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Sunday, 09 May 2021 11:25
Wojtaszek and Kulon clinch Polish Championship 2021

Radoslaw Wojtaszek and Klaudia Kulon are Polish Champions 2021. The 78th Lotto Polish Championship took place from April 28 to May 05 in Bydgoszcz. The open and women’s sections and were played over the board in two different formats.

The open section brought together the best Polish players except for Jan-Krzysztof Duda, battling in a knockout tournament. The rating favourite Radoslaw Wojtaszek was up to the task and reached the final where he faced Wojciech Moranda


Wojciech Moranda and Radoslaw Wojtaszek

With his back against the wall after losing the first game, Radoslaw managed to level the score in the second one and then prevailed on tiebreak. It is his fourth national title. In the match for the bronze medal, Bartosz Socko defeated the revelation of the tournament 17-year old Pawel Teclaf.

The women’s tournament was an old good 10-player round-robin. IM Klaudia Kulon won the last four blitz championships (the 2020 one also in Bydgoszcz), and finally, the time has come for the classic time control. Klaudia leapfrogged Jolanta Zawadzka in the final round by a half-point after beating Joanna Dworakowska, whereas her main rival fell to Iweta Rajlich and had to settle for silver. Karina Cyfka took bronze thanks to better tiebreaks over Joanna Majdan.


Julia Antolak and Klaudia Kulon

Final standings

1. IM Klaudia Kulon (2347) – 6
2. WGM Jolanta Zawadzka (2399) – 5½
3. IM Karina Cyfka (2415) – 5½
4. WGM Joanna Majdan (2325) – 5½
5. IM Iweta Rajlich (2394) – 5
6. GM Monika Soćko (2421) – 4½
7. IM Joanna Dworakowska (2322) – 4
8. WIM Julia Antolak (2306) – 4
9. WFM Michalina Rudzińska  (2251) – 2½
10. WIM   Alicja Śliwicka (2346) – 2½

Photo: Weronika Poczwardowska

Official website: mp2021.pzszach.pl/