MT-Bielecki Top Players

Witold Bielecki Memorial

List of participants by rating at the start of the event (Lista uczestników wg rankingu w dniu startu):

N	Title	Name, First Name	Nat	Rating 2012/1
1	GM	Papenin, Nikolai	UKR	2729
2	GM	Langeveld, Ron A. H.	NED	2681
3	GM	Voss, Maximilian	GER	2657
4	GM	Wunderlich, Dr. Hans-Dieter	GER	2655
5	GM	Lafarga Santorromán, David	ESP	2643
6	GM	Nickel, Arno	GER	2643
7	GM	Hall, Richard V. M.	ENG	2640
8	GM	Ljubičić, Ing. Leonardo	CRO	2639
9	GM	Hoeven, David A. van der	NED	2629
10	GM	Starke, Dr. René-Reiner	GER	2620
11	GM	Busemann, Dr. Stephan	GER	2606
12	SIM	Wilczek, Tadeusz	POL	2597
13	GM	Szczepański, Zbigniew	POL	2561

Average rating (Średni ranking): 2638 => 16 cat

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Current GM norm statistics for Witold Bielecki Memorial participants are following:

#GM Norms	Title	Name, First Name	Nat	GM-since
13	GM	Wunderlich, Dr. Hans-Dieter	GER	2006
11	GM	Nickel, Arno	GER	2001
11	GM	Voss, Maximilian	GER	2003
9	GM	Lafarga Santorromán, David	ESP	2008
9	GM	Papenin, Nikolai	UKR	2011
8	GM	Busemann, Dr. Stephan	GER	1996
8	GM	Hall, Richard V. M.	ENG	2002
8	GM	Ljubičić, Ing. Leonardo	CRO	2011
7	GM	Hoeven, David A. van der	NED	2004
7	GM	Langeveld, Ron A. H.	NED	2006
3	GM	Szczepański, Zbigniew	POL	2011
2	GM	Starke, Dr. René-Reiner	GER	2012
1	SIM	Wilczek, Tadeusz	POL	–
97	In total

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Biographies

Short biographical notes of participants	click here (kliknij tutaj)	updated (zaktualizowano) 2015-02-15
Krótkie notki biograficzne uczestników

Statistics

Some statistics for MT-Bielecki participants	click here (kliknij tutaj)	updated (zaktualizowano) 2015-02-15
Wybrane statystyki uczestników Memoriału Bieleckiego

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Rating development of MT-Bielecki/Top players has been updated for the Rating List 2015/1:

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Witold Bielecki Memorial/Top Players, event started on 01.03.2012, is the strongest tournament since 2002. It can be observed at the “Top ICCF tournaments list” published at the ICCF Diamond Jubilee Web Book. It is the 3rd strongest tournament in ICCF history with average rating 2638,46, just few rating points ahead of Hermann-Heemsoth Memorial (Rav=2632,82). There are only three events at category 16.

You can look at the participant list from different perspectives (see below short specification). So you can find here not only top rated players, but world champions (individual and team) or GM collectors, as well! That is very fascinating for cc fans to follow achievements of their beloved players during course of the event 🙂

World Championship finals (Individual)
- World Champion (golden medallist)
  - GM Ron Langeveld (NED) – 26th World Champion
- 1st vice Champion of the World (silver medallist)
  - GM Hans-Dieter Wunderlich (GER) – World Championship 24 Final
  - GM Richard Hall (ENG) – World Championship 25 Final
- 2nd vice Champion of the World (bronze medallist)
  - GM Stephan Busemann (GER) – World Championship 21 Final
  - GM David van der Hoeven (NED) – World Championship 23 Final
World Championship finals (Team)
- Team World Champion (golden medallist):
  - ICCF Olympiad 12 Final, b5-GM Stephan Busemann (GER),
  - ICCF Olympiad 14 Final, b3-GM Stephan Busemann (GER),
  - ICCF Olympiad 17 Final, b1-GM Maximilian Voss (GER); b3-GM Arno Nickel (GER), b4-GM Stephan Busemann (GER), b5-GM Hans-Dieter Wunderlich (GER),
- silver medallist
  - ICCF Olympiad 15 Final, b3-GM Maximilian Voss (GER);
  - ICCF Olympiad 17 Final, b1-GM David Lafarga (ESP),
- bronze medallist
  - ICCF Olympiad 15 Final, b3-GM David van der Hoeven (NED),
World Championship medal collectors
- 4 medals- (3 gold, 1 bronze) GM Stephan Busemann (GER),
- 2 medals- (1 gold, 1 silver) GM Hans-Dieter Wunderlich (GER), (1 gold, 1 silver) GM Maximilian Voss (GER), (2 bronze) GM David van der Hoeven (NED),
- 1 medal- (1 gold) GM Ron Langeveld (NED), (1 gold) GM Arno Nickel (GER), (1 silver) GM Richard Hall (ENG), (1 silver) GM David Lafarga (ESP),
Top rated players with GM Nikolai Papenin (UKR) and GM Ron Langeveld (NED) at the top of the ICCF rating list (at the start of the event)
Participants of the 4th top rated event Hermann-Heemsoth Memorial (Rav=2632,82):
- GM Ron Langeveld (NED), GM Richard Hall (ENG), GM Maximilian Voss (GER), GM Stephan Busemann (GER),
Winners of top ICCF tournaments:
- GM David Lafarga (ESP) – ICCF Olympiad 17 Final board 1 (cat.15),
- GM Arno Nickel (GER) – Simon Webb Memorial (ENG) (cat.15),
- GM David van der Hoeven (NED) – José Antonio Barrios Memorial – A (ESP) (cat.15),
All players are titled, 12 out of 13 are GMs
GM norm collectors – at the top is GM Hans-Dieter Wunderlich (GER) with 13 GM-norms (the highest number among ICCF players) assisted by GM Arno Nickel (GER) and GM Maximilian Voss (GER) – with 11 GM-norms! All 13 participants gained until now 97 GM norms! [150214]

In order to attract public attention to correspondence chess, tournament organizer asked players for their opinion about live display. All players positively responded to request. TD IA Carlos Flores (ESP) joined that idea as well. It is advisable to have consensus at so high level event.

So there is good news for correspondence chess enthusiasts – all games are displayed live starting from 15.10.2012! Live transmission is delayed by 5 moves.

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