Leader Szymon Gumularz won the 4th consecutive triumph and increased to 1 point the advantage over Jakub Kosakowski in the open Polish chess championship tournament, played in Warsaw. Among the women headed are Monika Soćko and Alicja Sliwicka – after 3 points.
Gumularz, whose best consequence in MP is the bronze medal from 2023, erstwhile the championship was last held in the capital, defeated a white fellow from Polonia Wrocław club, 1 of the most experienced participants, four-time champion Matthew Bartla (24th performance in the final). The 24-year-old grandmaster in Wieliczki can boast 1 of the most successful beginnings in the past of rivalry for a national title.
– I did not anticipate specified a successful start, but with each win increasing the belief that there would be more. Self-confidence increases with each duel. In today's game, I played as logically as possible. In the end, winning in a better position was a substance of technique," commented 24-year-old grandmaster from Myślenice in a live account on You Tube PZSach.
Referring to the next duel waiting for him on Thursday with another experienced rival, Bartosz Soćko (28th final, 3 gold medals), who lost to Łukasz Lyczinski on Wednesday, noted that each organization was a separate story, but the appetite for winning did not lose.
The Gumular added the advantage over Kosakowski's deputy leader to 1 point. The difference may have been even greater, but the runner-up a year ago managed to save the draw after 92 moves lasting over 5 hours of the longest batch of the day with John Malk.
The 3rd place, in the face of Soćka's defeat, is occupied by Paweł Teclaf – 2.5 points. The title's defender from Krakow a year ago drew blacks with number 1 Radosław Wojtasek. The tournament favourite in each of the erstwhile duels divided the point with the rival.
In the rivalry of women, Monika Soćko won a white crucial duel with a co-leader after 3 rounds, runner-up before the year Aleksandra Malcewska and maintained the first position with the same profit as Sliwicka, who had a valuable Black triumph over the second in the national ranking of Olivia Kiolbasa.
After 4 out of 9 scheduled rounds, the 3rd place with a 2.5 points is unexpectedly occupied by 19-year-old Maria Siekańska, penultimate in the ranking rate.
APW, PAP
