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Janik, Igor

Janik, Igor

GM🇵🇱

FIDEFIDE 1159259· Male· Poland· Born in 2000

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Igor Janik, a 26-year-old Polish Grandmaster, is rated 2504 and ranked 20th among Polish players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He is currently in the 2500–2525 range. 58 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 5 rapid (including Zamosc Chess Cup 2025) and 4 blitz events (including Mistrzostwa Polski w Szachach Blyskawicznych 2025) recently. His peak of 2552 was reached at age 23 (Apr 2023, World #363 at the time).

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

2504

Standard

Rpd2510·Blz2504

All-time high

2552

48 pts below
Apr 2023 · age 23

Activity

70

games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo

58 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

#20

#20 · Polish players · of 6,282

Career timeline

24 entries
2025
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

Activity & highlights

Best result
V Mindsports International Festival 2025 - Open
perf 2630 (+102) · 6.5/8 · #7
Top opponent
vs Awonder LiangGM 2,718
CIS 2026 - Serie Master · Apr 2026 · +2.7 Elo
Evolution
-16
25202504
Tournaments
11
67 games
Score
33.5/ 6750.0%
22W36D9L

Last 12 months — tournaments

11 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Open Swiss
Apr 20266.5/11#1352495+0.3
Team
Mar 20261/3#792410-3.9
Team
Mar 20262/3#322621+4.9
Team
Feb 20261.5/3#482508+0.2
Team
Jan 20261/2#602593+2.1
Open Swiss
Dec 20253.5/6#1022295-15.6
Team
Dec 20250.5/2#822396-3.4
Team
Dec 20250.5/2#1132243-7.6
Open Swiss
Aug 20256.5/8#72630+11.0
Open Swiss
Jul 20256.5/9#42410-1.9
Worst Elo result: XXXVI Miedzynarodowy Festiwal Szachowy CRACOVIA 2025 Grupa A (-15.6 Elo, finished #102).

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Rankings

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Poland
#20
out of 10,756 players
Europe
#317
in continent
World
#554
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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2,573
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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2,550
9
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2,548
10
🇵🇱Bartel, MateuszFollow Mateusz BartelTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,547
...
20🇵🇱Janik, Igor2,504
Europe
1
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2,840
2
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2,767
3
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2,759
3
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2,759
5
🇵🇱Duda, Jan-KrzysztofFollow Jan-Krzysztof DudaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,739
6
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2,735
7
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2,729
8
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2,717
8
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2,717
10
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2,708
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317🇵🇱Janik, Igor2,504
World
1
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2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,788
4
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2,780
5
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2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
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554🇵🇱Janik, Igor2,504