Nimzo and Bogo-Indian Revisited

Born in 1998 Lukasz Jarmula is a 23 year old Polish Grandmaster. His first GM norm was secured in January 2018 with a 6-3 result in the 8th Margaryan Memorial in Armenia. This 10-player round-robin event had an average ELO rating of 2503. Lukasz’s performance rating for this event was 2632! Lukasz’s second GM norm was earned at the GM section of the 2018 Czech Open where he finished 2nd behind GM Sergei Movesian with a 2612 performance rating and his final norm, same tournament in 2020. Since 2015 he has represented SV Griesheim in the German Bundesliga. He holds 17 medals from the Polish Youth Championships in all categories: Individual, Team, Rapid and Blitz. In 2016 he shared 2-5th place at the European Youth U18 and in 2014 won the silver medal at the European Youth Team Championship.