Karina Cyfka is Polish Women's Champion!

by Klaus Besenthal
8/13/2020 – The Polish Women's Championship in Ostrów Wielkopolski ended yesterday. Karina Cyfka and Klaudia Kulon both drew in the last round and thus shared first with 6.0/9. But Cyfka won the two-game tiebreak and became new Polish Women's Champion 2020. Joanna Majdan won bronze. | Photos: Wojciech Zawadzki (Polish Chess Federation)
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Before the last round Cyfka and Kulon shared the lead and Majdan was half a point behind. In the final round Majdan missed the chance to catch up to the leading duo by only drawing against Julia Antolak – the final round was a nerve-wracking affair. Kulon missed a good chance to win her game against Monika Socko:

 

Monika Socko (left) vs Klaudia Kulon

Cyfka, on the other hand, was lucky that her opponent, Honorata Kucharska, made a draw in a position she could still have attempted to win:

 

Honorata Kucharska (right) was by far the weakest player in the tournament - maybe that's why the 18-year-old showed a lot of respect for her better-rated opponent

In the first game of the tiebreak Kulon was clearly winning but lost after a wrong knight move:

 

Karina Cyfka (right) also won the second tiebreak game.

Final standings

 

Games

 

Translated from German by Arthur Paul

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Topics: Karina Cyfka, Polish Women's Championship
Klaus Besenthal is computer scientist, has followed and still follows the chess scene avidly since 1972 and since then has also regularly played in tournaments.

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