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.

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 Rafael Pierzak (POL) – winner

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

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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