XXXVI Miedzynarodowy Festiwal Szachowy CRACOVIA 2025 Grupa I U8

Open SwissStandard

40 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 27 Dec 2025 to 29 Dec 2025 in Krakow, Poland. 6 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1338, and top seed was Luca-Stefan Cioboata (🇷🇴 ROU, 1577).

Luca-Stefan Cioboata (🇷🇴 ROU, 1577) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Kacper Lignar (5.5) and Denis Bobrakov-Timoskin (5.5). Cioboata won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Bartlomiej Karcz (1419) beat Denis Bobrakov-Timoskin (1536), a +117-point gap.

Location

🇵🇱Krakow, Poland

Dates

27 Dec 2025 → 29 Dec 2025

Time control

Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇴Luca-Stefan Cioboata1577

Avg top 10

1,338

Participants

40

Federations · 6 represented

🇵🇱Poland×23

🇺🇦Ukraine×2

🇦🇲Armenia×1

🇨🇿Czech Republic×1

🇷🇴Romania×1

🇦🇹Austria×1

Top 3

🥇
Luca-Stefan Cioboata
🇷🇴ROU·1577
6.5pts·1818perf+42.0
🥈
Kacper Lignar
🇵🇱POL·1511
5.5pts·1647perf+20.4
🥉
Denis Bobrakov-Timoskin
🇨🇿CZE·1536
5.5pts·1296perf-24.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Luca-Stefan Cioboata led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

21

7

3

1

1

1

1

Cioboata6.5Lignar5.5Bobrakov-Timoskin5.5Hulaievych5Karcz5Karp5

R4–R7 · LEAD HELD

Luca-Stefan Cioboata never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Luca-Stefan Cioboata beat Kacper Lignar (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Luca-Stefan Cioboata 6 wins (R1–R6)Kacper Lignar 3 wins (R3–R5)Denis Bobrakov-Timoskin 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Luca-Stefan Cioboata	*	1	½	—
2Kacper Lignar	0	*	—	1
3Denis Bobrakov-Timoskin	½	—	*	—
4Oleksii Hulaievych	—	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Cioboata, Luca-Stefan	1577	ROU	+37N	+24B	+25N	+14B	+4B	+2N	=3N	6.5	26.0	28.0	25.25	1818	+42.0
2	Lignar, Kacper	1511	POL	+38B	=19N	+12B	+7N	+8N	−1B	+9N	5.5	28.0	30.0	21.75	1647	+20.4
3	Bobrakov-Timoskin, Denis	1536	CZE	+30B	+28N	+6B	−4N	+27B	+21N	=1B	5.5	26.0	29.0	20.75	1296	-24.8
4	Karcz, Bartlomiej	1419	POL	F	+34N	+17B	+3B	−1N	+5B	+8B	5.0	28.0	28.0	21.50	1727	+65.6
5	Grabowska, Zofia	0	POL	=22B	+23N	=10B	+17N	+16B	−4N	+11B	5.0	25.0	28.5	19.50	615	-26.0
6	Karp, Anna	0	POL	+?N	+21B	−3N	=24B	+20N	=7B	+16N	5.0	24.5	24.5	15.00	736	0.0
7	Hulaievych, Oleksii	0	UKR	=26B	+18N	+?B	−2B	+?N	=6N	+?B	5.0	17.0	17.0	7.50	1544	0.0
8	Tuczynski, Antoni	1514	POL	+29B	=12N	+19B	+9N	−2B	+14B	−4N	4.5	26.5	29.5	17.00	1351	-26.0
9	Feseniuk, Maryna	1468	AUT	=23B	+11N	+22B	−8B	+24N	+19N	−2B	4.5	24.5	27.5	15.75	716	-37.2
10	Zawisza, Milosz	0	POL	+36B	=?N	=5N	=?B	−25N	+20B	+18N	4.5	17.0	17.0	11.50	1482	0.0
11	FIDE 371111536	0	—	+?N	−9B	+33N	+?B	−14N	+12B	−5N	4.0	20.0	20.0	6.50	709	0.0
12	Chochorek, Piotr	0	POL	+?N	=8B	−2N	+35B	=?B	−11N	+24N	4.0	19.5	19.5	7.75	1392	0.0
13	Apryjas, Nikodem	1492	POL	=33N	−20B	−18N	+36N	+35B	=24B	+27N	4.0	18.0	20.0	10.25	658	-24.8
14	Skrzat, Anna	0	POL	+?B	+32N	+?B	−1N	+11B	−8N	−?B	4.0	17.5	17.5	6.50	1324	0.0
15	Prykhid, Yaryna	0	UKR	+27B	−25N	−26B	+38N	+28B	−?N	+33B	4.0	16.5	16.5	10.50	665	0.0
16	Baczkowski, Adam	0	POL	+?B	−?N	+32B	+28N	−5N	+?B	−6B	4.0	15.5	15.5	5.50	1380	0.0
17	Macurek, Daniela	0	POL	+?N	+?B	−4N	−5B	−?B	+36N	+26N	4.0	15.0	15.0	5.00	1284	0.0
18	Kokosza, Filip	1447	POL	=20N	−7B	+13B	+22N	−19B	+32N	−10B	3.5	24.0	26.5	11.75	2342	+24.8
19	Sitek, Rafal	0	POL	+?N	=2B	−8N	+34B	+18N	−9B	−?N	3.5	20.5	20.5	8.75	1408	0.0
20	Kempa, Hugo	0	POL	=18B	+13N	+?B	−?N	−6B	−10N	+32B	3.5	19.5	19.5	8.25	1519	0.0
21	Tumanyan, Aram	0	ARM	F	−6N	+29B	+26N	+?B	−3B	=?N	3.5	16.5	16.5	6.00	1488	0.0
22	Mikolajewski, Miron	0	POL	=5N	+?B	−9N	−18B	+34N	−?B	+?N	3.5	15.5	15.5	5.00	1160	0.0
23	FIDE 545033617	0	—	=9N	−5B	+?N	−?N	=32B	=?B	+?N	3.5	12.0	12.0	3.50	1239	0.0
24	Panicz, Jan	0	POL	+?B	−1N	+?B	=6N	−9B	=13N	−12B	3.0	24.0	24.0	4.50	1259	0.0
25	Morawiec, Julian	1415	POL	+40N	+15B	−1B	−27N	+10B	F	F	3.0	22.0	22.0	9.50	763	-14.0
26	Grzyb, Adam	0	POL	=7N	=33B	+15N	−21B	+?N	−?N	−17B	3.0	19.0	19.0	7.75	719	0.0
27	Zurek, Jan	0	POL	−15N	+?B	+?N	+25B	−3N	−?N	−13B	3.0	16.5	16.5	3.00	1319	0.0
28	FIDE 91142741	0	—	+?N	−3B	+?N	−16B	−15N	−30B	+?N	3.0	16.5	16.5	0.00	736	0.0
29	FIDE 545035415	0	—	−8N	+?B	−21N	+?B	+?N	F	−?B	3.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	712	0.0
30	Stanislawczyk, Rita	0	POL	−3N	−?B	+40N	−?B	+?N	+28N	−?B	3.0	9.5	9.5	4.00	736	0.0
31	FIDE 545044082	0	—	−?N	−?B	+?N	−?N	+?B	−?B	+36N	3.0	2.0	2.0	2.00	683	0.0
32	FIDE 91193648	0	—	+?N	−14B	−16N	+33B	=23N	−18B	−20N	2.5	21.0	21.0	4.25	658	0.0
33	Brania, Stanislaw	0	POL	=13B	=26N	−11B	−32N	=?B	+34N	−15N	2.5	20.0	20.0	6.00	1542	0.0
34	FIDE 545027684	0	—	+?N	−4B	=35N	−19N	−22B	−33B	+?N	2.5	17.0	17.0	1.25	615	0.0
35	Wojcik, Lucja	0	POL	−?B	+?N	=34B	−12N	−13N	−?B	+?B	2.5	10.5	10.5	1.25	731	0.0
36	FIDE 545063591	0	—	−10N	−39B	+37N	−13B	+40N	−17B	−31B	2.0	19.5	20.5	3.00	742	0.0
37	FIDE 545057583	0	—	−1B	−?N	−36B	−?N	+?B	−?N	+40B	2.0	9.5	9.5	1.00	763	0.0
38	FIDE 545044074	0	—	−2N	−?B	+?N	−15B	=?N	=?B	−?N	2.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	721	0.0
39	Hauschild, Kamil	0	POL	−?B	+36N	−?N	+?B	−?N	−?B	−?B	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.00	664	0.0
40	FIDE 91151210	0	—	−25B	−?N	−30B	+?N	−36B	−?N	−37N	1.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	684	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Karcz, BartlomiejPOL
+65.6
5.0 pts · #3
2Cioboata, Luca-StefanROU
+42.0
6.5 pts · #2
3Kokosza, FilipPOL
+24.8
3.5 pts · #10

Top rating losers

1Feseniuk, MarynaAUT
-37.2
4.5 pts · #30
2Tuczynski, AntoniPOL
-26.0
4.5 pts · #12
3Grabowska, ZofiaPOL
-26.0
5.0 pts · #28

Biggest upsets

R4+117 Elo gap
Karcz, Bartlomiej1419 beat Bobrakov-Timoskin, Denis1536