X Memorial Szachowy Lucjana Kowalczyka OPEN A
Open SwissStandard
16 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 25 Apr 2026 to 26 Apr 2026 in Koszalin, Poland. Top 10 Elo average was 1239, and top seed was Piotr Piasecki (🇵🇱 POL, 2038).
Igor Kowalkiewicz (🇵🇱 POL, 0) won with 4.5/7, ahead of Julian Sakwa (4.0) and Olgierd Cieslukowski (3.5).
The biggest upset came in round 1: Nikodem Domagalski (1458) beat Piotr Piasecki (2038), a +580-point gap.
Location
🇵🇱Koszalin, Poland
Dates
25 Apr 2026 → 26 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Avg top 10
1,239
Participants
16
Federations · 1 represented
🇵🇱Poland×16
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsCo-leaders
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R3–R5 · WIN STREAK
Igor Kowalkiewicz won 3 in a row (R3–R5).
R4 · LATE SURGE
Szymon Wierciak was #14 at R4, climbed to #1 over the final stretch.
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Igor Kowalkiewicz | * | — | — | — |
| 2Julian Sakwa | — | * | — | — |
| 3Szymon Wierciak | — | — | * | 0 |
| 4Adrian Sobczak | — | — | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kowalkiewicz, Igor | 0 | POL | +7N | −?N | +14B | +9B | +11N | −?B | =8B | 4.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 12.50 | 1707 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Sakwa, Julian | 0 | POL | +16B | +3N | −?B | −5N | +15N | +12B | −?N | 4.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 8.00 | 1553 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Cieslukowski, Olgierd | 1636 | POL | +8N | −2B | −6N | −4B | +13B | +10N | =5B | 3.5 | 20.5 | 22.5 | 9.75 | 1487 | -23.6 |
| 4 | Wierciak, Szymon | 1469 | POL | −6B | −11B | F | +3N | =9N | +5B | +7N | 3.5 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 12.00 | 1814 | +70.8 |
| 5 | Domagalski, Nikodem | 1458 | POL | +?N | =6B | =11N | +2B | −?B | −4N | =3N | 3.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 8.75 | 1490 | +3.6 |
| 6 | Sobczak, Adrian | 0 | POL | +4N | =5N | +3B | =8B | −?N | −?B | =9B | 3.5 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 11.75 | 1578 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Kedziera, Izydor | 1651 | POL | −1B | =12N | +16B | +10N | +8N | −?B | −4B | 3.5 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 7.25 | 1456 | -15.0 |
| 8 | Kubiak, Jan | 0 | POL | −3B | F | +?N | =6N | −7B | +11B | =1N | 3.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 6.50 | 1550 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Wacior, Szymon | 0 | POL | F | +14N | −?B | −1N | =4B | +15B | =6N | 3.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 7.50 | 1377 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Psurski, Karol | 0 | POL | +13N | −?N | +15B | −7B | −?N | −3B | +12N | 3.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 6.50 | 1506 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Duda, Milosz | 1739 | POL | −14B | +4N | =5B | +12N | −1B | −8N | −13B | 2.5 | 19.0 | 21.0 | 7.75 | 1561 | -32.4 |
| 12 | Cieslukowski, Zbigniew | 1400 | POL | −?B | =7B | +13N | −11B | +14N | −2N | −10B | 2.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 5.75 | 1642 | +34.8 |
| 13 | Rucinski, Wladyslaw | 1535 | POL | −10B | −15N | −12B | F | −3N | +16B | +11N | 2.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 2.50 | 1569 | +6.8 |
| 14 | Pawlik, Hanna | 0 | POL | +11N | −9B | −1N | −?B | −12B | F | +16N | 2.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 2.50 | 1566 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Sakwa, Martyna | 0 | POL | −?B | +13B | −10N | +16N | −2B | −9N | F | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 2.00 | 1588 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Kaczmarczyk, Jakub | 1500 | POL | −2N | −?B | −7N | −15B | F | −13N | −14B | 0.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 0.00 | 793 | -30.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Wierciak, SzymonPOL+70.83.5 pts · #1
- 2Cieslukowski, ZbigniewPOL+34.82.5 pts · #11
- 3Rucinski, WladyslawPOL+6.82.0 pts · #7
Top rating losers
- 1Duda, MiloszPOL-32.42.5 pts · #3
- 2Kaczmarczyk, JakubPOL-30.00.0 pts · #16
- 3Cieslukowski, OlgierdPOL-23.63.5 pts · #12
Biggest upsets
- R1+580 Elo gap
- R7+204 Elo gap
- R7+182 Elo gap