KACPER PIORUN (born Nov-24-1991, 33 years old) Poland [what is this?] In 2007, Piorun won the Polish under-16 chess championship in teba. In 2009, he finished third in the World Youth Chess Championship. In 2010, he won the Rubinstein Memorial in Polanica-Zdroj. In 2013, he won the Polish Blitz Chess Championship in Bydgoszcz. In 2015, Piorun took clear first place at the 17th Open of Sants, Hostafrancs & La Bordeta in Barcelona and at the 19th Open International Bavarian Chess Championship in Bad Wiessee. He has also competed successfully in several Polish Team Chess Championships. He won the Polish chess championship in 2017 and in 2020. Piorun played for Poland in the European U18 Team Chess Championship in 2008, winning two gold medals (team and individual on board 3), and 2009, winning the team silver. Piorun is an excellent chess problem solver. In 2011, he won the individual World Chess Solving Championship in Jesi and became an International Solving Grandmaster as a result. Piorun won the world individual title also in 2014 in Berne, 2015 in Ostroda and 2016 in Belgrade. He won team gold with Poland at the World Chess Solving Championship in Jesi 2011, Kobe 2012, Batumi 2013, Berne 2014, Ostroda 2015, Belgrade 2016 and Dresden 2017 events. During the 2018 Chess Olympiad in Batumi, he defeated the thirteenth best player in the world Hikaru Nakamura and claimed fourth place overall with the Polish team. He tied for 3rd to 11th place in the European Championship (2019) with Ferenc Berkes, Niclas Huschenbeth, Sergei Movsesian, Niclas Huschenbeth, Grigoriy Oparin, and Eltaj Safarli. In 2021 at the World Cup (2021) he first eliminated Rudik Makarian 1.5-0.5 then, he disposed of Jorden van Foreest and Javokhir Sindarov also with 1.5/2, before beign eliminated himself by Etienne Bacrot 3.5-1.5. He was clear second with 6/9, behind Luke McShane 6.5/9. Later that year at the European Team Championship (2021) he managed 5.5/9 on board 4. (1) http://en.chessbase.com/post/poles-... & http://www.saunalahti.fi/~stniekat/...; Photo: http://www.bidmonfa.com/piorun_kacp...; (2) http://chess-results.com/tnr184474.... Wikipedia article: Kacper Piorun Last updated: 2021-11-24 07:24:01

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page 1 of 56; games 1-25 of 1,379  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. L Stanczyk vs K Piorun   ½-½ 65 2005 Koszalin op-B A20 English 2. Z Galyga vs K Piorun   1-0 51 2005 Koszalin op-B E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto 3. K Piorun vs M Efinowicz   1-0 77 2005 Koszalin op-B C41 Philidor Defense 4. M Kanarek vs K Piorun   1-0 45 2005 Koszalin op-B C16 French, Winawer 5. K Piorun vs T Kamieniecki   ½-½ 68 2005 Koszalin op-B B05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern 6. K Piorun vs E Griezne   0-1 62 2005 Koszalin op-B B12 Caro-Kann Defense 7. M Dubinski vs K Piorun   ½-½ 37 2006 POL-ch U16 B12 Caro-Kann Defense 8. K Piorun vs D Plonczak   ½-½ 68 2006 POL-ch U16 B08 Pirc, Classical 9. K Piorun vs W Murawski   1-0 50 2006 POL-ch U16 C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation 10. T Gluszko vs K Piorun   0-1 39 2006 POL-ch U16 E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto 11. J Tomczak vs K Piorun   1-0 44 2006 POL-ch U16 E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 12. K Piorun vs M Brzeski   1-0 50 2006 POL-ch U16 B22 Sicilian, Alapin 13. K Piorun vs T Baturo   ½-½ 46 2006 POL-ch U16 B22 Sicilian, Alapin 14. T Galazewski vs K Piorun   ½-½ 39 2006 POL-ch U16 C07 French, Tarrasch 15. K Piorun vs P Markowski   ½-½ 34 2006 POL-ch U16 C41 Philidor Defense 16. M Walentukiewicz vs K Piorun   0-1 60 2006 POL-ch U16 E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line 17. A Leniart vs K Piorun   ½-½ 40 2006 POL-ch U16 E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 18. K Piorun vs K Grycel   1-0 31 2006 Kochan Memorial B16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation 19. K Piorun vs P Mickiewicz   1-0 23 2006 Kochan Memorial B22 Sicilian, Alapin 20. A Kveinys vs K Piorun   1-0 32 2006 Kochan Memorial E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line 21. M Brzeski vs K Piorun   1-0 51 2006 Kochan Memorial C07 French, Tarrasch 22. K Piorun vs M Chojnowski   1-0 40 2006 Kochan Memorial C05 French, Tarrasch 23. A Panocki vs K Piorun   ½-½ 70 2006 Kochan Memorial B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 24. K Piorun vs M Skalski   1-0 43 2006 Kochan Memorial B22 Sicilian, Alapin 25. K Piorun vs R Gunajew   1-0 36 2006 Kochan Memorial B22 Sicilian, Alapin  page 1 of 56; games 1-25 of 1,379

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Jan-01-10    Tabanus: IM Kacper Piorun, Poland, born 24 November 1991. Now rated 2489, http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?... FM in 2007. IM in 2008. Played in European U18 Team Ch 2008 (board 3, team won) and 2009 (bd. 2, team ended no. 2). Placed 8th in Rubinstein Memorial Open A (Poland) Aug. 2007, 9th in World U16 Ch 2007, 2nd in Najdorf Memorial B (Poland) 2-10 Aug. 2008, 9th in Rubinstein Open A 19-28 Aug. 2008, 6th in Voivoda Cup (Poland) 2008, 2nd in Krakow Open A 2008/09, 8th in Polish Ch Feb. 2009, 4th in Polish U18 Ch March 2009*, 13th in Wroclaw Open A (Poland) June 2009, 4th in Rubinstein Memorial Open A August 2009: http://www.chessarbiter.to.pl/turni..., 3rd in World U18 Ch November 2009: http://chess-results.com/tnr27464.a... Biography: http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kacper... (in Polish) Pictures: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped... http://www.gazetylokalne.pl/uploads... http://www.pzszach.org.pl/userfiles... *Won by <Arkadiusz Bebel> (not yet in cg database) Jan-01-10    Tabanus: Winning with the French: [Event "POL-ch 66th"] [Site "Chotowa"] [Date "2009.02.04"] [Round "9"] [White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"] [Black "Piorun, Kacper"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2607"] [BlackElo "2464"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. a3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Qd2 O-O 11. g3 Qc7 12. Bg2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Nb6 14. Ne2 Bd7 15. b3 Bb5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Nd4 a5 18. a4 Ba6 19. Bf1 Nd7 20. Bxa6 bxa6 21. O-O Nb8 22. Rf2 Rc8 23. Rd1 Nc6 24. Nxc6 Rxc6 25. Qe2 Rac8 26. Rd2 g6 27. g4 Qb6 28. Kg2 Rc3 29. Rf3 Qb4 30. h3 Rxf3 31. Kxf3 Qb6 32. Qe3 Rc5 33. f5 Qc6 34. f6 Rc3 35. Rd3 Rxd3 36. Qxd3 h6 37. Kf2 Qc5+ 38. Ke2 Qc7 39. Qxa6 Qxc2+ 40. Kf1 Qc1+ 41. Kg2 Qd2+ 42. Kf3 Qd1+ 43. Kg2 Qc2+ 44. Kg1 Qb1+ 45. Kh2 Qb2+ 46. Kh1 Qxe5 47. Qxa5 Qxf6 48. Kg2 Qb2+ 49. Kf1 Qxb3 50. Qd8+ Kg7 51. a5 Qf3+ 52. Ke1 Qe3+ 53. Kd1 d4 54. Qb6 e5 55. a6 e4 56. a7 Qg1+ 57. Kd2 e3+ 58. Kd3 Qf1+ 59. Kxd4 e2 60. Qa5 Qd1+ 61. Kc5 0-1 Feb-18-12    kia0708: I think he won the World Chess Solving Championship in 2012. Am I correct ? Or was it John Nunn (England) ? Sep-22-12    MarkThornton: Kacper won in 2011: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... The 2012 event is taking place soon in Kobe, Japan. I don't know the precise date, it may have already taken place. Sep-22-12    MarkThornton: Kacper is now a GM: http://www.fide.com/component/conte... Sep-22-12    MarkThornton: MarkThornton: To be precise, he became a GM at solving chess problems in 2011: http://www.saunalahti.fi/~stniekat/.... He then became a GM at playing the game in 2012. So, he has joined the rare group of double-GMs, before his 21st birthday! In fact, he may be the youngest ever double-GM! Congrats, Kacper, on a fine achievement. Sep-22-12    MarkThornton: Sorry, here's the correct link for the list of solving GMs: http://www.saunalahti.fi/~stniekat/... Mar-04-14    BIDMONFA: Kacper Piorun PIORUN, Kacper http://www.bidmonfa.com/piorun_kacp... _ Apr-14-16    ndg2: In the last year or so, Kacper is rising in the ranks pretty fast. He won the open internation bavarian chess championships for example. He has now ELO 2673. Jul-20-16    WTHarvey: Here are 14 critical positions from the games of Kacper Piorun: http://wtharvey.com/pior.html What's the winning move? Jul-22-16    Penguincw: Kacper Piorun wins the Czech Rapid Open with a score of 8/9. http://chess-results.com/tnr230439.... https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-t... Jul-27-17    Bratek: Do you know that PIORUN means LIGHTNING in POLISH! Aug-04-20    Bratek: Congratulations!https://en.chessbase.com/post/kacpe... Nov-24-23    lentil: It's time to update his bio to mention his titles! Jan-20-25    masterwojtek: He is the World Chess Solving Champion in 2024 - congratulations!!! (this is his 6th title) 2630 rating there: https://www.wfcc.ch/competitions/so...

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