The 2011 Poland Chess Championship is being played from 12th to 20th February in the Hotel Novotel Centrum in Warsaw. 22 players participate in the 9-round Swiss event.

The defending champion GM Mateusz Bartel is leading the race after defeating the 2008 champion Bartosz Soćko in round seven. Bartel has 5.5 points, half a point more than the experienced GM Pawel Jaracz and the new star GM Darius Swiercz.

Round 8 pairings:
Świercz Dariusz - Bartel Mateusz
Olszewski Michał- Jaracz Pawel
Kempinski Robert- Socko Bartosz
Mitoń Kamil- Wojtaszek Radosław
Gajewski Grzegorz- Miśta Aleksander
Tazbir Marcin- Macieja Bartłomiej
Markowski Tomasz- Piorun Kacper
Pakleza Zbigniew- Krysztofiak Marcin
Jakubowski Krzysztof- Sadzikowski Daniel
Dragun Kamil- Kanarek Marcel
Stoma Pawel- Staniszewski Piotr

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