Szymon Gumularz (born 22 December 2001) is a Polish

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grandmaster.

Biography

Szymon Gumularz made his chess debut at the 2013

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in Budva, where he finished 20th. He won medals of the Polish Youth Chess Championships three times: gold in Wałbrzych in 2013 (U12 age group), bronze in Suwałki in 2015 (U14 age group) and gold in Ustroń in 2017 (U16 age group). Szymon Gumularz was also a seven-time medalist of the Polish Youth Rapid Chess Championships (including three times gold: Wrocław 2014 – U14 age group, Katowice 2015 – U14 age group and Koszalin 2016 – U16 age group) and a six-time medalist of the Polish Youth Blitz Chess Championships (including three times gold: Olsztyn 2013 – U12 age group, Katowice 2015 – U14 age group and Wrocław 2017 – U16 age group). Szymon Gumularz represented Poland at

s (4 times) and

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s (3 times) in various age groups, achieving the best result in 2017 in Montevideo – 3rd place in World Youth Chess Championship in U16 age group. Szymon Gumularz won the International chess tournaments four times: 2014 in

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(open B), 2017 in

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(open B3), 2018 in

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(Cracovia 2017/18, open A), together with Christopher Repka and Evgeny Romanov and 2019 in Krakow (Cracovia 2019/20, open A). Since 2019, Szymon Gumularz has regularly participated in the finals of the

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s. He achieved the best result in 2023, when he won 3rd place. In May 2024, in

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he ranked in 7th place in Polish Chess Championship. In 2018, Szymon Gumularz was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title and received the FIDE Grandmaster (GM) title three years later. He reached the highest

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in his career so far on June 1, 2023, with a score of 2591 points.

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Szymon Gumularz - Szachy w Polsce
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