Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Mateusz Bartel faced losses, reshaping the standings for the 60th edition of the tournament.

As the competition heads into the final day, Keymer, Fedoseev, and Navara lead the standings. The festival boasts an exceptionally strong lineup with an average rating of 2687, making it the most competitive in its 60-year history.

Poland’s Duda, the top-seeded player (18th in FIDE) experienced his first loss in the tournament, falling to Czech player David Navara (53rd in FIDE). This loss propelled Navara to third place with 4.5 points. Bartel also faced defeat, pushing him down to the bottom of the standings after losing to Ukraine's Andrei Volokitin.

The Polanica festival is the oldest chess event in Poland, with the first tournament taking place in 1963.

The event is held in honor of Akiba Rubinstein, one of the world’s leading chess players in the early 20th century.

Rubinstein was born in 1882 near Łomża in central Poland. He had strong ties to Łódź, winning the city’s championship in 1904.

In 1912, he won five international tournaments: in San Sebastián, Piestany, Wrocław, Warsaw, and Vilnius. He was close to challenging the then-world champion Emanuel Lasker, but his chances were dashed by the outbreak of World War I.

In the 1930s, Rubinstein played on the first board for the Polish national team, which achieved its greatest successes in the history of Polish chess, winning gold (Hamburg, 1930) and silver (Prague, 1931) medals at the Chess Olympiad.