IV Wielkopolska Liga Seniorow 2026 B Round 7-8
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56 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held on 01 Feb 2026 in Nowe Skalmierzyce, Poland. Top 10 Elo average was 1893, and top seed was Krzysztof Zakrzewicz (🇵🇱 POL, 2004).
Grzegorz Szczepanski (🇵🇱 POL, 1678) won with 2.0/8, ahead of Kacper Sniezek (2.0) and Zygmunt Kulczewski (2.0).
The biggest upset came in round 8: Grzegorz Szczepanski (1678) beat Roman Gospodarczyk (1939), a +261-point gap.
Location
🇵🇱Nowe Skalmierzyce, Poland
Dates
01 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 8 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇵🇱Poland×53
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 8 roundsTight race until R8; 8 players tied at 2.0/8, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 64 co-leaders at R4 to 9 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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23
9
R8 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
8 players finish on 2.0/8. Szczepanski takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (2.0).
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Szczepanski, Grzegorz | 1678 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | +17N | +15B | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2562 | +23.6 |
| 2 | Sniezek, Kacper | 1823 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | +19B | +16B | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2468 | +12.4 |
| 3 | Kulczewski, Zygmunt | 1942 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | +33N | +18B | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 2421 | +6.6 |
| 4 | Bugaj, Mikolaj | 1972 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | +20N | +47B | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2734 | +17.6 |
| 5 | Kujawski, Zygmunt | 1734 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | +45N | +24B | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2497 | +18.6 |
| 6 | Sobczak, Miroslaw | 1811 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | +23N | +45B | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2453 | +13.2 |
| 7 | Buchwald, Filip | 1730 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | +50N | +36B | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 2367 | +10.6 |
| 8 | Szumigalski, Mikolaj | 1598 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | +46N | +35N | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 2440 | +11.2 |
| 9 | Witwicka, Julia | 1459 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | +53N | =10N | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1409 | -2.0 |
| 10 | Piotrowska, Maria | 1412 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | +48N | =9B | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1447 | +2.0 |
| 11 | Dobrzykowski, Michal | 0 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | +43N | =34N | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 1641 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Mazurek, Oskar | 1560 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | =38N | +49B | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1549 | -1.2 |
| 13 | Krell, Julian | 1841 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | =37B | +46N | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1579 | -10.4 |
| 14 | FIDE 545018421 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | F | +52B | =33N | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1515 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Gospodarczyk, Roman | 1939 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | +28B | −1N | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1625 | -14.2 |
| 16 | Trzcinski, Wojciech | 1481 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | +25B | −2N | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1023 | -6.4 |
| 17 | Gibowicz, Maciej | 1570 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | −1B | +30N | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 885 | -7.4 |
| 18 | Szczepanski, Andrzej | 1737 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | +34B | −3N | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.50 | 1779 | +2.6 |
| 19 | Kolinski, Jakub | 1787 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | −2N | +40B | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.50 | 1797 | +0.4 |
| 20 | Zakrzewicz, Krzysztof | 2004 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | −4B | +41N | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.50 | 1795 | -8.6 |
| 21 | Bubniewicz, Marcin | 1448 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | +22B | −27N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1535 | +12.8 |
| 22 | Mortek, Fabian | 1446 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | −21N | +29B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 613 | -23.2 |
| 23 | Rozmiarek, Krzysztof | 1815 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | −6B | +54N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1744 | -3.8 |
| 24 | Witwicki, Pawel | 1883 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | +47N | −5N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1805 | -5.4 |
| 25 | Dlugolencki, Dominik | 0 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | −16N | +39B | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.50 | 743 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Gawlak, Anna | 1556 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | +31B | F | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2377 | +21.2 |
| 27 | Wysokowicz, Szymon | 1581 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +21B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2213 | +10.4 |
| 28 | Surdukowski, Damian | 1583 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | −15N | +51N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1730 | +7.0 |
| 29 | Kucal, Wojciech | 0 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | +51B | −22N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1500 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Struzynski, Norbert | 0 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | +49B | −17B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 792 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Zamiar, Ewa | 1563 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | −26N | +48B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 756 | -10.6 |
| 32 | Janczak, Marcin | 1674 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +42N | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 2253 | +9.2 |
| 33 | Przymus, Marcin | 1503 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | −3B | =14B | 0.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.75 | 1115 | -1.6 |
| 34 | Zielinski, Jacek | 1655 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | −18N | =11B | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.75 | 926 | -7.6 |
| 35 | Szczygielski, Antoni | 1634 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | =40N | −8B | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.25 | 1492 | -7.6 |
| 36 | Salyga, Pawel | 1716 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | =41N | −7N | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.25 | 1493 | -20.4 |
| 37 | Lachacz, Witold | 1579 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | =13N | — | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1781 | +5.2 |
| 38 | Budzinski, Aleksander | 0 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | =12B | — | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1569 | +1.2 |
| 39 | Prus, Krzysztof | 0 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | =42B | −25N | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.25 | 1453 | 0.0 |
| 40 | Szrejter, Lukasz | 1769 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | =35B | −19N | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.25 | 1524 | -13.0 |
| 41 | Konieczka, Konrad | 1621 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | =36B | −20B | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.25 | 1648 | +0.4 |
| 42 | Uscilowicz, Jaroslaw | 1453 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | =39N | −32B | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.25 | 863 | -9.2 |
| 43 | Pawlak, Igor | 0 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | −11B | =?B | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 1606 | 0.0 |
| 44 | Boruch, Lukasz | 0 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | =?N | −?B | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1360 | 0.0 |
| 45 | Szaszkowski, Kacper | 1490 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | −5B | −6N | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 966 | -13.6 |
| 46 | Leszczynski, Henryk | 0 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | −8B | −13B | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 890 | 0.0 |
| 47 | Smagalski, Jaroslaw | 1896 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | −24B | −4N | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1142 | -16.4 |
| 48 | Dorywalska, Natalia | 0 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | −10B | −31N | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 693 | 0.0 |
| 49 | Witkowski, Michal | 0 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | −30N | −12N | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 769 | 0.0 |
| 50 | Los, Jan | 1423 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | −7B | — | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 962 | -5.2 |
| 51 | Slawinski, Jan | 1527 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | −29N | −28B | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 765 | -18.0 |
| 52 | Lisowski, Daniel | 0 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | −14N | −?B | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 813 | 0.0 |
| 53 | FIDE 91165784 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | F | −9B | F | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 647 | 0.0 |
| 54 | Wolnicki, Antoni | 1635 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −23B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1016 | -13.2 |
| 55 | Sajniak, Bartosz | 0 | POL | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?N | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 806 | 0.0 |
| 56 | FIDE 545066752 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?B | −?B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 711 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Szczepanski, GrzegorzPOL+23.62.0 pts · #3
- 2Gawlak, AnnaPOL+21.21.0 pts · #13
- 3Kujawski, ZygmuntPOL+18.62.0 pts · #4
Top rating losers
- 1Mortek, FabianPOL-23.21.0 pts · #38
- 2Salyga, PawelPOL-20.40.5 pts · #29
- 3Slawinski, JanPOL-18.00.0 pts · #56
Biggest upsets
- R8+261 Elo gap
- R8+149 Elo gap