Eliminacje Strefowe 2025 ZP-WP C-9
28 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 14 Sept 2025 to 19 Sept 2025 in Darlowo, Poland. Top 10 Elo average was 1523, and top seed was Kacper Stupak (🇵🇱 POL, 1677).
Witold Rusek (🇵🇱 POL, 1621) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Kacper Wrobel (7.5) and Maurycy Gniadek (6.5). Rusek shared the lead from round 8, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Witold Raburski (1458) beat Kacper Stupak (1677), a +219-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R4; 2 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz.
Witold Rusek held the sole lead from R4 through R9 without losing it.
2 players finish on 7.5/9. Rusek takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (46.5).
Witold Rusek lost to Kacper Wrobel (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Witold Rusek | * | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2Kacper Wrobel | 1 | * | ½ | ½ |
| 3Maurycy Gniadek | 0 | ½ | * | ½ |
| 4Kacper Stupak | 0 | ½ | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rusek, Witold | 1621 | POL | +11N | +5B | +10N | +4B | =6N | +14B | −2N | +3N | +9B | 7.5 | 46.5 | 51.0 | 40.75 | 1769 | +60.4 |
| 2 | Wrobel, Kacper | 1575 | POL | +23B | =6N | +5B | =3N | +7B | +15N | +1B | =4N | +8B | 7.5 | 46.5 | 50.0 | 41.00 | 1688 | +30.0 |
| 3 | Gniadek, Maurycy | 1531 | POL | +7N | +8B | +14N | =2B | =4N | +6B | +10N | −1B | =5N | 6.5 | 48.0 | 52.5 | 35.25 | 1630 | +38.4 |
| 4 | Stupak, Kacper | 1677 | POL | +13B | +18N | +9B | −1N | =3B | −5N | +15B | =2B | +6N | 6.0 | 47.5 | 51.5 | 31.00 | 1550 | -44.4 |
| 5 | Raburski, Witold | 1458 | POL | +17B | −1N | −2N | +26B | +21N | +4B | =14N | +16B | =3B | 6.0 | 45.0 | 47.0 | 26.50 | 1506 | +12.0 |
| 6 | Slomski, Henryk | 1405 | POL | +21N | =2B | +12N | +10B | =1B | −3N | =8N | +14B | −4B | 5.5 | 47.0 | 51.0 | 28.50 | 1589 | +68.8 |
| 7 | Biedka, Lukasz | 0 | POL | −3B | +25N | +18B | +9N | −2N | =8B | =16N | =12B | +14N | 5.5 | 42.0 | 45.0 | 23.75 | 1505 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Kukla, Stanislaw | 0 | POL | +25B | −3N | +24B | −16N | +9B | =7N | =6B | +10B | −2N | 5.0 | 43.0 | 46.0 | 22.00 | 1489 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Ratajczyk, Antoni | 1459 | POL | +15N | +16B | −4N | −7B | −8N | +23B | +17N | +11B | −1N | 5.0 | 42.5 | 46.0 | 22.00 | 1443 | -3.2 |
| 10 | Wawrzyniak, Jakub | 1492 | POL | +24B | +27N | −1B | −6N | +12B | +11N | −3B | −8N | +19B | 5.0 | 42.0 | 43.5 | 19.00 | 1402 | -20.4 |
| 11 | Sakwa, Julian | 0 | POL | −1B | +17N | +26B | −14B | +20N | −10B | +19N | −9N | +18B | 5.0 | 38.5 | 40.5 | 18.50 | 1370 | -10.0 |
| 12 | Bernat, Wiktor | 1409 | POL | −26B | +22N | −6B | +17N | −10N | +20B | +24B | =7N | =13B | 5.0 | 37.0 | 39.0 | 21.25 | 1330 | -12.8 |
| 13 | Panicz, Jan | 0 | POL | −4N | =19B | −20N | +25B | −23N | +27B | +26N | +15B | =12N | 5.0 | 32.0 | 33.5 | 15.50 | 1252 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Chojna, Szymon | 1479 | POL | +22B | +26N | −3B | +11N | +16B | −1N | =5B | −6N | −7B | 4.5 | 44.5 | 46.5 | 18.50 | 1334 | -39.2 |
| 15 | Kaczmarczyk, Jakub | 0 | POL | −9B | +20N | =23B | +18N | +19B | −2B | −4N | −13N | +25B | 4.5 | 39.0 | 42.0 | 16.75 | 1458 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Cyfert, Mikolaj | 0 | POL | +20B | −9N | +27B | +8B | −14N | =19N | =7B | −5N | =17B | 4.5 | 38.5 | 40.0 | 17.50 | 1276 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Krawczyk, Lukasz | 0 | POL | −5N | −11B | +28N | −12B | +27B | +18N | −9B | +20N | =16N | 4.5 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 11.75 | 1319 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Korzystka, Ignacy | 1450 | POL | +19N | −4B | −7N | −15B | +22N | −17B | +23N | +21B | −11N | 4.0 | 37.5 | 41.0 | 15.50 | 742 | -31.2 |
| 19 | Krawczyk, Tomasz | 0 | POL | −18B | =13N | +22B | +23N | −15N | =16B | −11B | +24N | −10N | 4.0 | 35.5 | 39.0 | 15.75 | 643 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Barecki, Piotr | 1483 | POL | −16N | −15B | +13B | +24N | −11B | −12N | +25B | −17B | +28N | 4.0 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 11.50 | 606 | -48.4 |
| 21 | FIDE 545038546 | 0 | — | −6B | −23N | +25B | +27N | −5B | −24N | +28B | −18N | +26N | 4.0 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 6.50 | 638 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Iwasiow, Maurycy | 0 | POL | −14N | −12B | −19N | +28B | −18B | −25N | +27N | +26B | +23N | 4.0 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 7.00 | 647 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Barczak, Tymon | 0 | POL | −2N | +21B | =15N | −19B | +13B | −9N | −18B | +28N | −22B | 3.5 | 38.0 | 38.0 | 11.25 | 696 | 0.0 |
| 24 | FIDE 545038520 | 0 | — | −10N | +28B | −8N | −20B | +26N | +21B | −12N | −19B | =27N | 3.5 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 6.75 | 656 | 0.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 545038554 | 0 | — | −8N | −7B | −21N | −13N | +28B | +22B | −20N | +27B | −15N | 3.0 | 33.5 | 33.5 | 5.50 | 683 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Mucha, Krzysztof | 0 | POL | +12N | −14B | −11N | −5N | −24B | +28N | −13B | −22N | −21B | 2.0 | 37.0 | 37.0 | 5.00 | 1244 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 91156491 | 0 | — | +28N | −10B | −16N | −21B | −17N | −13N | −22B | −25N | =24B | 1.5 | 33.5 | 33.5 | 1.75 | 676 | 0.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 545014400 | 0 | — | −27B | −24N | −17B | −22N | −25N | −26B | −21N | −23B | −20B | 0.0 | 28.5 | 30.0 | 0.00 | 683 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Slomski, HenrykPOL+68.85.5 pts · #3
- 2Rusek, WitoldPOL+60.47.5 pts · #1
- 3Gniadek, MaurycyPOL+38.46.5 pts · #2
- 1Barecki, PiotrPOL-48.44.0 pts · #27
- 2Stupak, KacperPOL-44.46.0 pts · #4
- 3Chojna, SzymonPOL-39.24.5 pts · #13
- R6+219 Elo gap