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Witold Bielecki Memorial/ Bravo section – finished!

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 participated:

-3 Champions of Poland:

  • Rafael Pierzak – 38th (1995-1997)
  • Antoni Schön – twice 49th (2006-2008) & 50th (2007-2009)
  • Jerzy Staniszewski – 54th (2011-2012)

-1 bronze medalist of Polish Championship:

  • Marek Sądowski – 56th (2013-2014)

The tournament started on 2012-03-01 with no end date. Last game finished on 2014-11-08, so the event concluded after 2 years and 8 months. The final standing is presented below. Games can downloaded from Get PGN.

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Witold Bielecki Memorial/ Bravo section TD Isigkeit, Hans-Jürgen (IA)
Category 12 GM=7½ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Score Wins SB
1 ESP SIM Bescós Anzano, Manuel Jesús 2540 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 8 4 44,75
1 POL SIM Pierzak, Rafael 2496 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 8 4 44,75
3 GER GM Kögler, Klaus 2524 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 7 2 40,50
4 CZE GM Straka, Zdeněk 2544 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 7 2 40,25
5 NZL GM Noble, Mark F. 2560 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 6 2 33,25
6 RUS SIM Galanov, Sergey Igorevich 2519 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 6 0 36,00
6 UKR GM Bubir, Alex Nikolaevich 2555 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 6 0 36,00
8 NOR GM Haugen, Arild 2545 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 5,5 1 32,50
9 POL SIM Schön, Antoni 2479 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 5,5 1 32,25
10 ROU SIM Sferle, Miron 2528 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 5,5 0 33,75
11 RUS SIM Nekhaev, Andrey Ivanovich 2564 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ 5
12 POL SIM Sądowski, Marek 2501 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 4,5
13 POL SIM Staniszewski, Jerzy 2500 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 4
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GM R.Pierzak (POL) - winner

GM Rafael Pierzak (POL) – winner

Winners are both – GM Rafael Pierzak (POL) and GM Manuel Bescós (ESP) (having the same

GM Manuel Bescós (ESP) - winner

GM Manuel Bescós (ESP) – winner

tie-breaking)! Moreover, Manuel & Rafael fulfilled GM norms and gained GM titles during course of the event.

Congratulations!

Medals & certificates for the first 3 players (M.J.Bescós Anzano, R.Pierzak & K.Kögler) will be presented to national delegates at the ICCF Congress in 2015 in Wales. Or they will be sent to players by post depending on their preferences.

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Statistics of GM norms for Witold Bielecki Memorial/B participants after recent achivements :

#GM Norms Title Name, First Name Nat GM-since
6 GM Haugen, Arild NOR 2006
5 GM Noble, Mark F. NZL 2010
4 GM Straka, Zdeněk CZE 2011
3 GM Kögler, Klaus GER 2007
3 GM Bescós Anzano, Manuel Jesús ESP 2012
2 GM Bubir, Alex Nikolaevich UKR 2009
2 GM Pierzak, Rafael POL 2013
1 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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