Poland and Czech Republic clashed in a great online Gomoku match!

Last Sunday, on the 29th December 2019, a big online Gomoku match took place on Playfive.net – Czech Republic vs Poland.

The match was played in double Euroleague system, i.e. both national teams were divided into two sub-teams consisting of four players, with a possibility to make two substitutions within each team during the whole match. The time control for the games was 10 min + 3 s increment for each player.

Both countries formed very strong teams consisting of well-known, top players:

Poland A:
Piotr Bieniek (pl_gacul)
Szczepan Łukasik (pl_kremufka)
Michał Zajk (pl_puholek)
Michał Żukowski (pl_zukole)

Poland B:
Adrian Fitzermann (pl_adif)
Łukasz Majksner (pl_usiek)
Piotr Małowiejski (pl_angst)
Kamil Pawela (pl_protiz)

Substitutions:
Dariusz Białkowski (pl_rakdar)
Mateusz Rędzioch (pl_sawyer)

Czech Republic A:
Miroslav Háša (czgregi)
Pavel Laube (czkedlub)
Vladimir Nipoti (czbano)
Lukáš Souček (czbone)

Czech Republic B:
Jan Kopecký (czdeafbat)
Ondřej Nykl (czondik)
Štěpán Tesařík (czperoxid)
Petr Žižka (czcerok)

Substitutions:
František Fňukal (czdenzel)
Jakub Horák (cz3ifndef)
Martin Muzika (czmartez)

After a fierce battle Poles emerged victorious, having narrowly defeated Czechs with the final result being 33-31 in their favour. The match was very close from the very beginning till the very end, with every single game being important.

The full results are presented below:

Poland 33 – 31 Czech Republic
(Poland A 12 – 20 Czech Republic A)
(Poland B 21 – 11 Czech Republic B)

Round 1: Poland 8.5 – 7.5 Czech Republic

pl_gacul – czbano 1:1
pl_kremufka – czbone 1:1
pl_puholek – czgregi 0.5:1.5
pl_zukole – czkedlub 0:2
2.5 – 5.5

pl_adif – czcerok 1.5:0.5
pl_angst – czdeafbat 2:0
pl_protiz – czondik 1.5:0.5
pl_usiek – czperoxid 1:1
6 – 2

Round 2: Poland 16 – 16 Czech Republic

pl_gacul – czbone 2:0
pl_kremufka – czgregi 0:2
pl_puholek – czkedlub 0:2
pl_zukole – czbano 1:1
3 – 5 (5.5 – 10.5)

pl_adif – czdeafbat 0.5:1.5
pl_angst – czondik 1:1
pl_protiz – czperoxid 2:0
pl_usiek – czcerok 1:1
4.5 – 3.5 (10.5 – 5.5)

Round 3: Poland 23.5 – 24.5 Czech Republic

czmartez subs for czondik

pl_gacul – czgregi 0:2
pl_kremufka – czkedlub 0:2
pl_puholek – czbano 0:2
pl_zukole – czbone 2:0
2 – 6 (7.5 – 16.5)

pl_adif – czmartez 2:0
pl_angst – czperoxid 0.5:1.5
pl_protiz – czcerok 2:0
pl_usiek – czdeafbat 1:1
5.5 – 2.5 (16 – 8)

Round 4: Poland 33 – 31 Czech Republic

czdenzel subs for czbone

pl_gacul – czkedlub 1:1
pl_kremufka – czbano 1:1
pl_puholek – czdenzel 2:0
pl_zukole – czgregi 0.5:1.5
4.5 – 3.5 (12 – 20)

pl_adif – czperoxid 2:0
pl_angst – czcerok 0.5:1.5
pl_protiz – czdeafbat 1.5:0.5
pl_usiek – czmartez 1:1
5 – 3 (21 – 11)

Poland A:
pl_gacul 4/8
pl_zukole 3.5/8
pl_puholek 2.5/8
pl_kremufka 2/8

Poland B:
pl_protiz 7/8
pl_adif 6/8
pl_angst 4/8
pl_usiek 4/8

Czech Republic A:
czgregi 7/8
czkedlub 7/8
czbano 5/8
czbone 1/6
czdenzel 0/2

Czech Republic B:
czcerok 3/8
czdeafbat 3/8
czperoxid 2,5/8
czondik 1,5/4
czmartez 1/4

Special thanks to Piotr Małowiejski and Vladimir Nipoti, the captains of Polish and Czech teams respectively, for making the event happen.

We are looking forward to seeing more such wonderful matches in the future!