Polish Chess Championship

Based on the results of the tournament (mainly), the Polish Chess Federation selects the national and subsequently the olympiad team.

The first men's championship took place in 1926, and the first women's event in 1935, both in Warsaw.

After the Second World War, the tournament has taken part annually, with minor exceptions.

In most cases, they are round-robin tournaments, where men's groups are of 14-16 players, while the women's are 12 to 14.

Twice women's championship (1960 and 1963) as the Polish crew tournament took place (it is signed by *) in the Winners table).