The 5th International Ferdynand Dziedzic Chess Memorial was organized by Stowarzyszenie im. Ferdynanda Dziedzica on 19th April in Trzcianka, Poland.
The tournament format was 9-round Swiss with the time control 10′+5”. The event was also valid for the Polish Rapid Chess Championship.
301 players from 11 countries competed. Among them were 27 Grandmasters and 10 International Masters.
Grandmasters Etienne Bacrot (France) and Pawel Jaracz (Poland) shared the first place with 8,0/9 points each. Bacrot took the winner’s trophy on better tie-break, while Jaracz is declared Polish Rapid Champion.
Final standings (top finishers):
1 GM Bacrot Etienne FRA 2716 – 8
2 GM Jaracz Pawel POL 2487 – 8
3 GM Fridman Daniel GER 2648 – 7.5
4 GM Onischuk Vladimir UKR 2670 – 7.5
5 GM Krasenkow Michal POL 2576 – 7.5
6 GM Stupak Kirill BLR 2551 – 7.5
7 GM Kempinski Robert POL 2592 – 7.5
8 GM Bartel Mateusz POL 2668 – 7
9 GM Shirov Alexei LAT 2625 – 7
10 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw POL 2714 – 7
11 GM Heberla Bartlomiej POL 2525 – 7
12 GM Maksimenko Andrei UKR 2532 – 7
13 GM Naiditsch Arkadij GER 2682 – 7
14 GM Tomczak Jacek POL 2556 – 7
15 GM Fressinet Laurent FRA 2713 – 7
16 GM Tazbir Marcin POL 2572 – 7
17 GM Lintchevski Daniil RUS 2580 – 7
18 IM Stopa Jacek POL 2508 – 7
19 Jagodzinski Piotr POL 2220 – 7
20 Beben Pawel POL 2139 – 7
21 GM Gritsak Orest UKR 2544 – 6.5
22 Paszewski Mateusz POL 2185 – 6.5
23 FM Skawinski Arkadiusz POL 2270 – 6.5
24 Deszczynski Adam POL 2353 – 6.5
25 Musialkiewicz Jan POL 2298 – 6.5
26 WFM Lach Aleksandra POL 2254 – 6.5
27 GM Schmidt Wlodzimierz POL 2296 – 6.5
28 FM Plichta Kamil POL 2245 – 6.5
29 Brodowski Piotr POL 2426 – 6.5
30 GM Antoniewski Rafal POL 2529 – 6.5
31 GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam UZB 2645 – 6
32 GM Mista Aleksander POL 2556 – 6
33 Jaroch Karol POL 2193 – 6
34 Lewtak Damian POL 2366 – 6
35 Klekowski Maciej POL 2398 – 6