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Olszewski, Michal
GM🇵🇱FIDE 1121251· Male· Poland· Born in 1989
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Michal Olszewski, a 37-year-old Polish Grandmaster, is rated 2509 and ranked 20th among Polish players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has held steady between 2500 and 2525 for 4 years. 22 rated games in the past year (≈36/year long-term). Recent appearance: European Individual Chess Championship 2026. Also played 1 rapid event (including Mistrzostwa Polski w Szachach Szybkich 2025) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 12 months (2021–2022), 12 months (2023–2024) and 23 months (2024–2026). His peak of 2571 was reached at age 26 (Apr 2015, World #329 at the time).
Awarded GM in 2009 (age 20), IM in 2005 (age 16), and FM in 2005 (age 16). At junior level, he reached World #21 in U20, World #48 in U18, World #26 in U16, World #19 in U14 and World #42 in U12.
Current rating
2509
Standard
Rpd2434·Blz2422
All-time high
2571
−62 pts below
Apr 2015 · age 26
Apr 2015 · age 26
Activity
4
games / yr avg.
11 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#20
#20 · Polish players · of 6,347
Career timeline
21 entries2024
Inactive for 23 months
paused at 2516 → returned at 2509
May 2024
2023
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 2514 → returned at 2516
Apr 2023
2021
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 2522 → returned at 2522
Sep 2021
2015
Peak World rank: #329
at age 26 · rated 2571
Apr 2015
All-time peak 2571
at age 26 · −62 from today
Apr 2015
2009
500 career games
at age 20
Sep 2009
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-7
2516 → 2509
Tournaments
1
11 games
Score
7/ 1163.6%
5W4D2L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 7/11 | #87 | 2457 | -7.3 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsKacper PiorunGM
🇵🇱POL·2519
+4 −6 =3
13 games·last met Sep 2020
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vsBartosz SockoGM
🇵🇱POL·2552
+2 −2 =7
11 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsBartlomiej HeberlaGM
🇵🇱POL·2521
+2 −3 =5
10 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsMarcin DziubaGM
🇵🇱POL·2503
+3 −5 =2
10 games·last met Jul 2020
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vsKrzysztof JakubowskiGM
🇵🇱POL·2429
+2 −7 =1
10 games·last met Nov 2019
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Rankings
/
Poland
#20
out of 10,822 players
Europe
#298
in continent
World
#520
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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