On 23.06.2012 the last game of 24th World Championship final has been finished with a draw, after 3 years and 1 month of hard fight (100 moves!) between GM Tansel Turgut (TUR) and GM Frank Gerhardt (GER). It means that silver medal receives GM Hans-Dieter Wunderlich (GER) and bronze medal is for GM Tansel Turgut (TUR)! Title of the 24th World Champion was gained by GM Marjan Šemrl (SLO) last year.
Congratulations!
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Lately GM norms achieved:
- David Lafarga Santorromán (ESP) on 20.06.2012 in José Antonio Barrios Memorial – A. This is his 7th GM norm.
Congratulations!
So for the moment statistics of GM norms for Witold Bielecki Memorial participants is as following:
| #GM Norms | Title | Name, First Name | Nat | GM-since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | GM | Wunderlich, Dr. Hans-Dieter | GER | 2006 |
| 8 | GM | Nickel, Arno | GER | 2001 |
| 8 | GM | Voss, Maximilian | GER | 2003 |
| 7 | GM | Hall, Richard V. M. | ENG | 2002 |
| 7 | GM | Lafarga Santorromán, David | ESP | 2008 |
| 7 | GM | Papenin, Nikolai | UKR | 2011 |
| 6 | GM | Busemann, Dr. Stephan | GER | 1996 |
| 6 | GM | Hoeven, David A. van der | NED | 2004 |
| 6 | GM | Langeveld, Ron A. H. | NED | 2006 |
| 4 | GM | Ljubičić, Ing. Leonardo | CRO | 2011 |
| 3 | GM | Szczepański, Zbigniew | POL | 2011 |
| 2 | GM | Starke, Dr. René-Reiner | GER | 2012 |
| 0 | SIM | Wilczek, Tadeusz | POL | 0 |
Short biographical notes and statistics for MT-Bielecki participants have been updated accordingly.
Biographies
| Short biographical notes of participants | click here (kliknij tutaj) | updated (zaktualizowano) 07.07.2012 |
| Krótkie notki biograficzne uczestników |
Statistics
| Some statistics for MT-Bielecki participants | click here (kliknij tutaj) | updated (zaktualizowano) 07.07.2012 |
| Wybrane statystyki uczestników Memoriału Bieleckiego |
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The second game of MT-Bielecki/Top has been completed on 04.07.2012 with a draw.
| No | White | Black | Result | Result date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 370921 | Hoeven, David A. van der | 370930 | Langeveld, Ron A. H. | Draw | 2012-06-22 |
| 2 | 420534 | Szczepański, Zbigniew | 81348 | Voss, Maximilian | Draw | 2012-07-04 |
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