The chess games of Kacper Piorun

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Kacper Piorun

K Piorun

Photo credit : https://dziennikzwiazkowy.com

Number of games in database: 1,210
Years covered: 2005 to 2021
Last FIDE rating: 2601 (2539 rapid, 2542 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2665

Overall record: +357 -177 =407 (59.6%)*
* Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 269 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces:

Sicilian (122)
    B22 B33 B30 B42 B48
Ruy Lopez (64)
    C65 C78 C67 C80 C84
English (53)
    A15 A13 A10 A16 A11
Caro-Kann (44)
    B18 B13 B12 B10 B16
King's Indian Attack (33)
    A07
English, 1 c4 e5 (27)
    A20 A21 A23 A25 A26

With the Black pieces:

French Defense (66)
    C18 C02 C03 C11 C07
King's Indian (59)
    E60 E94 E62 E90 E70
Sicilian (52)
    B30 B32 B47 B40 B33
Caro-Kann (50)
    B12 B18 B17 B13 B10
Ruy Lopez (43)
    C65 C78 C60 C67 C95
Queen's Pawn Game (40)
    A45 D02 A40 A46 E10

Repertoire Explorer

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   K Piorun vs N Povah, 2017 1-0
   D Justo vs K Piorun, 2014 1/2-1/2
   K Piorun vs A Puranik, 2015 1-0
   K Piorun vs M Bartel, 2014 1-0
   Kramnik vs K Piorun, 2015 1/2-1/2
   S Gumularz vs K Piorun, 2021 0-1
   K Piorun vs Lupulescu, 2021 1-0
   K Piorun vs J Markos, 2017 1-0
   Pola Parol vs K Piorun, 2017 0-1
   H Melkumyan vs K Piorun, 2017 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Bundesliga 2015/16 (2015)
   MetLife Warsaw Najdorf Chess Festival (2017)
   European Championship (2019)
   Cappelle-la-Grande Open (2014)
   European Team Championship (2017)
   Rilton Cup 2017/18 (2017)
   Bundesliga 2014/15 (2014)
   World Junior Championship (2010)
   23rd Czech Open A (2012)
   World Cup (2021)
   World Junior Championship (2011)
   Gibraltar Masters (2017)
   European Championship (2018)
   Batumi Olympiad (2018)
   Isle of Man Grand Swiss (2019)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Sharjah Masters
   K Piorun vs Indjic (May-24-23) 1/2-1/2
   M Chigaev vs K Piorun (May-23-23) 1/2-1/2
   K Piorun vs L van Foreest (May-22-23) 1-0
   L Moroni Jr vs K Piorun (May-21-23) 1-0
   K Piorun vs P Acs (May-20-23) 1/2-1/2

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KACPER PIORUN
(born Nov-24-1991, 31 years old) Poland

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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

page 1 of 51; games 1-25 of 1,265

Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. Z Galyga vs K Piorun	1-0	51	2005	Koszalin op-B	E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto
2. L Stanczyk vs K Piorun	½-½	65	2005	Koszalin op-B	A20 English
3. K Piorun vs Michal 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 W Murawski	1-0	50	2006	POL-ch U16	C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation
9. K Piorun vs Dominik Plonczak	½-½	68	2006	POL-ch U16	B08 Pirc, Classical
10. T Gluszko vs K Piorun	0-1	39	2006	POL-ch U16	E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto
11. K Piorun vs M Brzeski	1-0	50	2006	POL-ch U16	B22 Sicilian, Alapin
12. J Tomczak vs K Piorun	1-0	44	2006	POL-ch U16	E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System
13. K Piorun vs Tomasz 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 mem 17th	B16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation
19. K Piorun vs P Mickiewicz	1-0	23	2006	Kochan mem 17th	B22 Sicilian, Alapin
20. A Kveinys vs K Piorun	1-0	32	2006	Kochan mem 17th	E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line
21. M Brzeski vs K Piorun	1-0	51	2006	Kochan mem 17th	C07 French, Tarrasch
22. K Piorun vs M Chojnowski	1-0	40	2006	Kochan mem 17th	C05 French, Tarrasch
23. A Panocki vs K Piorun	½-½	70	2006	Kochan mem 17th	B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation
24. K Piorun vs M Skalski	1-0	43	2006	Kochan mem 17th	B22 Sicilian, Alapin
25. K Piorun vs R Gunajew	1-0	36	2006	Kochan mem 17th	B22 Sicilian, Alapin


page 1 of 51; games 1-25 of 1,265

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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...

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