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POL · 19 yrs · K=10 · Peak 2426 (Sep 2025)

Best performance: 2643 at PGNiG TERMIKA Puchar Polski w Szachach Elblag 2022 - Turniej Finalowy(Best of 2022)

World #=1033 live, down 11#1,022 publishedPoland #39Europe #622#7 U20 in Polandamong active players

NOV26 Rating

2408

Live Rating

2408.6

Change

+0.6

Games Played

9

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Rapid

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Rapid rating 2426 to 2408 over the last 12 months; peak 2426 in September 2025.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20262513, +5, 3 games2408, 0, 18 games2447, 0, 0 games
Oct 20262508, +7, 9 games2408, 0, 0 games2447, 0, 0 games
Sep 20262501, +1, 8 games2408, 0, 0 games2447, -3, 10 games
Aug 20262500, -8, 9 games2408, 0, 0 games2450, 0, 0 games
Jul 20262508, -6, 8 games2408, -6, 9 games2450, -13, 11 games
Jun 20262514, 0, 0 games2414, 0, 0 games2463, 0, 0 games
May 20262514, +16, 11 games2414, 0, 0 games2463, 0, 0 games
Apr 20262498, -24, 14 games2414, 0, 0 games2463, 0, 0 games
Mar 20262522, -10, 11 games2414, 0, 0 games2463, 0, 0 games
Feb 20262532, +6, 2 games2414, 0, 0 games2463, 0, 0 games
Jan 20262526, -5, 7 games2414, 0, 0 games2463, 0, 0 games
Dec 20252531, +10, 8 games2414, -12, 9 games2463, 0, 0 games

Form · Rapid

oldest → latest

Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 6 games, Oct 3.

From 606 rapid games on record, the latest on Nov 11.

Rapid games since the November list

TournamentScoreChange
Turniej NiepodległościNov 11TPR 23956/9+0.6

Title Progress

Grandmaster (FIDE, registered 2024)

31. ekipno seniorsko prvenstvo RH - I.b Hrvatska sahovska ligaOct 20236½/9
Open Menorca 2024Apr 20246/9
Druzynowe Mistrzostwa Polski - Ekstraliga 2024Oct 20246½/9

Based on events we cover plus the FIDE norm registers of all federations. Norms filed elsewhere may not show up here yet.

Best wins · Rapid

From 573 rated rapid games against rated opponents, 2015–2026

#OpponentRating
1, GM Mateusz Bartel, Jun 2021 · Polish World Cup Qualifier, 2593
2, GM Szymon Gumularz, May 2023 · Superliga Rapid 2023 Round 4-7, 2546
3, GM Denis Kadric, Dec 2021 · World Rapid Chess Championship 2021 - OPEN, 2542

Openings · Rapid

From the moves of 78 of 606 rapid games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.e4 in 28 of 39 games, 1.d4 in 9.

As BlackMeets 1.e4 with 1...c5 or 1...e5, and 1.d4 with 1...Nf6.

All openings (5 as White, 5 as Black)
Openings in White gamesGamesScore
Sicilian Defense1567%
Queen's Gambit Declined463%
Caro-Kann Defense367%
King's Knight Opening350%
Ruy Lopez3100%

11 more games in openings played fewer than 3 times.

Event timeline · Rapid

50 of 69 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
20263625½21492307
20253925½22572367
2024493921562396
20233020½21212254
202211080½21022277
20217549½21132230
20202818½19202037
2019765517721938
20184935½15211687
20176236½18271892
201614912851387
2015511216976

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

Recent opponents · Rapid

GM Daniel DardhaGM Stelios HalkiasIM Jonasz BaumCM Flawian KrawczykHyo LeeAdam DeszczynskiFM Szymon SuskaCM Filip KlimZuzanna Arciszewska

Rated near Jan Klimkowski · Rapid

World

  1. #=1030FM Marco Zapata Ferrada2409.0
  2. #=1030GM Aleksandr Volodin2409.0
  3. #=1033GM Jan Klimkowski2408.6
  4. #=1033IM Pablo Garcia Cardenas2408.6
  5. #=1035FM Shahdad Teimouri Yadkuri2408.4

Poland

  1. #37GM Jurij Zezulkin2410.0
  2. #38IM Lukasz Licznerski2409.9
  3. #39GM Jan Klimkowski2408.6
  4. #40IM Bartlomiej Niedbala2408.0
  5. #41Radoslaw Psyk2406.5

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