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Olszewski, Michal

GM🇵🇱

FIDEFIDE 1121251· Male· Poland· Born in 1989

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Michal Olszewski, a 37-year-old Polish Grandmaster, is rated 2509 and ranked 19th among Polish players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has held steady between 2500 and 2525 for 4 years. 11 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

Activity

4

games / yr avg.

11 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#19

#19 · Polish players · of 6,282

Career timeline

21 entries
2024
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

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Stefan TadicIM 2,421
European Individual Chess Championship 2026 · Apr 2026 · +3.8 Elo
Evolution
-7
2516 → 2509
Tournaments
1
11 games
Score
7/ 1163.6%
5W4D2L

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
European Individual Chess Championship 2026
Open Swiss
Apr 20267/11#872457-7.3

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 =6
10 games·last met Aug 2020
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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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vsMarcel KanarekGM
🇵🇱POL·2478
+6 −0 =3
9 games·last met Sep 2022
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Rankings

/
Poland
#19
out of 10,756 players
Europe
#302
in continent
World
#526
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Poland
1
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2,739
2
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2,650
3
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2,613
4
🇵🇱Teclaf, PawelFollow Pawel TeclafTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,573
5
🇵🇱Malek, JanFollow Jan MalekTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,560
6
🇵🇱Warakomski, TomaszFollow Tomasz WarakomskiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,558
7
🇵🇱Socko, BartoszFollow Bartosz SockoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,552
8
🇵🇱Kosakowski, JakubFollow Jakub KosakowskiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,550
9
🇵🇱Seemann, JakubFollow Jakub SeemannTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,548
10
🇵🇱Bartel, MateuszFollow Mateusz BartelTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,547
...
19🇵🇱Olszewski, Michal2,509
Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
3
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
3
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
5
🇵🇱Duda, Jan-KrzysztofFollow Jan-Krzysztof DudaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,739
6
🇳🇱Van Foreest, JordenFollow Jorden Van ForeestTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,735
7
🇭🇺Rapport, RichardFollow Richard RapportTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,729
8
🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeFollow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
8
🇦🇿Mamedyarov, ShakhriyarFollow Shakhriyar MamedyarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
10
🇹🇷Erdogmus, Yagiz KaanFollow Yagiz Kaan ErdogmusTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,708
...
302🇵🇱Olszewski, Michal2,509
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
3
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,788
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,780
5
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
526🇵🇱Olszewski, Michal2,509