Torun Chess Summer - Grupa B 2025
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15 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 16 Aug 2025 to 17 Aug 2025 in Torun, Poland. Top 10 Elo average was 773, and top seed was Michal Drapala (🇵🇱 POL, 1610).
Piotr Kurta (🇵🇱 POL, 1608) won with 5.0/7, ahead of Pawel Zdanowicz (5.0) and Jie Yu (4.5). Kurta won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Katarzyna Drapala (1497) beat Piotr Kurta (1608), a +111-point gap.
Location
🇵🇱Torun, Poland
Dates
16 Aug 2025 → 17 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 45 Min. Incr. 15 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇵🇱Poland×15
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R7; 2 players tied at 5.0/7, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 5.0/7. Kurta takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (23.5).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Piotr Kurta 3 wins (R5–R7)Pawel Zdanowicz 3 wins (R5–R7)Artur Ziomek 3 wins (R3–R5)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Piotr Kurta | * | — | — | 1 |
| 2Pawel Zdanowicz | — | * | ½ | 1 |
| 3Artur Ziomek | — | ½ | * | ½ |
| 4Ignacy Frackowiak | 0 | 0 | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kurta, Piotr | 1608 | POL | +15B | +5N | −3B | −6N | +10B | +8N | +9B | 5.0 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 15.00 | 1434 | -24.0 |
| 2 | Zdanowicz, Pawel | 1465 | POL | −9B | =4N | +12B | =10N | +11B | +5N | +3B | 5.0 | 23.0 | 26.0 | 18.75 | 2350 | +24.8 |
| 3 | Yu, Jie | 1550 | POL | +12N | +11B | +1N | +9B | −5N | =4B | −2N | 4.5 | 25.5 | 28.5 | 16.75 | 1524 | -2.8 |
| 4 | Ziomek, Artur | 0 | POL | −11N | =2B | +?N | +7B | +6B | =3N | =5B | 4.5 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 15.00 | 1557 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Frackowiak, Ignacy | 0 | POL | +?N | −1B | +13N | +8N | +3B | −2B | =4N | 4.5 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 12.75 | 1572 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Drapala, Katarzyna | 1497 | POL | +14N | =9B | =11N | +1B | −4N | −7B | +10N | 4.0 | 23.0 | 24.5 | 12.75 | 2383 | +24.0 |
| 7 | Kisicki, Przemyslaw | 0 | POL | =8B | −10N | +15B | −4N | +13B | +6N | =12N | 4.0 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 9.50 | 1584 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Drapala, Michal | 1610 | POL | =7N | =13B | +14N | −5B | +9N | −1B | +15N | 4.0 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 8.00 | 783 | -22.0 |
| 9 | Lasecki, Marek | 0 | POL | +2N | =6N | +10B | −3N | −8B | +12B | −1N | 3.5 | 25.5 | 28.5 | 13.00 | 1396 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Dabrowski, Bronislaw | 0 | POL | =13N | +7B | −9N | =2B | −1N | +11N | −6B | 3.0 | 24.5 | 26.5 | 10.50 | 1246 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Kazmierczak, Tymoteusz | 0 | POL | +4B | −3N | =6B | =14N | −2N | −10B | +13N | 3.0 | 23.0 | 24.5 | 9.25 | 1235 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Swierczynski, Marcin | 0 | POL | −3B | =?B | −2N | +15N | +14B | −9N | =7B | 3.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 3.50 | 1247 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Zbikowski, Adam | 0 | POL | =10B | =8N | −5B | −?N | −7N | +15B | −11B | 2.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 3.50 | 1389 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Kaminski, Tomasz | 0 | POL | −6B | +15N | −8B | =11B | −12N | F | — | 1.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 1.50 | 764 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Stando, Adam | 0 | POL | −1N | −14B | −7N | −12B | F | −13N | −8B | 0.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 0.00 | 801 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Zdanowicz, PawelPOL+24.85.0 pts · #8
- 2Drapala, KatarzynaPOL+24.04.0 pts · #5
- 3Swierczynski, MarcinPOL0.03.0 pts · #11
Top rating losers
- 1Kurta, PiotrPOL-24.05.0 pts · #7
- 2Drapala, MichalPOL-22.04.0 pts · #13
- 3Yu, JiePOL-2.84.5 pts · #6
Biggest upsets
- R4+111 Elo gap