33B	+55N	−80B	F	—	—	—	—	—	1.0	13.0	16.0	4.50	1969	-27.6
101	Szewczyk, MariuszCM	2201	POL	−47N	=69B	=87N	−59B	—	—	—	—	—	1.0	12.5	15.0	3.25	1858	-36.0
102	Kowalski, Witold	2071	POL	=41B	−39N	−65B	−72N	−77B	—	—	—	—	0.5	18.0	21.5	2.50	1766	-64.4
103	Moe, Anton Helsted	2020	DEN	−62B	−49N	−98B	−71N	−84N	F	—	—	—	0.0	17.0	18.5	0.00	1277	-42.4
104	Checiak, Krzysztof	2019	POL	−31N	−85B	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0	5.0	8.0	0.00	1341	-13.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Warchol, KamilFMPOL
+88.9
5.0 pts · #30
2Borowik, WojciechCMPOL
+78.8
5.0 pts · #44
3Pancewicz, SzymonPOL
+56.8
4.5 pts · #51

Top rating losers

1Kowalski, WitoldPOL
-64.4
0.5 pts · #102
2Harshit AmarnaniIND
-64.4
2.5 pts · #92
3Rajlich, VaclavCMPOL
-54.0
3.5 pts · #75

Biggest upsets

R7+301 Elo gap
FMSilich, Yahor2216 beat GMHeberla, Bartlomiej2517
R8+299 Elo gap
CMPaluszek, Jan2001 beat IMNowak, Lukasz2300
R3+283 Elo gap
Lisowski, Krzysztof2025 beat FMKoziorowicz, Michal2308