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Wisniewski, Wieslaw
🇵🇱FIDE 1151231· Male· Poland· Born in 1955
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Wieslaw Wisniewski, a 71-year-old Polish player, is rated 1579 — just 30 short of his peak of 1609 (May 2011, age 56). He has held steady between 1550 and 1600 for 2 years. 27 rated games in the past year (≈17/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include XXV Jubileuszowe Mistrzostwa Polski Sluzb Mundurowych, VI SZACHOWE MISTRZOSTWA SENIOROW PANSTW GRUPY WYSZEHRADZKIEJ NA ROK 2026, and IV Wielkopolska Liga Seniorow 2026 B Round 1-4. Also played 4 rapid (including Festiwal Architektura Szachow 2025 - Otwarte Mistrzostwa Wielkopolski w Szachach Szybkich) and 1 blitz events (including Miedzynarodowy Turniej Szachowy o puchar Krola Mieszka II) recently.
Current rating
1579
Standard
Rpd1511·Blz1600
All-time high
1609
−30 pts below
May 2011 · age 56
May 2011 · age 56
Activity
18
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
21 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#155,052
#155,052 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2024
Best 12-month gain (+321 Elo)
1245 → 1566
Oct 2024
Re-crossed 1500
at age 69
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1400
at age 69
Mar 2024
2016
92nd Polish 60-65 player
at age 61 · rated 1566
Oct 2016
100 career games
at age 61
Jun 2016
2011
Re-crossed 1600
at age 56
May 2011
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+1
1578 → 1579
Tournaments
3
22 games
Score
9/ 2240.9%
5W8D9L
Top 3 wins
3.[W]vsAdolf Burawa1,437·VI SZACHOWE MISTRZOSTWA SENIOROW PANSTW GRUPY WYSZEHRADZKIEJ NA ROK 2026·R9·+6.8
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 4.5/8 | #30 | 1772 | +25.4 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 2.5/9 | #149 | 1442 | -36.4 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 2/4 | #13 | 1647 | +6.8 |
Worst Elo result: VI SZACHOWE MISTRZOSTWA SENIOROW PANSTW GRUPY WYSZEHRADZKIEJ NA ROK 2026 (-36.4 Elo, finished #149).
Most-Played Opponents
vsPrzemyslaw Kollataj
🇵🇱POL·1508
+4 −1 =3
8 games·last met Apr 2024
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vsKazimierz Strojek
🇵🇱POL·1701
+0 −4 =2
6 games·last met May 2026
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vsWojciech Waruga
🇵🇱POL·1933
+0 −6 =0
6 games·last met Apr 2024
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vsWladyslaw Daleczko
🇵🇱POL·1647
+0 −3 =2
5 games·last met May 2026
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vsKrzysztof Prus
🇵🇱POL
+4 −0 =1
5 games·last met Dec 2025
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Rankings
/
Poland
#4,095
out of 10,822 players
Europe
#102,527
in continent
World
#155,037
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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