The Polish Men and Women Championship in Chorzow came to an end. The final results were decided in tiebreak games between 2 and 4 (!) participants respectively. The Polish Women Champion title went to Monika Socko, 2^nd place to Jola Zawadzka and bronze medal was won by Karina Szczepkowska. In the men competition the winner was Bartosz Socko.

On 7^th December in Zabkowice Slaskie Jola gave a charity simultaneos exhibition organised by the towns' library. Her oppostion consisted of 38 local players. After almost 4 hours of play the simul finish with 32 wins for Jola , 5 draws and one loss.

Link to the photo gallery of this event.

On 25^th of September Garry Kasparov visited Lower Silesia region to promot the initiative Chess in Schools.

During his stay he was accompanied by Jola Zawadzka who also gave a simultaneos exhibition in a school in Lubin.

Kasparov who was was present during the Chess Olympiad exchanged remarks with Jola about her game against Kosteniuk.

Despite medium results of the polish teams (only 13th and 15^th places) in the event Jola Zawadzka, Radek Wojtaszek and Bartlomiej Macieja achieved individual successes. All three of them got silver medals on their boards.

During the Olympiad Jola won 7 games , amongst which was a game against former World Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk from Russia. Her 4 remeining games ended in a draw.

Oficial results of the Olympiad.

In Istanbul from 27^th August to 10^th September there ll be held 40^th Chess Olympiad. Polish women team for the event consists of Monika Socko, Iweta Rajlich, Jolanta Zawadzka, Karina Szczepkowska-Horowska and Joanna Worek which gives them 7^th rank in the starting list.

The women Polish Championship was won by Iweta Rajlich who defeated Joanna Majdan-Gajewska in tie-break games. Bronze medal went to Jola Zawadzka.

The best in the men competition was Mateusz Bartel, who also needed tie-breaks to win the title. Silver medal went to Bartlomiej Macieja and bronze to Kamil Miton.

Apart from the silver medal won by the team Jola Zawadzka got also silver medal on 2^nd board and Karina Szczepkowska bronze medal on board 3.

The Championship was won by the russian team and the bronze medal went to Georgia.

During the European Team Chess Championship 2011 polish women team took silver medals. The team consisted of players Monika Socko, Jolanta Zawadzka, Joanna Majdan, Karina Szczepkowska and Katarzyna Toma.

On the photo: last round match again team of Armenia that ended in a 2:2 draw.

In Porto Carras, a town on the Halkidiki peninsula in Greece started the European Team Chess Championship.

The official site of the event is http://euro2011.chessdom.com/

On the photo women polish team: Monika Socko, Karina Szczepkowska, Katarzyna Toma, Jolanta Zawadzka i Joanna Majdan.

As a part of 5^th Zuckertort Congress organised by the 13^th Gymnasium in Wroclaw there was a match between the graduates of this school and the rest of the world. You can find photos from the event in gallery.

In Shenhen, China, starte the XXVI Universiade. For the 1^st time during this event players ll also compete in chess. Polish is represented by Jolanta Zawadzka, Wojciech Moranda, Pawel Czarnota, Krzysztof Bulski and Michal Olszewski.

The event can be followed at http://www.sz2011.org

From 6th to 18^th of May in Georgias' capital Tbilisi took place European Women Chess Championship 2011. There are 2 polish players participating – polish champion Jolanta Zawadzka and bronze medalist Karina Szczepkowska-Horowska.

Official site of the tournament http://www.tbilisi2011.ge/

   In the 11th Individual European Men & Women Chess Championships Monika Socko took the bronze medal  after wining in the tie-breaks with Marie Sebag! Jola Zawadzka after losing in the last round against Natalia Zhukova finished the tournament with 7 points which gave her 18th place. Gold medal went to the swedish GM Pia Cramling.

 In the men's section best polish player was Bartosz Socko with 7,5 points which, after tie-break gave him qualification for the next World Cup. You can find more results here.

The photos from the event are now in the gallery!

After 9 days of struggle the polish championships came to an end. In the women section the winner is GM Monika Socko, who beat in the final match IM Iweta Rajlich 2-0. Jola took bronze medal winning against WGM Joanna Majdan in a tough match 1,5-0,5.

The men's section was won by GM Mateusz Bartel. Silver medal went to Radoslaw Wojtaszek. Big surprise was 3rd place of GM Jacek Gdanski - an amateur compared to many other players participating in the event.

You can find all the final results on the website.

Photos from the event can be found in gallery.

    On 9th January started the individaul Men & Women Polish Chess Champiionships. Both tournaments are taking place in the Novotol hotel in the center of Warsaw. The strongest polish chessplayers are taking part in this year's event, which is caused by the high prize fund and new formula of the event. The women's section is a knock-out tournament with 16 participant, wheres man play a 9 round swiss tournament. More information and games can be found on the website of the event.