The 70th Polish Chess Championship 2013 and the 65th Polish Chess Championship for women 2013 are taking place on 13th-21st April at Sztygarka, Poland.
Starting from 2010 – when the Board of the Polish Chess Federation decided to change the tournament system – the open event is played with Swiss system, while the women’s tournament is a round-robin. Both event are held on nine rounds.
There is an impressive prize fund – PLN 104,500 (approx. 33,ooo US dollars) – in financial awards for both tournaments.
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Participants – Open Section (top seeds):
1 GM Gajewski, Grzegorz 2653
2 GM Socko, Bartosz 2651
3 GM Mitoń, Kamil 2628
4 GM Świercz, Dariusz 2622
5 GM Bartel, Mateusz 2619
6 GM Macieja, Bartłomiej 2608
7 GM Kempinski, Robert 2599
8 GM Tomczak, Jacek 2564
9 GM Markowski, Tomasz 2558
10 IM Tazbir, Marcin 2555
11 GM Bulski, Krzysztof 2549
12 GM Jaracz, Pawel 2548
13 GM Piorun, Kacper 2529
14 IM Duda, Jan-Krzysztof 2497
15 IM Dragun, Kamil 2492
Very strong tournament.