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Kucza, Karol

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FIDEFIDE 1159755· Male· Poland· Born in 1998

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Karol Kucza, a 28-year-old Polish FIDE Master, is rated 2323 and sitting in the top 2% of Polish players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He has fluctuated between 2263 and 2379 over the past 2 years. 47 rated games in the past year (≈48/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include European Individual Chess Championship 2026, XXXVI Miedzynarodowy Festiwal Szachowy CRACOVIA 2025 Grupa A, and DRUZYNOWE MISTRZOSTWA POLSKI II LIGA 2025. Also played 13 rapid (including Mistrzostwa Polski w Szachach Szybkich 2025) and 5 blitz events (including 61st International Akiba Rubinstein Chess Festival - opening Blitz) recently. His peak of 2379 was reached at age 26 (Sep 2024, Polish #83 at the time).

Awarded FM in 2015 (age 17). Earned IM norms at VIII Miedzynarodowy Memorial Ireny Warakomskiej - OPEN A 2024 and XXXVI Miedzynarodowy Festiwal Szachowy CRACOVIA 2025 Grupa A. At junior level, he reached #5, #3, #7, #23 and #19 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.

Current rating

2323

Standard

Rpd2333·Blz2366

All-time high

2379

−56 pts below
Sep 2024 · age 26

Activity

36

games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo

47 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

Top 2%

#124 · Polish players · of 6,347

Career timeline

22 entries
2026
Re-crossed 2300
at age 28
Feb 2026
2024
Peak Polish rank: #83
at age 26 · rated 2379
Sep 2024
All-time peak 2379
at age 26 · −56 from today
Sep 2024
2021
Re-crossed 2300
at age 23
Jan 2021
2019
Re-crossed 2300
at age 21
Jan 2019
2018
500 career games
at age 20
Sep 2018

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Best result
XXXVI Miedzynarodowy Festiwal Szachowy CRACOVIA 2025 Grupa A
perf 2504 (+185) · 6/9 · #14
Top opponent
vs Szymon GumularzGM 2,606
XXXVI Miedzynarodowy Festiwal Szachowy CRACOVIA 2025 Grupa A · Dec 2025 · +6.8 Elo
Evolution
+7
2316 → 2323
Tournaments
5
47 games
Score
26.5/ 4756.4%
18W17D12L

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
European Individual Chess Championship 2026
Open Swiss
Apr 20265/11#3242290+2.6
XXXVI Miedzynarodowy Festiwal Szachowy CRACOVIA 2025 Grupa A
Open Swiss
Dec 20256/9#142504+55.8
DRUZYNOWE MISTRZOSTWA POLSKI II LIGA 2025
Open Swiss
Aug 20255/9#1232208-12.2
61st International Akiba Rubinstein Chess Festival - INWEA DEVELOPMENT OPEN
Open Swiss
Aug 20256/9#152304+10.8

Most-Played Opponents

vsPiotr JagodzinskiCM
🇵🇱POL·2207
+16 −7 =4
27 games·last met Feb 2025
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vsDariusz BielinskiCM
🇵🇱POL·2112
+10 −6 =4
20 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsKrzysztof Madrawski
🇵🇱POL·2120
+13 −1 =6
20 games·last met Oct 2024
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vsMarcin SieciechowiczIM
🇵🇱POL·2386
+5 −7 =7
19 games·last met May 2026
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vsKrzysztof ChojnackiIM
🇵🇱POL·2272
+6 −1 =12
19 games·last met Jan 2026
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Rankings

/
Poland
#124
out of 10,822 players
Europe
#2,220
in continent
World
#3,379
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Poland
1
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2,739
2
🇵🇱Wojtaszek, RadoslawFollow Radoslaw WojtaszekTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,650
3
🇵🇱Gumularz, SzymonFollow Szymon GumularzTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,613
4
🇵🇱Teclaf, PawelFollow Pawel TeclafTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,571
5
🇵🇱Malek, JanFollow Jan MalekTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,560
6
🇵🇱Warakomski, TomaszFollow Tomasz WarakomskiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,558
7
🇵🇱Socko, BartoszFollow Bartosz SockoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,552
8
🇵🇱Kosakowski, JakubFollow Jakub KosakowskiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,549
9
🇵🇱Seemann, JakubFollow Jakub SeemannTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,548
10
🇵🇱Bartel, MateuszFollow Mateusz BartelTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,547
...
124🇵🇱Kucza, Karol2,323
Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
3
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
4
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,744
5
🇵🇱Duda, Jan-KrzysztofFollow Jan-Krzysztof DudaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,739
6
🇭🇺Rapport, RichardFollow Richard RapportTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,729
7
🇳🇱Van Foreest, JordenFollow Jorden Van ForeestTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,728
8
🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeFollow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,721
9
🇦🇿Mamedyarov, ShakhriyarFollow Shakhriyar MamedyarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
10
🇹🇷Erdogmus, Yagiz KaanFollow Yagiz Kaan ErdogmusTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,713
...
2220🇵🇱Kucza, Karol2,323
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
2
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
4
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
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
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
3379🇵🇱Kucza, Karol2,323