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Kanarek, Marcel
GM🇵🇱INACTIVE · since June 2024FIDE 1126822· Male· Poland· Born in 1993
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Marcel Kanarek, a 33-year-old Polish Grandmaster, is rated 2478 and ranked 34th among Polish players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He plays around 57 rated games per year. Also played 1 rapid (including Turniej Niepodleglosci 2025) and 1 blitz events (including Warsaw Chess Festival - Jan Macieja Memorial - group A) recently. His peak of 2548 was reached at age 23 (Jul 2016, World #445 at the time).
Awarded GM in 2016 (age 23), IM in 2010 (age 17), and FM in 2007 (age 14). At junior level, he reached World #29 in U20, World #26 in U18, World #14 in U16, World #20 in U14 and World #66 in U12.
Current rating
2478
Standard
Rpd2359·Blz2363
All-time high
2548
−70 pts below
Jul 2016 · age 23
Jul 2016 · age 23
Activity
3
games / yr avg.
classical only
Occasional
Occasional
Signature stat
#34
#34 · Polish players · of 6,347
Career timeline
25 entries2024
Inactive for 23 months
paused at 2478 → still inactive
Jun 2024
2023
Re-crossed 2500
at age 30
Apr 2023
2019
Re-crossed 2500
at age 26
Apr 2019
2017
1,000 career games
at age 24
Jan 2017
2016
GM title awardedGM
at age 23 · 87th FIDE Congress 2016
Sep 2016
Peak Polish rank: #20
at age 23 · rated 2548
Jul 2016
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
0
2478 → 2478
Tournaments
1
2 games
Score
1/ 250.0%
0W2D0L
Top 1 win
Top losses
Undefeated in the last 12 months.
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Jun 2026 | 1/2 | #64 | 2478 | 0.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsKacper PiorunGM
🇵🇱POL·2519
+4 −10 =2
16 games·last met Jul 2023
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vsOskar WieczorekGM
🇵🇱POL·2495
+5 −2 =9
16 games·last met Mar 2022
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vsDariusz SwierczGM
🇺🇸USA·2579
+2 −9 =3
14 games·last met Apr 2016
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vsDaniel SadzikowskiGM
🇵🇱POL·2478
+8 −0 =4
12 games·last met Dec 2021
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vsKamil DragunGM
🇵🇱POL·2512
+6 −2 =4
12 games·last met Jul 2017
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Rankings
/
Poland
#31
out of 10,822 players
Europe
#532
in continent
World
#769
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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