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Borgula, Rafal
FM🇵🇱FIDE 1110578· Male· Poland· Born in 1976
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Rafal Borgula, a 50-year-old Polish FIDE Master, is rated 2199 and sitting in the top 4% of Polish players, and in the top 4% worldwide. He plays occasionally (9 games in the last 12 months) and took a 12-month break between Oct 2022 and Nov 2023. Recent appearance: Druzynowe Mistrzostwa Polski - I Liga 2025. Also played 1 blitz event (including Indywidualne Mistrzostwa Wojewodztwa Kujawsko-Pomorskiego w Szachach Blyskawicznych - CH FOCUS Bydgoszcz.) recently. His peak of 2346 was reached at age 31 (Jan 2007).
Awarded FM in 2009 (age 33).
Current rating
2199
Standard
Rpd2087·Blz2123
All-time high
2346
−147 pts below
Jan 2007 · age 31
Jan 2007 · age 31
Activity
9
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
Top 4%
#273 · Polish players · of 6,347
Career timeline
17 entries2026
20th Polish 45-50 player
at age 50 · rated 2199
May 2026
2022
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 2177 → returned at 2195
Oct 2022
2020
21st Polish 40-45 player
at age 44 · rated 2223
Sep 2020
2012
13th Polish 35-40 player
at age 36 · rated 2306
Sep 2012
2009
FM title awardedFM
at age 33
Sep 2009
Re-crossed 2300
at age 33
Sep 2009
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+7
2192 → 2199
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
3.5/ 938.9%
0W7D2L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 3.5/9 | #84 | 2227 | +6.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsKarol Jaroch
🇵🇱POL·2270
+1 −2 =3
6 games·last met Feb 2019
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vsJaroslaw Paprocki
🇵🇱POL·2096
+0 −1 =4
5 games·last met Mar 2022
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vsPiotr Konieczynski
🇵🇱POL·1957
+4 −1 =0
5 games·last met Sep 2019
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vsKrzysztof ZolnierowiczIM
🇵🇱POL
+3 −0 =2
5 games·last met Mar 2019
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Rankings
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Poland
#273
out of 10,822 players
Europe
#5,789
in continent
World
#8,257
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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