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Smolka, Marcin

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FIDEFIDE 1139681· Male· Poland· Born in 1996

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Marcin Smolka, a 30-year-old Polish Candidate Master, is rated 2201 — just 16 short of his peak of 2217 (Oct 2021, age 25) and sitting in the top 4% of Polish players, and in the top 4% worldwide. He plays occasionally (7 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 15 months (2021–2023), 14 months (2023–2024) and 14 months (2024–2025). Recent appearance: CZECH OPEN 2025 - E - 4-member team tournament. Also played 1 rapid event (including II Bialolecki Turniej Szachowy grupa A) recently.

Awarded CM in 2021 (age 25). At junior level, he reached World #26 in U10 and #16, #11, #18, #15 and #9 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.

Current rating

2201

Standard

Rpd2083·Blz2117

All-time high

2217

−16 pts below
Oct 2021 · age 25

Activity

2

games / yr avg.

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

Signature stat

Top 4%

#269 · Polish players · of 6,347

Career timeline

25 entries
2025
Re-crossed 2200
at age 29
Aug 2025
2024
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 2189 → returned at 2201
May 2024
2023
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 2190 → returned at 2189
Feb 2023
2021
CM title awardedCM
at age 25
Dec 2021
All-time peak 2217
at age 25 · −16 from today
Oct 2021
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 2217 → returned at 2190
Oct 2021

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Pavel SimacekGM 2,411
CZECH OPEN 2025 - E - 4-member team tournament · Jul 2025 · +5.4 Elo
Evolution
+12
2189 → 2201
Tournaments
1
7 games
Score
4.5/ 764.3%
2W5D0L
Top losses
Undefeated in the last 12 months.

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
CZECH OPEN 2025 - E - 4-member team tournament
Team
Jul 20254.5/7#1172233+11.6

Most-Played Opponents

vsRafal Faron
🇵🇱POL·2142
+4 −0 =7
11 games·last met Aug 2014
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vsGrzegorz Szolc
🇵🇱POL·1982
+8 −1 =1
10 games·last met Nov 2020
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vsKacper ZochowskiFM
🇵🇱POL·2287
+1 −3 =5
9 games·last met Aug 2017
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vsArkadiusz SzmydCM
🇵🇱POL·2073
+1 −3 =5
9 games·last met Oct 2015
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vsDominik MarczukFM
🇵🇱POL·2259
+1 −2 =5
8 games·last met Jan 2019
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Rankings

/
Poland
#269
out of 10,822 players
Europe
#5,702
in continent
World
#8,136
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
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2,571
5
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2,560
6
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2,558
7
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2,552
8
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2,549
9
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2,548
10
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2,547
...
269🇵🇱Smolka, Marcin2,201
Europe
1
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2,841
2
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2,767
3
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2,764
4
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2,744
5
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2,739
6
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2,729
7
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2,728
8
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2,721
9
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2,717
10
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2,713
...
5702🇵🇱Smolka, Marcin2,201
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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2,792
4
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2,777
4
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2,777
6
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
8
🇮🇳Erigaisi ArjunFollow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,761
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
9
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2,753
...
8136🇵🇱Smolka, Marcin2,201