Jakub Kosakowski and Szymon Gumularz in the open tournament and Aleksandra Malcewska and Monika Soćko again won their parties in the second circular of the Polish Chess Championship and took the lead in the tournament, played in Warsaw.
Last year's runner-up Kosakowski defeated the black youngest and legitimizing the lowest ranking at the stake, 17-year-old FIDE champion Adam Zielonka. Gumularz, a bronze medalist 3 years ago, erstwhile the national championship was last held in the capital, won with Wojciech Moranda, runner-up 5 years ago with Bydgoszcz.
In a duel of experienced mulimedalists of the Polish Championship Radosław Wojtasek (16 starts, six gold, 3 silver, 4 bronze medals) tied with Bartosz Soćko (27 finals, 3 gold, 4 bronze, 3 bronze).
Malcewska, who won the country's fast chess championship on Saturday in Węgrowa, defeated the youngest in the stake and the lowest ranked, coming from Belarus, 16-year-old Anastasia Obuchawa, who advanced to the championship in the capital by winning the Polish championship until the 1920s.
The 100 percent start score is recorded by Monika Soćko (30 finals, 8 gold, 7 silver, 5 bronze discs). After the inaugural triumph over Olive Kiolbasa, she defeated another teammate on Monday, who won the European squad championship last year – defending the title of Claudia Kulon.
In a prestigious duel of 2 another gold medalists from Batumi, the highest ranked Polish chess players, Kiolbasa recovered from her Sunday defeat and won whites with her ranked at number 15 in the planet ranking Alina Kashlinska. On Monday, ladies played uncompromisingly at the capital Hotel Sofitel Victoria. All parties ended with the consequence decided.
The championship played by the wheel strategy will last until March 30.
APW, PAP
