Opolska Liga Szachowa 2026 Round 1-3

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52 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held on 21 Feb 2026 in Opole, Poland. 4 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2049, and top seed was Marcin Najbar (🇵🇱 POL, 2229).

Andrzej Krzywda (🇵🇱 POL, CM, 2157) won with 3.0/3, ahead of Andrzej Olszowski (3.0) and Konrad Szczesniak (3.0). Krzywda shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Maciej Kowalski (1814) beat Andrzej Czernecki (2042), a +228-point gap.

Location

🇵🇱Opole, Poland

Dates

21 Feb 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 3 rounds

Top seed

🇵🇱Marcin Najbar2229

Avg top 10

2,049

Participants

Titled players · 4

FM×1

CM×3

Federations · 1 represented

🇵🇱Poland×49

Top 3

🥇
CMAndrzej Krzywda
🇵🇱POL·2157
3.0pts·2730perf+13.6
🥈
Andrzej Olszowski
🇵🇱POL·1805
3.0pts·2328perf+10.2
🥉
CMKonrad Szczesniak
🇵🇱POL·2035
3.0pts·2657perf+16.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 3 rounds

Tight race until R3; 6 players tied at 3.0/3, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Krzywda3Najbar3Olszowski3Szczesniak3Malecki3Wilman3

R3 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

6 players finish on 3.0/3. Krzywda takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (4.0).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

CM Andrzej Krzywda 3 wins (R1–R3)Marcin Najbar 3 wins (R1–R3)Andrzej Olszowski 3 wins (R1–R3)

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Krzywda, AndrzejCM	2157	POL	+33B	+14N	+12B	3.0	4.0	4.5	4.50	2730	+13.6
2	Olszowski, Andrzej	1805	POL	+37B	+47N	+13B	3.0	2.5	2.5	2.50	2328	+10.2
3	Szczesniak, KonradCM	2035	POL	+27N	+29B	+36N	3.0	2.0	2.5	2.50	2657	+16.2
4	Wilman, Maciej	1673	POL	+41B	+21N	+35B	3.0	2.0	2.5	2.50	2493	+42.8
5	Najbar, Marcin	2229	POL	+45N	+23B	+39N	3.0	2.0	2.0	2.00	2629	+4.8
6	Malecki, Rafal	1985	POL	+46B	+18N	+40B	3.0	2.0	2.0	2.00	2432	+6.6
7	Zgadzaj, RafalCM	2026	POL	+19B	=20N	+38B	2.5	3.0	3.5	2.75	1958	-2.4
8	Charczenko, Dominik	1802	POL	=18B	+30N	+34B	2.5	2.5	3.0	2.25	2017	+15.4
9	Bensz, Stanislaw	0	POL	+34B	+28N	=22B	2.5	2.5	3.0	2.25	1819	0.0
10	Banasik, KrzysztofFM	2182	POL	+49N	=33B	+27N	2.5	1.5	1.5	1.25	2142	-0.6
11	Linek, Karol	1654	POL	+48B	+45N	=19B	2.5	1.5	1.5	0.75	2415	+36.0
12	Czempiel, Henryk	1933	POL	+20B	+38N	−1N	2.0	4.5	5.0	2.00	2021	+7.0
13	Piotrowski, Aleksander	1465	POL	+32N	+51B	−2N	2.0	4.0	4.0	1.00	1006	-4.8
14	Kowalski, Maciej	1814	POL	+36N	−1B	+33N	2.0	3.5	4.0	1.00	2156	+51.2
15	Burcan, Michal	1520	POL	=35B	=24N	+46B	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.00	1782	+34.4
16	Chmiel, Dominika	1929	POL	+50N	F	+31N	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2406	+2.6
17	Siedlecki, Adam	1763	POL	+42B	+37N	—	2.0	0.5	1.0	1.00	2327	+4.0
18	Mierzwa, Mateusz	1667	POL	=8N	−6B	+52N	1.5	5.5	5.5	1.25	1743	+10.4
19	Switala, Pawel	0	POL	−7N	+48B	=11N	1.5	5.0	5.0	1.25	1723	0.0
20	Dziuba, Lukasz	1681	POL	−12N	=7B	+49B	1.5	4.5	4.5	1.25	1818	+18.4
21	Nykiel, Tomasz	1701	POL	=39N	−4B	+28B	1.5	4.0	4.5	1.25	1514	-19.6
22	Wisniewski, Robert	1852	POL	−28N	+46B	=9N	1.5	3.5	3.5	1.25	2252	+1.6
23	Malinowski, Tobiasz	1755	POL	=38B	−5N	+45B	1.5	3.5	3.5	0.25	1914	+21.2
24	Chmiel, Piotr	1840	POL	F	=15B	+47B	1.5	2.0	2.0	1.00	1769	-3.0
25	Nykiel, Jakub	1594	POL	−30B	=34N	+48N	1.5	1.5	1.5	0.25	1685	+11.6
26	Polniak, Bartosz	0	POL	=40B	F	+43N	1.5	1.0	1.0	0.75	1645	0.0
27	Ogrodnik, Szymon	1775	POL	−3B	+49N	−10B	1.0	5.5	5.5	0.00	1777	-4.0
28	Dron, Tadeusz	0	POL	+22B	−9B	−21N	1.0	4.0	5.5	1.50	1777	0.0
29	Bednarczyk, Mateusz	1901	POL	+44B	−3N	—	1.0	3.0	3.5	0.50	2001	+5.4
30	Zurek, Jacek	1822	POL	+25N	−8B	—	1.0	2.5	4.0	1.50	1706	-6.0
31	Panek, Andrzej	1606	POL	F	+35N	−16B	1.0	2.5	2.5	0.50	1807	+19.2
32	Bensz, Lukasz	0	POL	−13B	+?N	−?B	1.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	662	0.0
33	Czernecki, Andrzej	2042	POL	−1N	=10N	−14B	0.5	5.5	7.5	1.25	1778	-18.8
34	Jablonski, Piotr	1744	POL	−9N	=25B	−8N	0.5	5.0	6.5	0.75	1513	-24.0
35	Wrobel, Mateusz	1679	POL	=15N	−31B	−4N	0.5	5.0	6.0	1.00	1337	-26.0
36	Orlik, Sandra	1894	POL	−14B	=44N	−3B	0.5	5.0	5.5	0.25	1666	-16.4
37	Malinowska, Aleksandra	1528	POL	−2N	−17B	=42N	0.5	5.0	5.5	0.25	985	-14.4
38	Hadrian, Patryk	1850	POL	=23N	−12B	−7N	0.5	4.5	6.0	0.75	1631	-15.6
39	Szkop, Mateusz	1746	POL	=21B	F	−5B	0.5	4.5	4.5	0.75	1731	-5.6
40	Wiatrek, Piotr	1645	POL	=26N	F	−6N	0.5	4.5	4.5	0.75	1185	-4.8
41	FIDE 545070350	0	—	−4N	=43B	−?N	0.5	3.5	3.5	0.25	820	0.0
42	FIDE 545070342	0	—	−17N	−?N	=37B	0.5	2.5	2.5	0.25	1452	0.0
43	FIDE 91137373	0	—	−?N	=41N	−26B	0.5	2.0	2.0	0.25	771	0.0
44	Tabola, Marcin	1967	POL	−29N	=36B	—	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.25	1705	-13.8
45	Mosiek, Maciej	1740	POL	−5B	−11B	−23N	0.0	5.5	7.0	0.00	1049	-47.2
46	Snela, Adam	1436	POL	−6N	−22N	−15N	0.0	5.0	6.5	0.00	949	-20.4
47	Garus, Jerzy	1594	POL	F	−2B	−24N	0.0	4.5	4.5	0.00	1023	-8.4
48	Honka, Jan	1490	POL	−11N	−19N	−25B	0.0	4.0	5.5	0.00	831	-24.8
49	Jasik, Jerzy	1495	POL	−10B	−27B	−20N	0.0	4.0	5.0	0.00	984	-20.0
50	Zeman, Krzysztof	0	POL	−16B	−?B	—	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	950	0.0
51	Rudyk, Jerzy	0	POL	F	−13N	−?B	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	662	0.0
52	Schoenfelder, Jakub	1441	POL	F	F	−18B	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.00	867	-8.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Kowalski, MaciejPOL
+51.2
2.0 pts · #8
2Wilman, MaciejPOL
+42.8
3.0 pts · #10
3Linek, KarolPOL
+36.0
2.5 pts · #9

Top rating losers

1Mosiek, MaciejPOL
-47.2
0.0 pts · #50
2Wrobel, MateuszPOL
-26.0
0.5 pts · #35
3Honka, JanPOL
-24.8
0.0 pts · #48

Biggest upsets

R3+228 Elo gap
Kowalski, Maciej1814 beat Czernecki, Andrzej2042