Szachowe Termopile - turniej A
18 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 30 Jan 2026 to 01 Feb 2026 in Wegrow, Poland. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1852, and top seed was Dawid Dobosiewicz (🇵🇱 POL, FM, 2391).
Marek Kosiorek (🇵🇱 POL, FM, 2221) won with 8.5/9, ahead of Dawid Dobosiewicz (8.5) and Tadeusz Strus (6.0). Kosiorek shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 7: Konrad Gutkowski (1699) beat Wladyslaw Zelak (1898), a +199-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R9; 2 players tied at 8.5/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
2 players finish on 8.5/9. Kosiorek takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (41.5).
FM Dawid Dobosiewicz drew with FM Marek Kosiorek (Black).
FM Dawid Dobosiewicz 3+5 wins (R1–R3, R5–R9)FM Marek Kosiorek 3+5 wins (R1–R3, R5–R9)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1FMDawid Dobosiewicz | * | ½ | 1 | 1 |
| 2FMMarek Kosiorek | ½ | * | 1 | — |
| 3Tadeusz Strus | 0 | 0 | * | ½ |
| 4Mateusz Strus | 0 | — | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kosiorek, MarekFM | 2221 | POL | +11N | +6B | +12N | =2B | +7N | +8N | +3B | +4N | +9B | 8.5 | 41.5 | 45.0 | 40.75 | 2346 | +16.6 |
| 2 | Dobosiewicz, DawidFM | 2391 | POL | +16B | +4N | +8B | =1N | +3B | +5N | +7B | +12N | +6N | 8.5 | 41.5 | 43.5 | 39.25 | 2463 | +6.8 |
| 3 | Strus, Tadeusz | 1814 | POL | +9N | =7B | +6N | +12B | −2N | +14B | −1N | =5B | +8N | 6.0 | 43.5 | 46.0 | 24.25 | 1908 | +28.8 |
| 4 | Gutkowski, Konrad | 1699 | POL | +17N | −2B | −7N | =6B | +11N | +10B | +8N | −1B | =14N | 5.0 | 41.5 | 42.5 | 17.50 | 1806 | +15.4 |
| 5 | Strus, Mateusz | 1686 | POL | −12N | +9B | +18N | +10B | =14N | −2B | =6B | =3N | =11B | 5.0 | 38.0 | 39.0 | 18.50 | 1793 | +32.4 |
| 6 | Chacinski Osorio, Fabian | 1805 | POL | +13B | −1N | −3B | =4N | +15B | =7B | =5N | +10N | −2B | 4.5 | 45.0 | 47.5 | 17.25 | 1765 | -24.8 |
| 7 | Morawski, Jakub | 1672 | POL | +14B | =3N | +4B | =8N | −1B | =6N | −2N | −9B | +13N | 4.5 | 44.5 | 47.0 | 18.00 | 1754 | +12.2 |
| 8 | Zelak, Wladyslaw | 1898 | POL | +18B | +10N | −2N | =7B | +12N | −1B | −4B | +16N | −3B | 4.5 | 42.5 | 43.5 | 13.25 | 1742 | -31.4 |
| 9 | Kraus, Kajetan | 1524 | POL | −3B | −5N | =13B | =16N | +17B | +15N | =12B | +7N | −1N | 4.5 | 35.0 | 36.0 | 12.25 | 1670 | +56.8 |
| 10 | Bartnicki, Piotr | 0 | POL | +15N | −8B | =11N | −5N | +13B | −4N | +14B | −6B | +12N | 4.5 | 32.0 | 34.5 | 13.50 | 1598 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Zebrowski, Adam | 1627 | POL | −1B | =14N | =10B | −13N | −4B | =16N | +17N | +15B | =5N | 4.0 | 33.0 | 34.0 | 10.50 | 1618 | -4.2 |
| 12 | Czarkowski, Dawid | 0 | POL | +5B | +16N | −1B | −3N | −8B | +13N | =9N | −2B | −10B | 3.5 | 44.5 | 46.5 | 12.25 | 1789 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Gromek, Cezary | 1505 | POL | −6N | =15B | =9N | +11B | −10N | −12B | −16B | +14N | −7B | 3.0 | 30.5 | 32.5 | 10.00 | 1534 | +10.4 |
| 14 | Fedorczyk, Filip | 0 | POL | −7N | =11B | +15N | F | =5B | −3N | −10N | −13B | =4B | 2.5 | 34.5 | 35.5 | 9.50 | 1568 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Nisztuk, Michal | 1695 | POL | −10B | =13N | −14B | +17B | −6N | −9B | F | −11N | +16B | 2.5 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 4.50 | 1530 | -27.0 |
| 16 | Kraus, Mikolaj | 1634 | POL | −2N | −12B | −17N | =9B | F | =11B | +13N | −8B | −15N | 2.0 | 31.5 | 31.5 | 7.25 | 1515 | -51.6 |
| 17 | Giers, Rafal | 1436 | POL | −4B | −18N | +16B | −15N | −9N | F | −11B | — | — | 1.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 2.00 | 1352 | -11.8 |
| 18 | Skolimowski, Michal | 1568 | POL | −8N | +17B | −5B | F | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 1.00 | 1548 | -5.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Kraus, KajetanPOL+56.84.5 pts · #4
- 2Strus, MateuszPOL+32.45.0 pts · #6
- 3Strus, TadeuszPOL+28.86.0 pts · #3
- 1Kraus, MikolajPOL-51.62.0 pts · #16
- 2Zelak, WladyslawPOL-31.44.5 pts · #14
- 3Nisztuk, MichalPOL-27.02.5 pts · #13
- R7+199 Elo gap
- R3+198 Elo gap
- R6+171 Elo gap