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Palka, Dominika Katarzyna
🇨🇿FIDE 1153862· Female· Czech Republic· Born in 1993
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Dominika Katarzyna Palka, a 33-year-old Czech player, is rated 1941 — her current career high. She is progressing steadily with +55 Elo over the past 12 months. 134 rated games in the past year (≈35/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Tatrafest 2026 - Open Tatry 30, First Saturday 2026 April - U2250, and PRAGUE INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL 2026 - D FIDE open. Also played 3 rapid events (including CZECH OPEN 2025 - G1 - rapid tournament) recently. She had 3 career breaks: 25 months (2017–2019), 12 months (2021–2022) and 19 months (2022–2024).
Competes for Czech Republic since Aug 2025. At junior level, she reached #69, #80 and #69 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
1941
Standard
Rpd1797·Blz1829
All-time high
1941
at best
Jun 2026 · age 33
Jun 2026 · age 33
Activity
72
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
117 past 12 mo · ≈10/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#38,546
#38,546 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
17 entries2026
All-time peak 1941
at age 33
Jun 2026
2025
Switched federation: POL → CZE
at age 32
Aug 2025
500 career games
at age 32
Jun 2025
2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 31
Oct 2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 31
Mar 2024
2022
Inactive for 19 months
paused at 1738 → returned at 1842
Sep 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+51
1890 → 1941
Tournaments
17
119 games
Score
58/ 11948.7%
45W26D48L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
17 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 5/8 | #5 | 2161 | +52.6 |
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 5.5/9 | #16 | 1889 | +1.8 |
Round-Robin | Apr 2026 | 4/9 | #5 | 1861 | -8.2 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3/9 | #294 | 1881 | -6.6 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | #89 | 1967 | +1.8 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5.5/9 | #9 | 1997 | +19.8 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #35 | 2519 | +4.8 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 2.5/9 | #158 | 1744 | -41.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/2 | #63 | 1942 | +2.0 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 5/8 | #43 | 1927 | -3.4 |
Worst Elo result: XXXVI Miedzynarodowy Festiwal Szachowy CRACOVIA 2025 Grupa B (-41.8 Elo, finished #158).
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Rankings
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Czech Republic
#1,550
out of 6,361 players
Europe
#28,473
in continent
World
#38,545
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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