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 2012-03-01 with no end date.
After 1 year and 5 months we have 73 finished games out of 78 (94%). You can download them from Get PGN.
There are 5 games remaining, but winners are known already – GM Rafael Pierzak from Poland and GM Manuel Bescós from Spain (having the same tie-breaking)!
Congratulations!
Standing as of 2013-08-09 (remaining games in brackets):
- 1-2. Pierzak (POL), Bescós (ESP) – 8,0 (+0)
- 3. Straka (CZE) – 7,0 (+0)
- 4. Kögler (GER) – 6,0 (+1)
- 5. Galanov (RUS) – 6,0 (+0)
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Lately GM norms achieved:
- Pierzak, Rafael (POL) on 2013-06-24 in Witold Bielecki Memorial – B. This is his 2nd GM norm and he was awarded GM title. It was confirmed by the ICCF Congress 2013 in Kraków (Poland)
- Bescós Anzano, Manuel Jesús (ESP) on 2013-08-09 in Witold Bielecki Memorial – B. This is his 3rd GM norm.
Congratulations to Rafael & Manuel!
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After verification some older events and recent achivements statistics of GM norms for Witold Bielecki Memorial/B participants are following:
| #GM Norms | Title | Name, First Name | Nat | GM-since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | GM | Haugen, Arild | NOR | 2006 |
| 4 | GM | Noble, Mark F. | NZL | 2010 |
| 3 | GM | Kögler, Klaus | GER | 2007 |
| 3 | GM | Straka, Zdeněk | CZE | 2011 |
| 3 | GM | Bescós Anzano, Manuel Jesús | ESP | 2012 |
| 2 | GM | Bubir, Alex Nikolaevich | UKR | 2009 |
| 2 | GM | Pierzak, Rafael | POL | 2013 |
| – | SIM | Galanov, Sergey Igorevich | RUS | – |
| – | SIM | Nekhaev, Andrey Ivanovich | RUS | – |
| – | SIM | Sądowski, Marek | POL | – |
| – | SIM | Schön, Antoni | POL | – |
| – | SIM | Sferle, Miron | ROU | – |
| – | SIM | Staniszewski, Jerzy | POL | – |
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