Polish CC Federation organized Witold Bielecki Memorial, Bravo section at category 12 (average rating 2527) with 13 players and IA Hans-Jürgen Isigkeit from Germany as TD.
In this event 4 Polish players participate, 3 of them are Champions of Poland:
- Rafael Pierzak – 38th (1995-1997)
- Antoni Schön – twice 49th (2006-2008) & 50th (2007-2009)
- Jerzy Staniszewski – 54th (2011-2012)
The tournament started on 01.03.2012 with no end date.
After 7 months we have 48 finished games (62%). You can download them from Get PGN.
Leaders are (remaining games in brackets):
- GM Straka, Zdeněk (CZE) – 6,0 (+1)
- SIM Galanov, Sergey (RUS) – 5,0 (+2)
- SIM Sferle, Miron (ROU) – 5,0 (+2)
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Lately GM norms achieved:
- Bescós Anzano, Manuel Jesús (ESP) on 09.09.2012 in José Antonio Barrios Memorial – A. This is his 2nd GM norm and he was awarded GM title. It will be confirmed by the ICCF Congress 2012 in Pretoria (South Africa)
Congratulations to Manuel!
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So for the moment statistics of GM norms for Witold Bielecki Memorial/B participants is following:
| #GM Norms | Title | Name, First Name | Nat | GM-since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | GM | Haugen, Arild | NOR | 2006 |
| 3 | GM | Straka, Zdeněk | CZE | 2011 |
| 2 | GM | Kögler, Klaus | GER | 2007 |
| 2 | GM | Bubir, Alex Nikolaevich | UKR | 2009 |
| 2 | GM | Noble, Mark F. | NZL | 2010 |
| 2 | GM | Bescós Anzano, Manuel Jesús | ESP | 2012 |
| 1 | SIM | Pierzak, Rafael | POL | – |
| – | SIM | Nekhaev, Andrey Ivanovich | RUS | – |
| – | SIM | Sferle, Miron | ROU | – |
| – | SIM | Galanov, Sergey Igorevich | RUS | – |
| – | SIM | Sądowski, Marek | POL | – |
| – | SIM | Staniszewski, Jerzy | POL | – |
| – | SIM | Schön, Antoni | POL | – |
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