Igor Janik wins 35th Cracovia International Chess Festival 2024, Prraneeth Vuppala third

by Shahid Ahmed - 25/01/2025

GM Igor Janik (POL) and GM Szymon Gumularz (POL) scored an unbeaten 7/9 each at 35th Cracovia International Chess Festival Open A (>2100) 2024. Igor won the tournament due to better tie-break scores, Szymon secured second place. GM Prraneeth Vuppala scored 6.5/9 to finish third. He drew with the eventual champion, Igor in Round 7. The total prize fund in Open A was PLN 35400. The top three prizes were 10000, 8000 and 6000 PLN. The eight-day nine round Rating Open tournament was held at Hotel Galaxy in Krakow, Poland from 27th December 2024 to 4th January 2025. Photo: Cracovia Chess

Nearly 800 players take part in the festival

Nearly 800 players representing 33 countries participated in the 35th Cracovia International Chess Festival.

Top ten (L to R): 1st GM Igor Janik (POL) 7/9, 2nd GM Szymon Gumularz (POL) 7/9 and 3rd GM Prraneeth Vuppala 6.5/9 | Photo: Cracovia Chess

The 36th edition has been announced to take place from 27th December 2025 to 4th January 2026.

A total of 106 players including 8 GMs, 8 IMs and 2 WIMs took part from 22 countries across the world. The eight-day nine round Rating Open tournament was held at Hotel Galaxy in Krakow, Poland from 27th December 2024 to 4th January 2025. The time control of the event was 40 moves in 90 minutes + 30 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move.

Final standings

	Surname, Name	Club	Rating		BHC1	BH	SB	PS	DE	BWG
1.	GM	Janik, Igor	UKS "Hetman Elbląg"	2515 +6	7.0	46.5	50.0	37.75	37.0	5	3
2.	GM	Gumularz, Szymon	KSz Polonia Wrocław	2585 +3	7.0	45.0	48.5	36.75	36.0	5	2
3.	GM	Prraneeth Vuppala		2461 +12	6.5	49.5	51.0	34.25	37.0	5	2
4.	IM	Danielyan, Vahe		2299 +26	6.5	48.0	51.5	35.0	34.0	5	1
5.	IM	Bogdanov, Egor		2493 +1	6.5	44.0	47.5	32.0	34.0	5	2
6.	GM	Teclaf, Paweł	KKS "Ormuzd" Kartuzy	2569 -4	6.5	44.0	47.0	32.5	34.0	4	1
7.	GM	Cvek, Robert	KSz "Silesia" Racibórz	2443	6.5	41.5	45.0	32.5	32.5	4	2
8.	IM	Ben Ari, Yannay		2453 -4	6.5	37.5	41.0	30.5	28.0	5	1
9.	IM	Nguyen, Piotr		2399 -1	6.5	37.5	41.0	29.0	29.5	6	2
10.	FM	Pyrih, Roman		2399 +12	6.0	47.0	50.5	30.75	34.0	4	2

Details

Links

Cracovia Chess: Official site, fb page

Tournament Regulations

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