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29 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 14 Feb 2026 to 15 Feb 2026 in Lodz, Poland. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1926, and top seed was Maciej Zalega (🇵🇱 POL, 2268).

Adrian Budzisz (🇵🇱 POL, CM, 2094) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Antoni Rosa (4.5) and Vitaliy Kalchuk (4.0). Budzisz shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Kamil Stupak (1487) beat Adam Kowtun (1926), a +439-point gap.

Location
🇵🇱Lodz, Poland
Dates
14 Feb 2026 → 15 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇵🇱Maciej Zalega2268
Avg top 10
1,926
Participants
29
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇵🇱Poland×28
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
14
6
4
2
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Budzisz4.5Rosa4.5Kalchuk4Zalega4Mirowski4Banasiak3
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/5. Budzisz takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (15.0).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Adrian Budzisz drew with Antoni Rosa (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

CM Adrian Budzisz 4 wins (R1–R4)Antoni Rosa 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1CMAdrian Budzisz*
½
1
—
2Antoni Rosa
½
*——
3Vitaliy Kalchuk
0
—*—
4Maciej Zalega———*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Budzisz, AdrianCM2094POL+26N+13B+3N+5B=2N4.515.016.013.752199+9.8
2Rosa, Antoni2081POL+8B+20N+24B+6N=1B4.512.013.010.752091+7.2
3Kalchuk, Vitaliy0UKR+10B+27N−1B+7N+12B4.013.014.09.5017990.0
4Zalega, Maciej2268POL+12B+7N−5B+24N+11B4.012.513.59.502090-12.0
5Mirowski, Przemyslaw1984POL+28N+25B+4N−1N+6B4.012.513.08.502078+26.4
6Malka, Dawid0POL+18N+9B+27N−2B−5N3.013.514.56.0018740.0
7Banasiak, Piotr1588POL+19N−4B+9N−3B+21N3.013.014.56.502049+89.2
8Siciarz, Filip1615POL−2N=21B+28N=17B+19N3.010.010.54.251900+53.6
9Brozynski, Adam1826POL+14B−6N−7B+29N+24B3.09.59.53.501670-10.2
10Plachta, Milosz1663POL−3N=28B=18N+25B+17N3.09.09.54.251696+6.0
11Cieplucha, Nikodem1622POL−17N+29B+25N+22B−4N3.08.58.52.501817+34.0
12Nuszczynski, Michal1621POL−4N+19B=17N+13B−3N2.512.514.55.501970+49.2
13Kucharski, Piotr1567POL+15B−1N=16B−12N+20B2.512.013.55.251741+36.4
14Ferlinski, Jakub1543POL−9N=18B+21N=16N=15B2.510.011.55.001756+51.6
15Kowtun, Adam1926POL−13N+17B−22N+18B=14N2.59.010.55.251486-82.4
16Stepnik, Filip1703POL−25N+26B=13N=14B=22N2.57.58.54.251541-43.6
17Wasik, Gabriel0POL+11B−15N=12B=8N−10B2.011.514.05.7516190.0
18Pakula, Adam1644POL−6B=14N=10B−15N+29B2.011.011.02.751659+1.2
19Wyzga-Rybicki, Witold1937POL−7B−12N+26B+20N−8B2.010.011.02.501525-48.2
20Zak, Maciej1453POL+21N−2B=23N−19B−13N1.510.512.02.251591+21.6
21Moscinski, Rafal1671POL−20B=8N−14B+28N−7B1.510.010.52.001413-70.0
22Stupak, Kamil1487POL−23NF+15B−11N=16B1.59.59.53.751647+26.8
23Lada, Damian1709POL+22B−24N=20B——1.53.04.02.251672-1.6
24Zgola, Krzysztof0POLF+23B−2N−4B−9N1.013.013.01.5017780.0
25Cieslak, Karol1475POL+16B−5N−11B−10N−26N1.012.513.52.501459-2.8
26Wydornik, Robert1617POL−1B−16N−19NF+25B1.010.010.01.001593-6.0
27Lasecki, Szymon1736POL+29N−3B−6B——1.07.07.00.002305+8.4
28Stepnik, Hubert1590POL−5B=10N−8B−21BF0.511.511.51.501412-34.4
29Kaluzny, Aleksy1502POL−27B−11NF−9B−18N0.09.09.00.00909-39.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets