36 International Chess Festival Cracovia LIVE

The 36th edition of the International Chess Festival Cracovia will take place from December 27 to January 04 in Krakow, Poland. It is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with time control of 90 min/ 40 moves + 30 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from Poland, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.

The top-seeded players are GM Szymon Gumularz (2606), GM Casper Schoppen (2567), GM Igor Janik (2528), GM Tomas Polak (2444), GM Nazar Firman (2441), FM Peter Balint (2427), GM Łukasz Jarmuła (2414), FM Jakub Suder (2399), FM Tymon Czernek (2398), FM Robert Ernst (2382), FM Hristos Alexiadis (2370), FM Eliran Shilon Rahav (2363), FM Piotr Brzezina (2361), IM Aron Pasti (2356), FM Antoni Radzimski (2356), FM Dimitrios Stefanou (2356), FM Adharsh K (2350), FM Mikelis Vingris (2339), IM Mirosław Lewicki (2338), IM Aleksander Kaczmarek (2334). Scroll down for the full participants list.

More events from: Poland: Polish Team Championships Division 1 / Polish Team Championship – Ekstraliga 2025 / Polish Chess Championship 2025 / Polish Women Chess Championship 2025

36 International Chess Festival Cracovia Participants