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Rafal Walczak

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POL · 36 yrs · K=20 · Peak 1928 (Jun 2024)

Best performance: 1940 at 8th CSC London Chess Classic: Weekend Under 2050(Best of 2016)

World #=60883 live, down 886#59,997 publishedPoland #=1496Europe #=44398among active players

Classical rating

1857

FIDE’s November 2026 list. No rated games since, so the live rating is the same.

On FIDE’s list since Jul 2006

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Classical

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Classical rating 1907 to 1857 over the last 12 months; peak 1928 in June 2024.

Official rating by month

Each month: the rating, its change from the list before, and the rated games FIDE counted.

ListClassicalRapid
Nov 20261857, -51, 5 games1885, 0, 0 games
Oct 20261908, 0, 0 games1885, 0, 0 games
Sep 20261908, 0, 0 games1885, 0, 0 games
Aug 20261908, 0, 0 games1885, 0, 0 games
Jul 20261908, 0, 0 games1885, 0, 0 games
Jun 20261908, 0, 0 games1885, 0, 0 games
May 20261908, 0, 0 games1885, 0, 0 games
Apr 20261908, +1, 0 games1885, 0, 0 games
Mar 20261907, 0, 0 games1885, 0, 0 games
Feb 20261907, 0, 0 games1885, 0, 0 games
Jan 20261907, 0, 0 games1885, 0, 0 games
Dec 20251907, 0, 0 games1885, 0, 0 games

Form · Classical

oldest → latest

From 43 classical games on record, the latest on Oct 4.

Classical games since the November list

No rated classical games this rating periodsince the NOV26 list (Nov 1, 2026)

Last playedScore
Drużynowe Mistrzostwa Województwa Podlaskiego w Szachach 2026Oct 3 – Oct 4TPR 1438½/5

The live rating moves only when new rated games are played. Until then it matches the published rating.

Best wins · Classical

From 39 rated classical games against rated opponents, 2007–2026

#OpponentRating
1, Slawomir Kedzierski, Apr 2024 · XXIII Mistrzostwa Polski Sluzb Mundurowych, 2057
2, Adam Bedi, Dec 2016 · 8th CSC London Chess Classic: Weekend Under 2050, 1944
3, Carl S Portman, Dec 2016 · 8th CSC London Chess Classic: Weekend Under 2050, 1893

Openings · Classical

From the moves of 15 of 43 classical games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.e4 in 8 of 8 games.

As BlackMeets 1.e4 with 1...Nf6.

All openings (1 as White, 1 as Black)
Openings in White gamesGamesScore
Sicilian Defense520%

3 more games in openings played fewer than 3 times.

Event timeline · Classical

7 events

Events before the current rating period show the performance, not a rating change.

Live events show the rating change; earlier events show the performance rating.

Performance rating by year

YearGamesScoreAvg oppTPR
20265½18041438
20253117881663
20241811½18271929
20164219401940
20079319421817

Games count in the month they were played. Each month and year is one performance rating over all of its rated games.

Rated near Rafal Walczak · Classical

World

  1. #=60883Youssef Salah Elbaba1857.0
  2. #=60883Chisango Eliezer1857.0
  3. #=60883Rafal Walczak1857.0
  4. #=60883Naum Segal1857.0
  5. #=60883Malgorzata Bebnik1857.0

Poland

  1. #=1494Stanislav Lenkov1858.0
  2. #=1494Tadeusz Pezda1858.0
  3. #=1496Rafal Walczak1857.0
  4. #=1496Malgorzata Bebnik1857.0
  5. #=1496Karolina Kindler1857.0

Live rating: FIDE’s November list plus every rated game played since. Not affiliated with FIDE.