Polish CC Federation organized Witold Bielecki Memorial, Top players section at category 16 (average rating 2639,15) with 13 top players. Bravo section at category 12 with 13 players (see list below) supplements it. This is server event with rate of play 10 moves in 50 days (with duplication after 20 days is used). The tournament will start on 01.03.2012 with no end date.
International arbiter (IA) Hans-Jürgen Isigkeit from Germany kindly agreed to direct this event.
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)
List of participants (Lista uczestników):
| N | Title | Name, First Name | Nat | Rating 2012/1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SIM | Nekhaev, Andrey Ivanovich | RUS | 2564 |
| 2 | GM | Noble, Mark F. | NZL | 2560 |
| 3 | GM | Bubir, Alex Nikolaevich | UKR | 2555 |
| 4 | GM | Haugen, Arild | NOR | 2545 |
| 5 | GM | Straka, Zdeněk | CZE | 2544 |
| 6 | GM | Bescós Anzano, Manuel Jesús | ESP | 2540 |
| 7 | SIM | Sferle, Miron | ROU | 2528 |
| 8 | GM | Kögler, Klaus | GER | 2524 |
| 9 | SIM | Galanov, Sergey Igorevich | RUS | 2519 |
| 10 | SIM | Sądowski, Marek | POL | 2501 |
| 11 | SIM | Staniszewski, Jerzy | POL | 2500 |
| 12 | SIM | Pierzak, Rafael | POL | 2496 |
| 13 | SIM | Schön, Antoni | POL | 2479 |
Average rating (Średni ranking): 2527 => 12 cat
Games to be downloaded in pgn format: Get PGN.
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Reports and information/ Raporty oraz informacje:
2012-10-07 Manuel Bescós from Spain playing in MT-Bielecki/B awarded GM Title!
2012-08-13 MT-Bielecki/ section B – status as of 12.08.2012
2012-02-08 MT-Bielecki/ section B initiated