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Janik, Igor
GM🇵🇱FIDE 1159259· Male· Poland· Born in 2000
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Igor Janik, a 26-year-old Polish Grandmaster, is rated 2523 — just 29 short of his peak of 2552 (Apr 2023, age 23) and ranked 13th among Polish players, and 434th worldwide. He has held steady between 2500 and 2525 for 6 months. 69 rated games in the past year (≈77/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include European Individual Chess Championship 2026, Extraliga 2025-2026 r9-11, and 1. Schachbundesliga 2025-2026 Maerz 2026. Also played 4 rapid (including Zamosc Chess Cup 2025) and 4 blitz events (including Mistrzostwa Polski w Szachach Blyskawicznych 2025) recently. He reached World #363 in Apr 2023.
Awarded GM in 2022 (age 22), IM in 2018 (age 18), and FM in 2016 (age 16). At junior level, he reached World #40 in U20, World #32 in U18, World #50 in U16, World #90 in U14 and #5 and #3 nationally in U12 and U10.
Current rating
2523
Standard
Rpd2510·Blz2504
All-time high
2552
−29 pts below
Apr 2023 · age 23
Apr 2023 · age 23
Activity
75
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
58 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#13
#13 · Polish players · of 6,347
Career timeline
24 entries2025
Peak Polish rank: #13
at age 25 · rated 2521
Feb 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2500
at age 24
Apr 2024
2023
Peak World rank: #363
at age 23 · rated 2552
Apr 2023
All-time peak 2552
at age 23 · −48 from today
Apr 2023
2022
1,000 career games
at age 22
Sep 2022
GM title awardedGM
at age 22 · 92nd 2021 FIDE Congress
Jan 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+4
2519 → 2523
Tournaments
12
67 games
Score
43.5/ 6764.9%
29W29D9L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
12 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 7.5/9 | #1 | 2543 | +8.0 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 6.5/9 | #2 | 2662 | +19.3 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6.5/11 | #135 | 2495 | +0.3 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/3 | #79 | 2410 | -3.9 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/3 | #32 | 2621 | +4.9 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1.5/3 | #48 | 2508 | +0.2 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/2 | #60 | 2593 | +2.1 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3.5/6 | #102 | 2295 | -15.6 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0.5/2 | #82 | 2396 | -3.4 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0.5/2 | #113 | 2243 | -7.6 |
Worst Elo result: XXXVI Miedzynarodowy Festiwal Szachowy CRACOVIA 2025 Grupa A (-15.6 Elo, finished #102).
Most-Played Opponents
vsSzymon GumularzGM
🇵🇱POL·2613
+11 −6 =19
36 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsIgor KowalskiIM
🇵🇱POL·2398
+11 −3 =7
21 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsSzymon WalterFM
🇵🇱POL·2313
+11 −1 =9
21 games·last met Apr 2022
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vsJakub KosakowskiGM
🇵🇱POL·2549
+8 −6 =5
19 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsMichal KarpusFM
🇵🇱POL·2293
+10 −1 =7
18 games·last met Apr 2026
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Rankings
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Poland
#13
out of 10,822 players
Europe
#250
in continent
World
#434
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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