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Wroclaw Chess Festival 2025

The 2025 edition is complete!

Seven days of chess battles flew by at the Wroclaw Chess Festival, where we held 6 tournaments with something for everyone!

December 13-19, 2025 | Wrocław, Park Hotel Diament

Panoramic view of the University of Wrocław building at night
459
players
6
tournaments
13
countries
13
Grandmasters
4
title norms
7
days of competition

This is how it was in Wrocław!

The Wroclaw Chess Festival 2025 has gone down in history as the largest chess event in the region. During the magical Christmas Market season, the Park Hotel Diament transformed into an arena of chess emotions. From Grandmasters in OPEN A, through amateurs in OPEN B and Second Step, to the youngest players in the Dwarf's Tournament — everyone found something for themselves.

Tournament Results

OPEN B

75 players | up to 2150 ELO | 9 rounds

Prize pool: 8,850 PLN

1 ZHUK Ivan
2 PAŃSZCZYSZYN Szymon
3 ZEISSEL Andrzej

4. Owczarek Maciej • 5. Owczarek Hanna • 6. Somyk Marcin • 7. Kłys Kacper • 8. Łukasiewicz Aleksander • 9. Matela Krzysztof

Best under 1850 ELO: Nguyen Doan Bao Anh Angelina

Best under 1700 ELO: Szachniewicz Aleksander

Best under 1550 ELO: Klincewicz Katarzyna

Full results

Blitz Tournament

34 players | 11 rounds | 3'+2" time control

2 Grandmasters + 2 International Masters!

1 DOBROWOLSKI Piotr
2 TAZBIR Marcin
3 WIECZOREK Oskar

4. Żerebiec Maurycy • 5. Piotrowski Przemysław

Best woman: Owczarek Monika

Best junior: Krishnan Ritvik

Under 2000 ELO: Szajda Marcin

Under 1800 ELO: Kopestyński Michał

Best host player: Kantane Anna

Full results

Second Step

44 players | rating 1250-1600 PZSzach

Tournament for 3rd and 2nd chess categories

1 HRYSZKIEWICZ Robert
2 PŁOSZKA Rafał
3 BALIŃSKI Tristan

4. Sztuba Michał • 5. Maciejowski Piotr • 6. Makałowski Paweł

Categories earned:

2nd cat.: Płoszka Rafał

3rd cat.: Jakieła Wojciech, Kudliński Michał, Listopadski Iwan, Bąk Marek

Full results

First Step

65 players | rating 1000-1200 PZSzach

29 first-timers! 25 categories earned!

Age 13+ (45 players)

1 ABAROVSKYI Serhii
2 MARYNIUK Daniil
3 ZIEMBOWSKI Jakub

Under 12 (20 players)

1 ZAWIERTA Marcin
2 LVOVSKII Gavriil
3 GRABIA Michał

Dwarf's Tournament

135 players | ~400 people including parents!

Groups: U5, U6, U7, U8, U10, U12

Under 5 (14)

  1. Owczarek Antoni
  2. Topolnicki Wojciech
  3. Lewkowicz Stanisław

Under 6 (26)

  1. Harutyunyan Mikayel
  2. Szachniewicz Maksymilian
  3. Piróg Adam

Under 7 (29)

  1. Paszkowski Ignacy
  2. Czyszczoń Wiktor
  3. Byrski Mieszko

Under 8 (27)

  1. Michalski Igor
  2. Sieciechowicz Miłosz
  3. Leszczyński Bartłomiej

Under 10 (28)

  1. Zubko Bartosz
  2. Małaczyńska Dalia
  3. Oleszak Jakub

Under 12 (11)

  1. Biała Julia
  2. Niemczuk Szymon
  3. Kuźnik Mateusz

Title Norms

Four title norms were achieved in the OPEN A tournament — huge congratulations to the players!

GM
Grandmaster Norm
YANIV Yuval
IM
International Master Norm
PRIANSH Das
IM
International Master Norm
SELBES Tamer Tarik
WIM
Woman International Master Norm
DWILEWICZ Katarzyna

Venue: Park Hotel Diament

The entire festival took place in the comfortable interiors of the Park Hotel Diament in Wrocław. Thank you to the hotel for excellent cooperation and a professionally prepared playing hall.

See you in 2026!

The next edition of Wroclaw Chess Festival will take place on December 12-20, 2026. Organizational details coming soon. Want to stay updated? Follow us on social media!

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