Igor Janik clinches 34th Cracovia Blitz Open 2023, Anwesh Upadhyaya second

by Shahid Ahmed - 20/01/2024

GM Igor Janik (POL) scored 9.5/11 to win 34th Cracovia Blitz Open 2023. He finished a half point ahead of the field. Dr. IM Anwesh Upadhyaya, FM Franciszek Sernecki (POL) and Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi scored 9/11 each. They secured second, third and fourth place according to tie-breaks. IM Bhakti Kulkarni scored 8/11 to finish 13th. She won the first prize in Women category. The top three prizes were 1000, 800 and 600 PLN. The tournament took place on the first day of 2024. Photos: Marta Zienkiewicz / Cracovia Chess Festival 2023

Blitz tournament on 1st January 2024

Top six (L to R): 5th IM Iulian Sofronie (ROU) 8.5/11, 6th FM Filip Luczak (POL) 8.5/11, 4th Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi, 3rd FM Franciszek Sernecki (POL) 9/11, 2nd Dr. IM Anwesh Upadhyaya 9/11 and 1st GM Igor Janik (POL) 9.5/11

Women Top 3 (L to R): 3rd WFM Anastasiia Hnatyshyn (UKR) 7/11, 1st IM Bhakti Kulkarni 8/11 and 2nd WFM Anastasia Kirtadze (GEO) 7/11

A total of 268 players including 4 GMs and 12 IMs took part from 23 countries across the world. The one-day nine round Blitz Rating Open tournament. It was organized by MPZSzach/Kraków City Hall at Hotel Galaxy in Krakow, Poland on 1st January 2024. The time control of the event was 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment per move.

Final standings

M-ce	Tytuł	Nazwisko Imię	R. FIDE	Pkt.	MBch.	Bch.	Prog.	Wins	Chg (Ru)
1	GM	JANIK, Igor	B 2519	9,5	68,50	83,50	57,5	9	0,09
2	IM	ANWESH, Upadhyaya	B 2321	9,0	66,50	80,00	57,0	7	1,64
3	FM	SERNECKI, Franciszek	B 2210	9,0	64,00	78,50	57,0	9	2,85
4	k	AAKASH Sharadchandra, Dalvi	B 2287	9,0	61,50	75,00	49,0	9	-0,48
5	IM	SOFRONIE, Iulian	B 2420	8,5	70,00	83,50	57,0	7	-0,04
6	FM	ŁUCZAK, Filip	B 2268	8,5	65,50	80,50	55,5	8	0,64
7	m	PODOLSKYI, Mykhailo	B 2327	8,5	65,50	79,50	53,0	8	-0,29
8	FM	DUBNEVYCH, Maksym	B 2131	8,5	62,00	75,50	51,0	8	1,05
9	k	KATSANIS, Vasileios Dim	B 1905	8,5	62,00	74,50	50,5	8	4,47
10	GM	GOLUBKA, Petro	B 2435	8,5	60,50	74,50	52,5	8	-0,98

Details

Links

Cracovia Chess: Official site, fb page

Tournament Regulations

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