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XXXVI Miedzynarodowy Festiwal Szachowy CRACOVIA 2025 Grupa A

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148 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 27 Dec 2025 to 04 Jan 2026 in Krakow, Poland. 94 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2461, and top seed was Szymon Gumularz (🇵🇱 POL, GM, 2606).

Casper Schoppen (🇳🇱 NED, GM, 2567) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Szymon Gumularz (7.0) and Tomas Polak (7.0). Schoppen shared the lead from round 5 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Karol Kucza (FM, 2263) beat Igor Janik (GM, 2528), a +265-point gap.

Location
🇵🇱Krakow, Poland
Dates
27 Dec 2025 → 04 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇵🇱GMSzymon Gumularz2606
Avg top 10
2,461
Participants
148
Titled players · 94
GM×6
IM×6
FM×45
CM×32
WGM×1
WIM×1
WFM×3
Federations · 8 represented
🇵🇱Poland×79
🇮🇳India×12
🇩🇪Germany×8
🇺🇦Ukraine×7
🇭🇺Hungary×5
🇱🇻Latvia×4
🇬🇷Greece×4
🇬🇪Georgia×4
Top 3
  • 🥇
    🇳🇱NED·2567
    7.5pts·2591perf+4.2
  • 🥈
    🇵🇱POL·2606
    7.0pts·2573perf-1.5
  • 🥉
    🇨🇿CZE·2444
    7.0pts·2562perf+13.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

GM Casper Schoppen led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
47
19
6
1
3
2
1
4
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Schoppen takes lead
R7 · LEADER CHANGE02 Jan

GM Casper Schoppen takes the sole lead (6.5/7).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Casper Schoppen beat GM Tomas Polak (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

GM Casper Schoppen 6 wins (R2–R7)GM Tomas Polak 4 wins (R1–R4)FM Peter Balint 3 wins (R6–R8)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMCasper Schoppen*
1
—
0
2GMTomas Polak
0
*
½
½
3FMPeter Balint—
½
*—
4GMSzymon Gumularz
1
½
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Schoppen, CasperGM2567NED=113B+73N+83B+24N+38B+5N+3B−2N+9B7.545.548.540.002591+4.2
2Gumularz, SzymonGM2606POL+80N+37B+22N=9B=3N+36B=10N+1B=5B7.048.552.539.752573-1.5
3Polak, TomasGM2444CZE+117B+79N+63B+64N=2B+9B−1N+13B=4N7.046.549.535.002562+13.8
4Balint, PeterFM2427AUT+90N+98B=20N=21B=22N+28B+19N+10B=3B7.045.048.536.752511+8.9
5Firman, NazarGM2441UKRF+47B+142N+20B+25N−1B+15N+6B=2N6.544.544.533.502618+17.4
6Czernek, TymonFM2398POL−118B+93N+113B+41N=14B+38N+58B−5N+23B6.540.043.030.502404+1.6
7Szczurek, KrzysztofFM2257POL−114B+136N+115B+68N=11B=12B+53N=14N+25B6.539.041.029.002391+32.4
8Vingris,MikelisFM2339LAT−101N+144B+103N=66B=97N=70B+62N+46B+28N6.534.535.525.752340+1.2
9Kucza, KarolFM2263POL+70N+46B+108B=2N+15B−3N+26B=25N−1N6.048.051.530.752509+55.8
10Alexiadis, HristosIM2370GRE=27B=50N+117B+79N+65B+18N=2B−4N=14B6.045.048.029.252425+13.4
11Pasti, AronIM2356HUN+72N+30B=21N=97B=7N=24B=20N=37B+41N6.043.046.530.752357-0.2
12Radzimski, AntoniFM2356POL=84B=42N+50B+59N=39B=7N=24N=20B+37N6.042.546.530.752342-1.9
13Jarmula, LukaszGM2414POL=50B=113N+80B+63N+40B=26N+29B−3N=19B6.042.545.528.752388-2.2
14Rudolf, MichalFM2302POL+115N+135B−40N+101B=6N+17B=36N=7B=10N6.041.543.526.502356+6.5
15Stefanou, DimitriosFM2356GRE+116N+51B=43N+62B−9N+97B−5B=22N+39B6.041.044.026.252365+2.6
16Adharsh KFM2350IND+107B+52N−64B=67N=27B=74N+80B=58N+54B6.038.041.527.252308-9.2
17van der Merwe, Alexander2103RSA=95B+60N−38B+138N+96B−14N=63B+74N+65B6.037.539.524.252375+65.2
18Negrean, AndreiFM2334ROU+76B−64N+118B+112N+100B−10B=37N=54N+68B6.036.039.023.502306-5.8
19Kaczmarek, AleksanderIM2334POL+144N=101B−97N+137B+129N+43B−4B+66N=13N6.034.035.019.752358+6.2
20Ugorek, KacperCM2248POL+126N+45B=4B−5N=67B+64N=11B=12N=26B5.545.047.526.502357+53.6
21Gierulski, Kamil2244POL+121B+44N=11B=4N−26B+67N−25N=42B+72N5.543.046.026.002328+20.4
22Dziewonski, DariuszFM2284POL+136N+71B−2B+114N=4B=23N=66N=15B=30N5.543.045.023.752342+13.2
23Grygierczyk, WojciechCM2144POL=65N=31B=37N+142B+35N=22B+49N=28B−6N5.543.044.525.002353+50.8
24Stickler, FlorentinFM2249AUT+82B=100N+74B−1B+102N=11N=12B=26N=34B5.542.546.025.252363+54.4
25Lewicki, MiroslawIM2338POL+67B+118N+112B=40N−5B=39N+21B=9B−7N5.542.045.024.002307-3.1
26Shilon Rahav, EliranFM2363ISR+124N−43B+116N+51B+21N=13B−9N=24B=20N5.541.544.525.002322-8.8
27Mrozowski, PatrykCM2177POL=10N−36B+105N+32B=16N−49B+89B+63N=58B5.541.044.526.002379+48.8
28Sidletskyi, IvanFM2289UKR−112B+76N+107B+69N+108B−4N+39B=23N−8B5.540.043.023.752335+11.6
29Pankiv, MaksymFM2308UKRF+84N−39B+85B+62N+30B−13N=36B+57N5.539.039.025.502382+15.4
30Dubinski, MateuszFM2211POL+92B−11N=81B+106N+134B−29N=44B+73N=22B5.538.040.521.752285+18.0
31Brozyna, MateuszFM2247POL=48B=23N−69B=76N=56B+112N=71B+84N+99B5.536.539.522.752224-5.4
32Golis, WiktorFM2321POL+123B−112N=42B−27N+76B+84N=74B=47N+66B5.536.039.023.252254-15.4
33Musial, TomaszCM2213POLF=81N=106B+48N=44B=108N=68B+45B+36N5.535.535.525.252334+24.6
34Jares, MichalFM2325CZE=103N+85B−62N+119B−66N+116B=70N+40B=24N5.534.537.521.752247-17.6
35Sian, ShadiCM2240NOR+120B−108N+54B=134N−23B=82N+100B=99N+71B5.532.535.021.002285+10.4
36Brzezina, PiotrFM2361POL=42B+27N+114B=39N+64B−2N=14B=29N−33B5.044.047.023.752299-14.8
37Madej, MarekFM2241POL+94B−2N=23B=84N+69B+100N=18B=11N−12B5.043.046.522.752306+13.6
38Karwowski, KacperCM2267POL=69N+127B+17N+43B−1N−6B−40N+64B=85B5.043.045.522.252266-1.8
39Goderdzishvili, GigaCM2233GEO=105N+102B+29N=36B=12N=25B−28N+70B−15N5.041.545.023.502308+18.0
40Salci, Aytug CelalCM2110TUR+138B+104N+14B=25B−13N−58N+38B−34N=52B5.041.543.521.752331+102.4
41Suska, SzymonFM2241POL=109N=53B+46N−6B=71B=42N+69B+77N−11B5.041.044.523.002231-5.6
42Saurabh AnandFM2174IND=36N=12B=32N=133B=75N=41B+96B=21N=61B5.040.543.023.502336+38.6
43Jendrowiak, MaciejCM2218POL+110B+26N=15B−38N+81B−19N=77B−68N+82B5.039.543.022.252252+7.6
44Oborski, Artur2102POL+88N−21B=129N+47B=33N=79B=30N−57B+86N5.038.541.021.752256+37.2
45Latzke, Boris2102GER+111B−20N=87B=74N+59B=63N=61B−33N+80B5.038.041.521.502260+38.2
46Jedras, Piotr2113POL+128B−9N−41B=117N+113B+50N+65B−8N=60B5.038.040.519.002278+39.4
47Pycinski, Wladyslaw2193POL=68B−5N+147B−44N=106B+94N+92B=32B=53N5.038.038.517.752216+8.4
48Kraczek, CezaryCM2130POL=31N=57B=98N−33B+88N=83B=51N=86B+87B5.037.040.521.502264+64.8
49Valdats, ReinisFM2261LAT+54B−114N−67B+107N+112B+27N−23B=85N=56B5.036.039.021.502199-16.2
50Pilzak, MarcinCM2182POL=13N=10B−12N+130B=125N−46B=102N+112B+96B5.036.038.518.502271+20.2
51Sudarshan BhatCM2202IND+132B−15N+73B−26N=77B=81N=48B=82N+130B5.036.038.518.252207+0.6
52Golenia, Jan2191POL+130N−16B−99N−55B+121N+105B=56N+62B=40N5.035.538.018.502190-1.2
53Majumder ShrayanCM2129IND=131B=41N=138B=60N+87B+104N−7B=79N=47B5.035.537.519.252273+34.6
54Bachor, Tomasz2138POL−49N+122B−35N=88B+142N+133B+97N=18B−16N5.035.537.015.502305+39.8
55Rosol, PhilipFM2132POL−63B−87N+128B+52NF+59N=60B+104N=79B5.035.037.520.502317+79.6
56Nakonechnyi, OleksiiCM2146POL=75N−65B−91N+146B=31N+138N=52B+98B=49N5.034.034.516.002265+58.0
57Stefanou, KonstantinosFM2234GRE=147B=48N+82B−108N+114B=99N=85B+44N−29B5.033.534.018.502236-1.0
58Koelber, Daniel2274AUT+145N=62B=137N+99BF+40B−6N=16B=27N5.033.533.518.002286+2.4
59Lizak, JakubCM2202POL=146N+125B=75N−12B−45N−55B+135N+102B+81N5.032.533.014.502205-0.2
60Selbes, Tamer TarikFM2223TUR=137N−17B+145N=53B−70N+135B=55N+114B=46N5.032.533.014.002173-12.8
61Pimpalkhare VedantCM2242IND−62N=145B=127N=103B+139N+102B=45N=72B=42N5.030.531.016.002187-13.8
62Divry, Alexandre2127GER+61B=58N+34B−15N−29B+78N−8B−52N+111B4.543.046.521.002277+35.6
63Bashirov, KemalFM2250GER+55N+99B−3N−13B+135N=45B=17N−27B=70N4.542.544.518.252197-13.2
64Wnek, Filip2155POL+141N+18B+16N−3B−36N−20B=104B−38N+98N4.541.543.519.252312+36.2
65Przybylski, BartoszFM2268POL=23B+56N=100B+77N−10N=66B−46N+76B−17N4.541.044.520.752163-25.6
66Pniaczek, MarekFM2183POL−108B+120N+89B=8N+34B=65N=22B−19B−32N4.541.044.020.752323+32.2
67Kubik, RafalCM2164POL−25N+141B+49N=16B=20N−21B=75N=83B=78B4.540.542.519.252282+28.0
68Luba, LukaszCM2100POL=47N+91BF−7B=98N+86B=33N+43B−18N4.539.539.520.002275+38.2
69Vitsiuk, Anton2144FID=38B=78N+31N−28B−37N+95B−41N+88B=75N4.539.043.020.502249+50.8
70Chiszko, Oskar2143POL−9B+128N=131B=83N+60B=8N=34B−39N=63B4.539.041.519.002260+56.8
71Smietanska, WiktoriaCM2143POL+133N−22N=78B=98B=41N=75B=31N+97B−35N4.537.540.017.502251+49.8
72Majcher, IgorCM2173POL−11B=92N+93B=104N=78B=89N+87B=61N−21B4.537.040.518.502239+31.2
73Kania, Franciszek2070POL+129N−1B−51N+90B=86N=98B+117N−30B=74B4.537.039.515.502230+72.4
74Abdulrahman Mohammad, Al TaherFM2193UAE=125N+146B−24N=45B+137N=16B=32N−17B=73N4.537.037.514.252168-6.2
75Zieba, HubertCM2284POL=56B+139N=59B−100N=42B=71N=67B=80N=69B4.536.038.018.252161-59.6
76Smeryk, Andriy2163UKR−18N−28B+148N=31B−32N+132B+131B−65N+104B4.535.535.511.252242+19.0
77Tsetskhladze, MariamWFM2113GEO−98N+90B+86N−65B=51N+129B=43N−41B=83N4.535.037.517.502219+52.8
78Janeczko, Jakub2255POL=127N=69B=71N=135B=72N−62B=101N+116B=67N4.531.533.516.002153-24.8
79Paikens, ReinisFM2217LAT+148N−3B+109N−10BF=44N=99B=53B=55N4.040.040.012.752189-13.6
80Deodhar,Vrushali UmeshWFM2188IND−2B+94N−13N=126B+109N+125B−16N=75B−45N4.038.541.013.502203+1.0
81Brzezina, PawelCM2107POL=86N=33B=30N+91B−43N=51B=98N=89B−59B4.038.041.517.752187+38.4
82Kyparissopoulos, Spyridon2132GRE−24N+88B−57N=122B+91N=35B=83N=51B−43N4.038.041.016.752183+13.0
83Sygulski, PiotrCM2237POL=102N+105B−1N=70BF=48N=82B=67N=77B4.037.037.016.502186-12.6
84Mannion, Stephen RIM2169SCO=12N−29B+146N=37B=133N−32B+125N−31B=89N4.036.537.011.752215+5.6
85Krawczyk, WojciechCM2177POL=89B−34N+143B−29N+110BF=57N=49B=38N4.035.537.014.502250+15.4
86Cernov, HenrikFM2215GER=81B=106N−77B+115N=73B−68N+93B=48N−44B4.035.038.015.502068-35.6
87Richter, Leonard2212GER−99N+55B=45N=125B−53N+126B−72N+101B−48N4.034.036.514.752087-29.8
88Buchenau, FrankFM2205GER−44B−82N+94B=54N−48B=115N+136B−69N+123B4.033.535.513.002094-26.8
89Ernst, RobertFM2382AUT=85N=103B−66N=116B+124N=72B−27N=81N=84B4.033.036.014.502123-59.4
90Estremera Panos, SergioIM2181ESP−4B−77N+120B−73N=93BF+126N=92N+106B4.033.033.013.002148-4.0
91Lehocz, Jozsef Jr.CM2201HUN=93B−68N+56B−81N−82B=120N=94B=110N+136N4.032.034.014.252078-60.0
92Adamovics, Aleksejs2103LAT−30N=72B+124N−129B=119N+142B−47N=90B=95N4.031.533.012.252150+12.4
93Mahish S ACM2102IND=91N−6B−72N+145B=90N=101B−86N+139B=117N4.031.532.09.752159+27.2
94Morvekar Kedar2124IND−37N−80B−88N+136B+144N−47B=91N=118B+119N4.030.031.09.502146+6.2
95Signorelli, Gaetano2206ITA=17N−137B=126N+127BF−69N+115B=100N=92B4.029.531.513.502128-17.4
96Karvatskyi, OleksiiFM2321UKR−135N−115B+140N+144B−17N+103B−42N+119B−50N4.029.530.59.502114-49.2
97Giang, Tran NamFM2222HUN+143B=134N+19B=11N=8B−15N−54B−71NF3.540.041.515.002229+0.4
98Paluszek, JanCM2223POL+77B−4N=48B=71N=68B=73N=81B−56N−64B3.539.543.515.752075-37.2
99Pancewicz, Szymon2107POL+87B−63N+52B−58NF=57B=79N=35B−31N3.538.542.516.252190+17.2
100Wydmanski, Szymon2134POL+122N=24B=65N+75B−18N−37B−35N=95BF3.538.541.514.502217+17.0
101Demski, Michal2166POL+8B=19N=134B−14N−104B=93N=78B−87N=110B3.538.040.516.752177+1.2
102Zawisza, Alan2120POL=83B−39N+111B+131N−24B−61N=50B−59N=107B3.536.539.012.252137+6.8
103Kaliszuk, Kamil2161POL=34B=89N−8B=61N=138B−96N=110B=120N=105B3.535.037.013.252162-1.2
104Gorkiewicz, MateuszCM2258POL+140N−40B=135N=72B+101N−53B=64N−55B−76N3.534.036.011.002067-47.2
105Nagly, Wojciech2118POL=39B−83N−27B=123N+107B−52N=111B=113N=103N3.533.036.012.502110-4.4
106Mirski, Michal2115POL=142N=86B=33N−30B=47N=119B=116N=117B−90N3.533.034.512.502117+0.2
107Pasti, Zsombor2167HUN−16N+130B−28N−49B−105N+121B=109N=132B=102N3.532.535.010.252097-33.4
108Janik, IgorGM2528POL+66N+35B−9N+57B−28N=33BFFF3.532.032.017.752294-15.6
109Jires, Jiri2121CZE=41B=131N−79B=113N−80B=111N=107B=123N=118N3.529.031.511.752118-1.2
110Csernyik, MarkCM2109HUN−43N=124B−119N+128B−85N=118B=103N=91B=101N3.529.031.511.002107-0.8
111Kalvaitis, SigitasFM2201LTU−45N=126B−102N=121B=127N=109B=105N+143B−62N3.528.029.59.002042-39.6
112Gaikwad, SiddhantFM2153IND+28N+32B−25N−18B−49N−31BF−50N+122B3.041.044.014.002191+6.8
113Zerebiec, Maurycy2188POL=1N=13B−6N=109B−46N+127B−114N=105B−121N3.038.040.512.752112-21.0
114Zarnowski, KrzysztofCM2137POL+7N+49B−36N−22B−57NF+113B−60NF3.035.035.014.502208+12.6
115Wandor, Adam2154POL−14B+96N−7N−86B=122N=88B−95N=124N=132B3.034.537.010.252101-25.2
116Patil PriyanshuFM2169IND−15B+132N−26B=89N+131B−34N=106B−78NF3.034.537.08.752181+0.4
117Gabadadze, GabrielFM2182GEO−3N+148B−10N=46B=126NF−73B=106N=93B3.034.534.57.502095-42.4
118Luberanski, JakubFM2177POL+6N−25B−18N−141BF=110N=120B=94N=109B3.034.034.013.502146-8.8
119Fistek, Dariusz2181POL−134B=143N+110B−34N=92B=106N=130B−96N−94B3.029.531.09.252065-28.6
120Mihelic, VesnaWFM2120SLO−35N−66B−90N=140B+145N=91B=118N=103BF3.029.530.06.752091-7.0
121Phatak Aanjaneya2129IND−21N−129B=122N=111N−52B−107NF+126B+113B3.028.528.58.752109-5.4
122Dylong, AntoniCM2253POL−100B−54N=121B=82N=115B=123NF+125B−112N3.027.530.09.002051-90.0
123Madajczak, Piotr2157POL−32N=133B−125N=105B=132N=122B=143N=109B−88N3.027.028.58.252053-25.0
124Costache, Andrei Eugeniu2175ROU−26B=110N−92B+147N−89B−130N−132N=115B+143N3.026.527.05.252047-63.2
125Pranav Pradeep Nair2101IND=74B−59N+123B=87N=50B−80N−84B−122N−128N2.532.535.09.752032-32.4
126Jaworski, Tymon2131POL−20B=111N=95B=80N=117B−87N−90B−121N=140B2.531.033.08.252021-52.0
127Kucharski, Bartlomiej2136POL=78B−38N=61B−95N=111B−113N−128NF+139B2.529.529.58.502077-12.2
128Tatvidze, Davit2223GEO−46N−70B−55N−110NF=140B+127B−130N+125B2.527.527.56.001980-105.2
129Lapaj, Mateusz2189POL−73B+121N=44B+92N−19B−77NFFF2.527.027.09.502085-18.0
130Michalowski, Patryk2100POL−52B−107NF−50NF+124B=119N+128B−51N2.527.027.07.002087-3.2
131Kyc, JerzyFM2244POL=53N=109B=70N−102B−116N+139B−76NFF2.526.026.08.502041-39.4
132Pietrzak, Tomasz2102POL−51N−116B−144NF=123B−76N+124B=107N=115N2.526.026.07.752028-15.6
133Antolak, JuliaWGM2264POL−71B=123N+139B=42N=84B−54NFFF2.523.523.58.002099-27.6
134Suder, JakubFM2399POL+119N=97B=101N=35B−30NFFFF2.521.021.09.252204-12.5
135Babiarz, ArkadiuszCM2155POL+96B−14N=104B=78N−63B−60N−59BFF2.032.532.58.002101-10.2
136Kruse, Janik2149GER−22B−7B−141N−94NF+147B−88N+140N−91B2.028.529.02.502013-28.0
137Dzwierzynski, Bartosz2114POL=60B+95N=58B−19N−74BFFFF2.027.527.59.002174+7.6
138Lahav, MichalWIM2221ISR−40N+140B=53N−17B=103N−56BFFF2.026.526.56.252006-34.6
139Dovhan, Artem2154UKRF−75B−133N+143N−61B−131N+140B−93N−127N2.024.524.53.501997-32.4
140Albertini, Luca2138ITA−104B−138N−96B=120N=143B=128N−139N−136B=126N2.021.523.04.751968-38.2
141Aalto, PatrikFM2318FIN−64B−67N+136B+118NFFFFF2.018.018.05.002162-16.6
142Kovalskyi, Roman2228UKR=106B+147N−5B−23N−54B−92NFFF1.525.025.02.251984-38.8
143Myrmus, Mateusz2112POL−97N=119B−85N−139B=140NF=123B−111N−124B1.524.024.04.001925-35.8
144Smetek, Michal2163POL−19B−8N+132B−96N−94BFFFF1.023.023.02.502004-19.2
145Cichon, Bartlomiej2146POL−58B=61N−60B−93N−120BFFFF0.522.022.02.501826-33.8
146Pawlowski, Bartosz2102POL=59B−74N−84B−56NFFFFF0.520.520.52.501856-21.8
147Kozlowski, Franciszek2118POL=57N−142B−47N−124BF−136NFFF0.516.516.52.501830-29.4
148Mathews, Hans-Christian2109GER−79B−117N−76BFFFFFF0.011.511.50.001387-46.8

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