61st International Akiba Rubinstein Chess Festival - OPEN E

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91 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 16 Aug 2025 to 24 Aug 2025 in Polanica-Zdroj, Poland. 11 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2058, and top seed was Wieslaw Janocha (🇵🇱 POL, FM, 2205).

Wieslaw Janocha (🇵🇱 POL, FM, 2205) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Ryszard Sokolowski (7.0) and Wojciech Kowalczuk (6.5). Janocha shared the lead from round 7 and won solo starting round 8.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Andrzej Szopa (1465) beat Wladyslaw Drazek (1862), a +397-point gap.

Location

🇵🇱Polanica-Zdroj, Poland

Dates

16 Aug 2025 → 24 Aug 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇵🇱FMWieslaw Janocha2205

Avg top 10

2,058

Participants

Titled players · 11

IM×1

FM×8

CM×2

Federations · 5 represented

🇵🇱Poland×87

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

🇨🇿Czech Republic×1

🇳🇱Netherlands×1

🇺🇸United States of America×1

Top 3

🥇
FMWieslaw Janocha
🇵🇱POL·2205
7.5pts·2235perf+4.6
🥈
FMRyszard Sokolowski
🇵🇱POL·2041
7.0pts·2193perf+34.8
🥉
Wojciech Kowalczuk
🇵🇱POL·2010
6.5pts·2039perf+7.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

FM Wieslaw Janocha led from R8; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 8 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R8.

Co-leaders

Janocha7.5Sokolowski7Kowalczuk6.5Marszk6Wziatek6Shilov6

R8–R9 · LEAD HELD

FM Wieslaw Janocha held the sole lead from R8 through R9 without losing it.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Wieslaw Janocha drew with FM Ryszard Sokolowski (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Wieslaw Janocha 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R7–R9)FM Ryszard Sokolowski 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMWieslaw Janocha	*	½	—	1
2FMRyszard Sokolowski	½	*	—	—
3Wojciech Kowalczuk	—	—	*	—
4FMKazimierz Marszk	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Janocha, WieslawFM	2205	POL	+56N	+58B	+8N	=2B	+26N	−5B	+21N	+17N	+4B	7.5	45.0	49.0	39.50	2235	+4.6
2	Sokolowski, RyszardFM	2041	POL	+52B	+16N	+22B	=1N	+10B	=7N	=17B	=4N	+5N	7.0	48.5	52.5	40.00	2193	+34.8
3	Kowalczuk, Wojciech	2010	POL	+14N	=39B	=6N	=40B	+41N	+20B	=11N	=9B	+7B	6.5	44.5	49.0	35.50	2039	+7.6
4	Klimaszewski, DariuszFM	2143	POL	+68N	+23B	=26N	=17B	+9N	+8B	=5N	=2B	−1N	6.0	48.5	52.0	32.75	2084	-9.4
5	Shilov, SergejFM	2173	POL	+42B	+41N	+19B	=10N	=17B	+1N	=4B	=7N	−2B	6.0	48.0	52.5	33.75	2091	-14.4
6	Kolodziej, Dariusz	1807	POL	+59B	+7N	=3B	+48N	=13N	=21B	=12B	=11N	=10B	6.0	46.5	50.5	32.50	2040	+53.8
7	Friml, Antonin	1967	CZE	+43N	−6B	+69N	+39B	+25N	=2B	+15N	=5B	−3N	6.0	45.5	49.0	30.00	2031	+15.8
8	Marszk, KazimierzFM	1899	POL	+71B	+54N	−1B	+22N	+12B	−4N	=10B	=36N	+32B	6.0	44.5	48.0	29.25	2047	+34.8
9	Osiecki, StanislawFM	1944	POL	+28B	−25N	+78B	+16N	−4B	+38N	+40B	=3N	=12B	6.0	43.5	46.0	28.75	2003	+14.2
10	Flis, PawelCM	1946	POL	+66N	+49B	+44N	=5B	−2N	=26B	=8N	+58B	=6N	6.0	43.0	46.5	28.00	2024	+18.4
11	Poniewierski, Piotr	1920	POL	+50B	=30N	−38B	+42N	+54B	+18N	=3B	=6B	=15N	6.0	42.5	46.5	30.25	1979	+14.0
12	Betkowski, Andrzej	1986	POL	=27N	+45B	=39N	+63B	−8N	+25B	=6N	+26B	=9N	6.0	42.0	46.0	29.25	1938	-8.8
13	Czajkowski, Ryszard	1959	POL	+72B	+47N	=25B	+38N	=6B	−17N	=36B	=19N	+41B	6.0	40.0	43.5	27.50	1962	+0.4
14	Wziatek, Marek	1746	POL	−3B	+85N	−18B	+61N	+70B	=19N	+44N	=20B	+35B	6.0	39.5	41.5	24.00	1979	+54.4
15	Mazalon, MariuszFM	1987	POL	−78B	+67N	+60B	=19N	+30B	+37N	−7B	+35N	=11B	6.0	39.0	41.5	27.25	1956	-4.6
16	Stadnicki, Andrzej	1858	POL	+77N	−2B	+53N	−9B	=78N	=79B	+51N	+27B	+36N	6.0	36.5	39.0	23.50	1909	+13.2
17	Stepien, Janusz	1857	POL	+75B	+18N	+35B	=4N	=5N	+13B	=2N	−1B	F	5.5	48.0	51.5	29.00	2147	+59.0
18	Szylko, Waldemar	2027	POL	+69N	−17B	+14N	+44B	=20N	−11B	=23N	=25B	+49N	5.5	42.5	46.0	26.50	1919	-23.0
19	Kwiecien, ZbigniewFM	1890	POL	+64N	+57B	−5N	=15B	=27N	=14B	+66N	=13B	=20N	5.5	42.5	46.0	25.75	1910	+6.8
20	Bernat, MarcinCM	1930	POL	=31N	+79B	=63N	+24B	=18B	−3N	+46B	=14N	=19B	5.5	42.5	45.0	25.50	1912	-3.0
21	Sielicki, Tomasz	1983	POL	+60B	=38N	+46B	=25N	+35B	=6N	−1B	+37N	F	5.5	42.0	46.0	25.25	2019	+7.8
22	Kruczynski, Marek	1854	POL	+81N	+29B	−2N	−8B	−43N	+62N	+52B	+28B	=48N	5.5	40.0	42.5	22.75	1884	+9.0
23	Gromczak, Dariusz	1858	POL	+61B	−4N	=28B	+55N	=36B	=27N	=18B	=40N	+42B	5.5	39.0	43.0	24.75	1895	+9.8
24	Olszowski, Andrzej	1782	POL	+86B	−35N	+73B	−20N	=53B	=34N	=55B	+71N	+37B	5.5	34.5	36.5	20.00	1768	-1.0
25	Szydelko, Kazimierz	1806	POL	+89N	+9B	=13N	=21B	−7B	−12N	+53B	=18N	=29B	5.0	44.0	45.0	22.00	1944	+33.0
26	Milanowski, Jan	1892	POL	+67B	+78N	=4B	+36N	−1B	=10N	=35B	−12N	=40B	5.0	42.5	45.0	21.00	1967	+16.8
27	Nowak, Marek	1743	POL	=12B	+91N	=37B	=70N	=19B	=23B	=41N	−16N	+55B	5.0	39.5	40.0	19.25	1857	+27.4
28	Wierzejski, Daniel	1704	POL	−9N	+89B	=23N	+49B	−37B	=52N	+70B	−22N	+54B	5.0	37.5	38.5	17.75	1850	+34.8
29	Gasik, Piotr	2024	POL	+74B	−22N	+52B	=37N	=38B	=46N	−58B	+43B	=25N	5.0	36.5	40.0	21.25	1854	-38.0
30	Michalik, Marek	1783	POL	+76N	=11B	−48N	+45B	−15N	−66B	=67N	+64B	+57N	5.0	36.0	39.0	20.25	1753	-6.2
31	Czarnolewski, Piotr	1699	POL	=20B	−36N	+91B	=32N	+47B	−58N	=42B	=54N	+59B	5.0	36.0	36.5	18.50	1811	+26.4
32	Galyga, Jozef	1801	POL	−45N	=55B	+76N	=31B	=66N	+78B	=48N	+39B	−8N	5.0	35.0	37.5	18.50	1757	-9.0
33	Czaplinski, Piotr	1772	POL	+73B	=37N	−36B	=62N	+71B	−35N	=34B	=55N	+61B	5.0	34.0	37.5	19.75	1722	-10.4
34	Wilczynski, Adam	1605	POL	−58N	=56B	−79N	+88B	+45N	=24B	=33N	+68B	=39N	5.0	33.5	34.5	18.50	1757	+35.6
35	Czepczynski, Boguslaw	1916	POL	+53N	+24B	−17N	+68B	−21N	+33B	=26N	−15B	−14N	4.5	42.5	46.0	20.50	1830	-20.0
36	Chubar, VladimirIM	1928	UKR	F	+31B	+33N	−26B	=23N	+56B	=13N	=8B	−16B	4.5	42.5	42.5	22.75	1882	-4.6
37	Kawula, Andrzej	1898	POL	+51N	=33B	=27N	=29B	+28N	−15B	+68N	−21B	−24N	4.5	41.5	45.0	20.50	1824	-17.2
38	Fikus, Zygmunt	1821	POL	+80N	=21B	+11N	−13B	=29N	−9B	−43N	=50B	+66N	4.5	41.0	43.5	19.50	1839	+4.6
39	Tomalak, Stanislaw	1830	POL	+85B	=3N	=12B	−7N	=60B	=53N	+50B	−32N	=34B	4.5	41.0	43.0	19.25	1786	-10.0
40	Pyka, Roman	1828	POL	F	=62N	+71B	=3N	=48B	+43B	−9N	=23B	=26N	4.5	39.5	39.5	20.75	1868	+10.0
41	Wierzbicka, Ewa	1868	POL	+65N	−5B	+43N	F	−3B	+74N	=27B	+56B	−13N	4.5	39.5	39.5	18.50	1887	+4.4
42	Feliksinski, Tadeusz	1764	POL	−5N	=65B	+81N	−11B	=57N	+61B	=31N	+45B	−23N	4.5	39.0	41.5	17.50	1726	-10.6
43	Litwin, Tomasz	1740	POL	−7B	+59N	−41B	+73N	+22B	−40N	+38B	−29N	=47B	4.5	38.5	42.0	19.75	1796	+10.6
44	Krupa, Jerzy	1885	POL	+55B	+87N	−10B	−18N	=74B	+60N	−14B	+69N	−46B	4.5	37.0	38.5	14.75	1755	-27.8
45	Lisak, Jerzy	1513	POL	+32B	−12N	=54B	−30N	−34B	+85N	+74B	−42N	+78B	4.5	35.5	37.5	15.00	1744	+50.0
46	Majdziak, Witold	1818	POL	=62B	F	−21N	=56B	+72N	=29B	−20N	+66B	+44N	4.5	35.5	35.5	18.00	1869	+11.6
47	Zbrzezny, Andrzej	1815	POL	+82N	−13B	=57N	=66B	−31N	+64B	+79N	−48B	=43N	4.5	34.0	36.5	15.00	1724	-21.0
48	Lukasiewicz, Anna	1923	POL	F	+83N	+30B	−6B	=40N	F	=32B	+47N	=22B	4.5	33.0	33.0	19.50	1884	-5.4
49	Wasylkiewicz, Andrzej	1803	POL	+90B	−10N	=62B	−28N	−80B	+83N	+65B	+78N	−18B	4.5	32.0	33.0	12.00	1696	-24.2
50	Kuzian, Krzysztof	1699	POL	−11N	−76B	−80N	+82B	+90N	+57B	−39N	=38N	+69B	4.5	30.5	31.5	13.25	1672	-12.0
51	Kuc, Mariusz	1663	POL	−37B	−73N	+85B	+87N	=52B	+54N	−16B	+63B	F	4.5	29.5	29.5	13.50	1832	+27.8
52	Kozaczuk, Witold	1748	POL	−2N	+77B	−29N	+65B	=51N	=28B	−22N	−57B	+80N	4.0	38.0	40.5	14.25	1696	-14.4
53	Biel, Maciej	1694	POL	−35B	+86N	−16B	+59N	=24N	=39B	−25N	=60B	=63N	4.0	37.5	39.5	15.00	1708	+3.6
54	Szymanski, Leszek	1773	POL	+88N	−8B	=45N	+57B	−11N	−51B	+81N	=31B	−28N	4.0	37.5	38.5	12.25	1623	-33.4
55	Stojke, Leszek	1608	POL	−44N	=32N	+84B	−23B	+81N	=63B	=24N	=33B	−27N	4.0	37.0	39.5	14.75	1700	+41.6
56	Kobus, Stanislaw	1771	POL	−1B	=34N	+83B	=46N	+67B	−36N	+59B	−41N	F	4.0	36.0	36.0	14.75	1765	-2.6
57	Didyk, Andrzej	1602	POL	+70B	−19N	=47B	−54N	=42B	−50N	+76B	+52N	−30B	4.0	35.5	38.5	15.00	1716	+25.8
58	Uscinski, Marek	1865	POL	+34B	−1N	=72B	=79N	F	+31B	+29N	−10N	F	4.0	34.5	34.5	18.00	1896	+5.6
59	Sulot, Zdzislaw	1538	POL	−6N	−43B	+64N	−53B	+88N	+72B	−56N	+81B	−31N	4.0	33.5	34.5	11.00	1631	+21.4
60	Posnik, Andrzej	1743	POL	−21N	+80B	−15N	+76B	=39N	−44B	F	=53N	+67B	4.0	33.5	33.5	13.25	1758	+2.6
61	Mazur, Jan	1591	POL	−23N	−68B	+89N	−14B	+84N	−42N	+73B	+79B	−33N	4.0	33.0	34.0	9.50	1614	+2.6
62	Kwiek, Janusz	1567	POL	=46N	=40B	=49N	=33B	=68N	−22B	−78N	=80B	+79N	4.0	32.5	35.0	14.75	1720	+33.8
63	Skubis, Feliks	1800	POL	=91B	+84N	=20B	−12N	=79B	=55N	=71B	−51N	=53B	4.0	32.5	33.0	12.50	1648	-34.0
64	Wieczorek, Janusz	1617	POL	−19B	−70N	−59B	+85N	+76B	−47N	+75B	−30N	+86N	4.0	31.0	33.0	10.50	1626	+1.2
65	Chodorowski, Wlodzimierz	1606	POL	−41B	=42N	=74B	−52N	+86N	=69B	−49N	+88B	=72N	4.0	30.0	31.0	10.50	1658	+12.0
66	Karczynski, Lech	1713	POL	−10B	+90N	=70B	=47N	=32B	+30N	−19B	−46N	−38B	3.5	38.5	39.5	12.50	1726	+2.4
67	Ossowski, Boleslaw	1619	POL	−26N	−15B	+82N	+69B	−56N	=70N	=30B	=72B	−60N	3.5	34.5	37.0	12.00	1705	+16.8
68	Bartczak, Hanna	1761	POL	−4B	+61N	+87B	−35N	=62B	+80N	−37B	−34N	F	3.5	34.0	35.5	10.00	1654	-22.6
69	Stoop, Jan	1748	NED	−18B	+75N	−7B	−67N	+89B	=65N	+80B	−44B	−50N	3.5	34.0	35.0	9.00	1640	-27.0
70	Drazek, Wladyslaw	1862	POL	−57N	+64B	=66N	=27B	−14N	=67B	−28N	−84B	+81N	3.5	33.5	36.0	12.50	1563	-68.4
71	Janocha, Jan	1664	POL	−8N	+88B	−40N	+86B	−33N	+77B	=63N	−24B	F	3.5	33.5	34.5	8.00	1653	-3.0
72	Wrzos, Waldemar	1730	POL	−13N	+82B	=58N	F	−46B	−59N	+77B	=67N	=65B	3.5	31.5	31.5	11.25	1650	-18.2
73	Musiala, Arkadiusz	0	POL	−33N	+51B	−24N	−43B	−77N	+90B	−61N	+85B	=83N	3.5	31.0	32.0	8.75	1564	0.0
74	Wasik, Jozef	1746	POL	−29N	=81B	=65N	+77B	=44N	−41B	−45N	+87B	F	3.5	29.5	29.5	10.00	1621	-24.4
75	Kusnierz, Janusz	1586	POL	−17N	−69B	−88N	−89B	+91B	+86N	−64N	=82B	+87N	3.5	21.0	21.5	5.25	1445	-30.8
76	Lubonski, Andrzej	1494	POL	−30B	+50N	−32B	−60N	−64N	+88B	−57N	−83B	+82N	3.0	31.5	32.5	8.00	1518	+3.4
77	Pawlak, Grzegorz	1586	POL	−16B	−52N	+90B	−74N	+73B	−71N	−72N	−86B	+88N	3.0	27.0	28.0	5.50	1453	-27.8
78	Chmielewski, Miroslaw	1745	POL	+15N	−26B	−9N	F	=16B	−32N	+62B	−49B	−45N	2.5	41.0	41.0	13.00	1655	-19.0
79	Gorecki, Janusz	1715	POL	F	−20N	+34B	=58B	=63N	=16N	−47B	−61N	−62B	2.5	37.0	37.0	12.00	1613	-21.8
80	Klama, Andrzej	1570	POL	−38B	−60N	+50B	F	+49N	−68B	−69N	=62N	−52B	2.5	32.5	32.5	11.00	1596	+4.4
81	Marszalek, Jakub	1582	POL	−22B	=74N	−42B	+91N	−55B	+87N	−54B	−59N	−70B	2.5	30.5	31.0	3.75	1454	-25.2
82	Karamucki, Henryk	1548	POL	−47B	−72N	−67B	−50N	−85B	+91N	+89B	=75N	−76B	2.5	25.5	26.0	3.25	1449	-24.8
83	Wozniak, Andrzej	1578	POL	F	−48B	−56N	F	=87B	−49B	=84N	+76N	=73B	2.5	23.5	23.5	6.75	1542	-6.6
84	Szopa, Andrzej	1465	POL	F	−63B	−55N	F	−61B	+89N	=83B	+70N	F	2.5	19.0	19.0	5.75	1603	+35.6
85	Burgat, Boguslaw	1571	POL	−39N	−14B	−51N	−64B	+82N	−45B	F	−73N	+90N	2.0	30.5	31.5	3.50	1475	-19.2
86	Rotkiewicz, Zbigniew	1485	POL	−24N	−53B	F	−71N	−65B	−75B	+91N	+77N	−64B	2.0	28.0	28.0	3.50	1436	-20.0
87	Jaworowski, Andre	0	USA	F	−44B	−68N	−51B	=83N	−81B	+90N	−74N	−75B	1.5	25.5	25.5	2.25	1414	0.0
88	Koszela, Marek	1417	POL	−54B	−71N	+75B	−34N	−59B	−76N	F	−65N	−77B	1.0	30.0	32.0	3.50	1284	-44.0
89	Sybis, Roman	1523	POL	−25B	−28N	−61B	+75N	−69N	−84B	−82N	−90B	F	1.0	27.0	27.0	3.50	1299	-40.4
90	Buszta, Zofia	1517	POL	−49N	−66B	−77N	F	−50B	−73N	−87B	+89N	−85B	1.0	23.5	23.5	1.00	1376	-19.8
91	Popiolek, Henryk	1498	POL	=63N	−27B	−31N	−81B	−75N	−82B	−86B	F	F	0.5	24.5	24.5	2.00	1213	-35.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Stepien, JanuszPOL
+59.0
5.5 pts · #18
2Wziatek, MarekPOL
+54.4
6.0 pts · #5
3Kolodziej, DariuszPOL
+53.8
6.0 pts · #8

Top rating losers

1Drazek, WladyslawPOL
-68.4
3.5 pts · #62
2Koszela, MarekPOL
-44.0
1.0 pts · #90
3Sybis, RomanPOL
-40.4
1.0 pts · #89

Biggest upsets

R8+397 Elo gap
Szopa, Andrzej1465 beat Drazek, Wladyslaw1862
R1+288 Elo gap
Lisak, Jerzy1513 beat Galyga, Jozef1801
R1+260 Elo gap
Didyk, Andrzej1602 beat Drazek, Wladyslaw1862