61st International Akiba Rubinstein Chess Festival - OPEN F

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94 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 16 Aug 2025 to 24 Aug 2025 in Polanica-Zdroj, Poland. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1609, and top seed was Antoni Kolodziej (🇵🇱 POL, 1694).

Aleksander Cichocki (🇵🇱 POL, 1581) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Tobiasz Malinowski (8.0) and Jakub Cichocki (6.5). Cichocki shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Tomasz Do Trong (1428) beat Pawel Hrybacz (1601), a +173-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

🇵🇱Antoni Kolodziej1694

Avg top 10

1,609

Participants

Federations · 4 represented

🇵🇱Poland×68

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

🇬🇧England×1

🇩🇪Germany×1

Top 3

🥇
Aleksander Cichocki
🇵🇱POL·1581
8.0pts·1967perf+95.2
🥈
Tobiasz Malinowski
🇵🇱POL·1660
8.0pts·1835perf+48.4
🥉
Jakub Cichocki
🇵🇱POL·1600
6.5pts·1614perf+6.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 8.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Cichocki8Malinowski8Kolodziej6.5Panasiuk6.5Drwiega6.5Brzeski6.5

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 8.0/9. Cichocki takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (49.5).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Aleksander Cichocki drew with Tobiasz Malinowski (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Aleksander Cichocki 3 wins (R1–R3)Tobiasz Malinowski 3 wins (R4–R6)Antoni Kolodziej 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Aleksander Cichocki	*	½	—	1
2Tobiasz Malinowski	½	*	1	1
3Antoni Kolodziej	—	0	*	0
4Stanislaw Panasiuk	0	0	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Cichocki, Aleksander	1581	POL	+66B	+20N	+10B	=51N	+9B	+4N	=2B	+3N	+11B	8.0	49.5	53.0	46.75	1967	+95.2
2	Malinowski, Tobiasz	1660	POL	+33N	+26B	=5N	+47B	+51N	+7B	=1N	+17B	+4N	8.0	48.0	52.5	45.25	1835	+48.4
3	Cichocki, Jakub	1600	POL	+36N	=8B	+30N	=5B	=10N	+6B	+14N	−1B	+21N	6.5	50.5	55.5	38.00	1614	+6.4
4	Panasiuk, Stanislaw	1627	POL	+90B	+45N	+18B	+17N	+7N	−1B	=5N	+10B	−2B	6.5	50.5	53.0	33.75	1690	+26.8
5	Brzeski, Karol	1462	POL	+92B	+22N	=2B	=3N	+23B	+31N	=4B	=11N	=6N	6.5	49.5	51.5	34.75	1736	+107.2
6	Drwiega, Witold	0	POL	+?B	=9N	+21B	=8B	+35N	−3N	+31B	+18N	=5B	6.5	47.0	47.0	30.75	1572	0.0
7	Kolodziej, Antoni	1694	POL	+40B	+34N	+25B	+23N	−4B	−2N	+41B	=14B	+17N	6.5	46.5	51.0	33.50	1693	+0.4
8	Lewenstein, Konstanty	1484	POL	+73B	=3N	+49B	=6N	+12B	=16B	=13N	=21N	+24B	6.5	46.0	49.5	34.50	1691	+72.0
9	Skolimowski, Michal	1512	POL	+82N	=6B	+67N	+46B	−1N	−51B	+44N	+22B	+35N	6.5	42.0	45.0	29.25	1717	+43.6
10	Pawlicz, Zuzanna	1498	POL	+50N	+48B	−1N	+94B	=3B	=13N	+53B	−4N	+31B	6.0	45.5	47.5	26.75	1509	+2.4
11	Galuszka, Michal	1504	POL	+87N	−42B	+63N	+48B	=14N	+15B	+16N	=5B	−1N	6.0	45.0	48.0	29.25	1621	+32.4
12	Junak, Aleksandra	1575	POL	+74N	−41B	+36N	+26B	−8N	=19B	+47N	+28B	=15B	6.0	43.0	46.5	29.75	1496	-26.8
13	Przygodzki, Wojciech	1541	POL	−48N	+59B	+57N	=32B	+47N	=10B	=8B	=20N	+41B	6.0	41.0	45.0	29.00	1553	-4.4
14	Lapczynska, Magdalena	1601	POL	−77N	+87B	+43B	+45N	=11B	+40N	−3B	=7N	+34B	6.0	40.5	43.5	27.75	1628	+7.6
15	Pirowski, Ignacy	1513	POL	=44B	−43N	+69B	+76N	+37B	−11N	+56B	+16B	=12N	6.0	39.5	42.5	26.75	1561	+8.4
16	Hrybacz, Pawel	1601	POL	+53B	−19N	+66B	+20N	+18B	=8N	−11B	−15N	+32B	5.5	44.5	48.0	27.25	1432	-56.4
17	Pera, Mikolaj	1538	POL	+85B	+83N	+42B	−4B	+19N	+41N	=21B	−2N	−7B	5.5	44.0	47.0	23.25	1526	-0.4
18	Przewlocka, Alicja	1501	POL	+59N	+77B	−4N	+55B	−16N	+33B	+42N	−6B	=27N	5.5	42.0	45.0	23.75	815	-27.2
19	Do Trong, Tomasz	1428	POL	+93N	+16B	−23N	+38B	−17B	=12N	+40B	−24N	+54B	5.5	42.0	44.0	24.50	1556	+5.2
20	Cnota, Barbara	1417	POL	+78N	−1B	+50N	−16B	+55N	+38B	=22N	=13B	=?N	5.5	42.0	42.0	22.75	1511	0.0
21	Ladon, Jan	1518	POL	+86N	=67B	−6N	+88B	+46N	+44B	=17N	=8B	−3B	5.5	40.5	43.0	22.25	1501	-4.0
22	Bialkowska, Magdalena	1577	POL	+57N	−5B	=77N	+83B	=40B	+34N	=20B	−9N	+45B	5.5	40.0	43.0	23.50	1486	-20.0
23	Pechenizka-Tkachova, Olesia	1547	UKR	+76B	+56N	+19B	−7B	−5N	−42N	+70B	=53N	+46B	5.5	40.0	43.0	23.25	1526	-5.2
24	Lapczynska, Joanna	1555	POL	+65B	=32N	=37B	+42N	−41B	=67N	+46B	+19B	−8N	5.5	39.5	43.0	25.25	1458	-18.8
25	Zielinski, Franciszek	1510	POL	+61B	+69N	−7N	−33B	+63N	=36B	=43N	=27B	+42N	5.5	39.0	42.5	23.50	894	-10.4
26	Grycel, Hanna	1497	POL	+89B	−2N	+75B	−12N	+48B	−53N	+61B	=43N	+50B	5.5	39.0	41.5	20.75	820	-26.8
27	Kozminczuk, Oliwier	0	POL	−51B	+64N	+?B	−31N	+75B	=52N	+54B	=25N	=18B	5.5	36.5	36.5	19.25	1524	0.0
28	Skwarek, Nikola	1503	POL	+64B	−51N	+80B	−40N	=66B	+49N	+50B	−12N	+43B	5.5	36.0	39.0	22.25	778	-16.0
29	Puzio, Wojciech	1534	POL	+80B	+58N	−51B	=37N	−44B	+66N	−32B	+40N	+53B	5.5	35.5	38.5	22.00	611	-26.8
30	Kordus, Franciszek	1462	POL	=68N	+79B	−3B	−44N	−43B	+75N	+78B	+66N	+52B	5.5	33.0	36.0	18.75	1574	+12.0
31	Moskal, Slawomir	1528	POL	+62N	=46B	=32N	+27B	+33N	−5B	−6N	+36B	−10N	5.0	44.0	48.0	24.25	1251	-58.4
32	Romanska, Rozalia	0	POL	+72N	=24B	=31B	=13N	=52B	=54N	+29N	=35B	−16N	5.0	41.5	45.0	24.25	1546	+58.4
33	Lambucki, Karol	0	POL	−2B	+89N	+60B	+25N	−31B	−18N	+68B	−34N	+61B	5.0	40.5	43.0	19.50	1298	0.0
34	Galuszka, Karolina	1495	POL	+81N	−7B	−48N	+64B	+62N	−22B	+55N	+33B	−14N	5.0	40.0	43.0	20.50	825	-39.2
35	Lewenstein, Ludwik	1518	POL	+70B	=49N	+44B	=41N	−6B	=56N	+67B	=32N	−9B	5.0	39.5	43.0	20.75	1332	-30.4
36	Reterski, Igor	0	POL	−3B	+73N	−12B	+92N	+60B	=25N	=52B	−31N	+58B	5.0	39.0	41.0	18.50	1313	0.0
37	Dziedzic, Mikolaj	0	POL	=79N	+71B	=24N	=29B	−15N	−50B	=59N	+62B	+49B	5.0	37.5	40.5	21.00	1399	0.0
38	Szulc, Leon	1577	POL	−49B	+61N	+53B	−19N	+72B	−20N	+76B	−41N	+84B	5.0	35.0	38.0	18.00	698	-48.8
39	Cornelius, Florian	0	GER	−58B	+70N	−40B	=61N	=76B	+48N	−45B	+80N	+65B	5.0	32.0	35.0	18.50	688	0.0
40	Krawczyk, Wojciech	0	POL	−7N	+81B	+39N	+28B	=22N	−14B	−19N	−29B	+71N	4.5	43.0	46.0	19.75	1383	0.0
41	Chyc, Rafal	1453	POL	+75B	+12N	F	=35B	+24N	−17B	−7N	+38B	−13N	4.5	42.5	42.5	22.00	1570	+43.6
42	Flicinski, Aleksander	0	POL	+60B	+11N	−17N	−24B	+84N	+23B	−18B	=52N	−25B	4.5	42.0	45.0	20.75	1421	0.0
43	Kunat, Bartosz	0	POL	=?N	+15B	−14N	−67B	+30N	+45N	=25B	=26B	−28N	4.5	42.0	42.0	21.50	1529	0.0
44	Boron, Dominik	0	POL	=15N	+?B	−35N	+30B	+29N	−21N	−9B	−46N	+66B	4.5	42.0	42.0	17.50	1453	0.0
45	Lewandowski, Stanislaw	1463	POL	+55N	−4B	+62N	−14B	=50N	−43B	+39N	+67B	−22N	4.5	40.5	44.0	19.25	802	-41.2
46	Zareba, Dawid	1411	POL	+91B	=31N	+52B	−9N	−21B	+72N	−24N	+44B	−23N	4.5	40.5	43.0	17.50	1337	-22.8
47	Bernat, Maja	1421	POL	+?B	=52N	+54B	−2N	−13B	+78N	−12B	−49N	+60B	4.5	40.5	40.5	13.75	1430	0.0
48	Malinowska, Aleksandra	0	POL	+13B	−10N	+34B	−11N	−26N	−39B	+93N	+?B	=55N	4.5	40.0	40.0	15.25	1441	0.0
49	Urbaniak, Michal	0	POL	+38N	=35B	−8N	−54N	+88B	−28B	+79N	+47B	−37N	4.5	39.0	41.5	17.50	1372	0.0
50	FIDE 545035598	0	—	−10B	+91N	−20B	+58N	=45B	+37N	−28N	+83B	−26N	4.5	39.0	41.5	16.75	1175	0.0
51	ODonnell, Elliot	0	ENG	+27N	+28B	+29N	=1B	−2B	+9N	F	F	F	4.5	39.0	39.0	27.00	1598	0.0
52	Ponikowski, Ignacy	1548	POL	+63N	=47B	−46N	+77B	=32N	=27B	=36N	=42B	−30N	4.5	38.5	41.5	19.25	1157	-59.6
53	Piatek, Antoni	0	POL	−16N	+93B	−38N	+89B	+94N	+26B	−10N	=23B	−29N	4.5	37.5	39.5	14.75	1350	0.0
54	Trendel, Julia	1537	POL	=71N	+68B	−47N	+49B	=67N	=32B	−27N	+56B	−19N	4.5	36.5	40.0	18.50	1284	-26.4
55	Poberezhnyi, Bohdan	0	POL	−45B	+90N	+56B	−18N	−20B	+58N	−34B	+76N	=48B	4.5	36.5	39.0	16.25	693	0.0
56	Balis, Aleksander	0	POL	+94N	−23B	−55N	+59B	+93N	=35B	−15N	−54N	+68B	4.5	35.0	37.0	14.00	1207	0.0
57	FIDE 545012628	0	—	−22B	+92N	−13B	−75N	+?B	−61N	+88B	=68N	+67N	4.5	30.0	30.0	9.75	775	0.0
58	FIDE 91122120	0	—	+39N	−29B	−94N	−50B	+64N	−55B	+82N	+70B	−36N	4.0	35.0	37.0	15.50	735	0.0
59	Krzywda, Antoni	0	POL	−18B	−13N	+90B	−56N	=91B	+85N	=37B	−65N	+80B	4.0	33.5	36.0	12.25	735	0.0
60	FIDE 91195586	0	—	−42N	+82B	−33N	+71B	−36N	+62B	−?N	+63B	−47N	4.0	33.5	33.5	14.50	696	0.0
61	Fikus, Szymon	0	POL	−25N	−38B	+?N	=39B	=?N	+57B	−26N	+77B	−33N	4.0	33.5	33.5	10.00	1199	0.0
62	Bernat, Wiktor	0	POL	−31B	+84N	−45B	+69N	−34B	−60N	+75B	−37N	+79B	4.0	33.0	36.0	12.50	704	0.0
63	FIDE 91113342	0	—	−52B	+?N	−11B	+?N	−25B	−68N	+69B	−60N	+75B	4.0	30.0	30.0	6.50	721	0.0
64	FIDE 545035571	0	—	−28N	−27B	+91B	−34N	−58B	−?N	+?B	+88N	+76B	4.0	28.0	28.0	8.00	700	0.0
65	Grochala, Hanna	0	POL	−24N	−88B	+81N	−93B	+89N	−84B	+92N	+59B	−39N	4.0	27.5	29.5	11.50	727	0.0
66	Rusek, Franciszek	0	POL	−1N	+78B	−16N	+73B	=28N	−29B	+72N	−30B	−44N	3.5	41.5	44.5	12.75	1171	0.0
67	Fajks, Zuzanna	0	POL	+84B	=21N	−9B	+43N	=54B	=24B	−35N	−45N	−57B	3.5	40.5	43.5	15.25	1324	0.0
68	Pytlarski, Antoni	0	POL	=30B	−54N	−?N	+87B	=83N	+63B	−33N	=57B	−56N	3.5	34.0	34.0	13.50	1225	0.0
69	FIDE 545035610	0	—	+88N	−25B	−15N	−62B	−82N	+86B	−63N	+92B	=70N	3.5	31.5	33.5	9.25	711	0.0
70	FIDE 91196930	0	—	−35N	−39B	=78N	=79B	+92N	+94B	−23N	−58N	=69B	3.5	31.0	33.0	8.75	735	0.0
71	FIDE 545030669	0	—	=54B	−37N	−72B	−60N	=81B	=89N	+90B	+78N	−40B	3.5	30.0	32.5	10.50	1535	0.0
72	Szpakowski, Jan	0	POL	−32B	=76N	+71N	+?B	−38N	−46B	−66B	+91N	F	3.5	30.0	30.0	7.50	1282	0.0
73	Pedziwiatr, Krzysztof	0	POL	−8N	−36B	+86N	−66N	+85B	−?B	−77N	+94B	=74N	3.5	29.5	29.5	9.75	683	0.0
74	Zurek, Jan	0	POL	−12B	−75N	−89B	=81N	+?B	=88N	−?B	+93N	=73B	3.5	22.5	22.5	6.50	778	0.0
75	FIDE 545035601	0	—	−41N	+74B	−26N	+57B	−27N	−30B	−62N	+82B	−63N	3.0	37.0	40.0	11.00	671	0.0
76	Lewizorowicz, Hanna	0	POL	−23N	=72B	+79N	−15B	=39N	+93B	−38N	−55B	−64N	3.0	36.5	38.5	9.25	745	0.0
77	Michalski, Fabian	0	POL	+14B	−18N	=22B	−52N	−78B	=80N	+73B	−61N	F	3.0	35.5	38.5	13.75	1470	0.0
78	FIDE 545007861	0	—	−20B	−66N	=70B	+?N	+77N	−47B	−30N	−71B	=86N	3.0	32.0	32.0	6.25	662	0.0
79	FIDE 545027790	0	—	=37B	−30N	−76B	=70N	=80B	+91N	−49B	=87B	−62N	3.0	31.5	34.0	9.75	662	0.0
80	FIDE 91108950	0	—	−29N	+?B	−28N	−84B	=79N	=77B	+94N	−39B	−59N	3.0	31.0	31.0	5.00	720	0.0
81	Mucha, Krzysztof	0	POL	−34B	−40N	−65B	=74B	=71N	=90N	−91B	=85N	+94B	3.0	28.5	30.5	8.25	695	0.0
82	FIDE 91169151	0	—	−9B	−60N	−92B	+90N	+69B	−83N	−58B	−75N	+93B	3.0	28.5	30.5	8.00	709	0.0
83	FIDE 91112389	0	—	+?N	−17B	=88N	−22N	=68B	+82B	−84N	−50N	F	3.0	27.5	27.5	6.00	750	0.0
84	FIDE 545035636	0	—	−67N	−62B	F	+80N	−42B	+65N	+83B	−?B	−38N	3.0	27.0	27.0	10.00	737	0.0
85	FIDE 91182492	0	—	−17N	−94B	−93N	+?B	−73N	−59B	=86N	=81B	+92N	3.0	25.0	25.0	5.00	721	0.0
86	FIDE 91169135	0	—	−21B	−?N	−73B	−91N	+?B	−69N	=85B	+90N	=78B	3.0	23.5	23.5	5.50	720	0.0
87	FIDE 91182158	0	—	−11B	−14N	=?B	−68N	−90B	+?N	+89B	=79N	F	3.0	23.5	23.5	4.00	753	0.0
88	FIDE 545035628	0	—	−69B	+65N	=83B	−21N	−49N	=74B	−57N	−64B	=89N	2.5	32.5	35.0	8.50	720	0.0
89	Moore, Oliwier	0	POL	−26N	−33B	+74N	−53N	−65B	=71B	−87N	=?N	=88B	2.5	31.5	31.5	6.50	698	0.0
90	Maruszak, Bartosz	0	POL	−4N	−55B	−59N	−82B	+87N	=81B	−71N	−86B	+?N	2.5	30.5	30.5	4.50	827	0.0
91	FIDE 91182662	0	—	−46N	−50B	−64N	+86B	=59N	−79B	+81N	−72B	−?N	2.5	29.5	29.5	8.00	616	0.0
92	Ponikowski, Jan	0	POL	−5N	−57B	+82N	−36B	−70B	+?N	−65B	−69N	−85B	2.0	33.0	33.0	3.00	651	0.0
93	FIDE 91190673	0	—	−19B	−53N	+85B	+65N	−56B	−76N	−48B	−74B	−82N	2.0	32.5	35.5	7.00	743	0.0
94	FIDE 545035644	0	—	−56B	+85N	+58B	−10N	−53B	−70N	−80B	−73N	−81N	2.0	32.0	35.0	7.00	698	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Brzeski, KarolPOL
+107.2
6.5 pts · #6
2Cichocki, AleksanderPOL
+95.2
8.0 pts · #2
3Lewenstein, KonstantyPOL
+72.0
6.5 pts · #9

Top rating losers

1Ponikowski, IgnacyPOL
-59.6
4.5 pts · #50
2Moskal, SlawomirPOL
-58.4
5.0 pts · #44
3Hrybacz, PawelPOL
-56.4
5.5 pts · #20

Biggest upsets

R2+173 Elo gap
Do Trong, Tomasz1428 beat Hrybacz, Pawel1601
R6+160 Elo gap
Cnota, Barbara1417 beat Szulc, Leon1577
R4+149 Elo gap
Do Trong, Tomasz1428 beat Szulc, Leon1577