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Pawlowski, Rafal
🇵🇱FIDE 1165992· Male· Poland· Born in 1992
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Rafal Pawlowski, a 34-year-old Polish player, is rated 1923 — just 26 short of his peak of 1949 (May 2025, age 33). He has held steady between 1900 and 1950 for 22 months. 14 rated games in the past year (≈16/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Wielkopolska III Liga Seniorow sezon 2025-2026 Round 7-9, II Turniej klasyfikacyjny na I kat. oraz tytul KM - zgloszony do FIDE, and Turniej klasyfikacyjny na I kat. oraz tytul KM - zgloszony do FIDE. Also played 7 rapid (including XV Turniej Szachowy o Puchar Firmy EL-BUD) and 3 blitz events (including Otwarte Mistrzostwa Wielkopolski w Szachach Blyskawicznych 2025) recently. He took a 30-month break between Sep 2019 and Apr 2022 (COVID-19 included).
Current rating
1923
Standard
Rpd1919·Blz1852
All-time high
1949
−26 pts below
May 2025 · age 33
May 2025 · age 33
Activity
23
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
14 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#42,532
#42,532 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2025
All-time peak 1949
at age 33 · −26 from today
May 2025
Best 12-month gain (+158 Elo)
1769 → 1927
Jan 2025
2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 32
Mar 2024
2022
Re-crossed 1800
at age 30
Dec 2022
2019
Inactive for 30 months
paused at 1821 → returned at 1819
Sep 2019
Re-crossed 1800
at age 27
Feb 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
Turniej klasyfikacyjny na I kat. oraz tytul KM - zgloszony do FIDEperf 2126 (+194) · 4/5 · #2
Top opponent
Evolution
-26
1949 → 1923
Tournaments
6
14 games
Score
6/ 1442.9%
5W2D7L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsBruno Stachowiak2,086·Turniej klasyfikacyjny na I kat. oraz tytul KM - zgloszony do FIDE·R5·+14.2
3.[W]vsMichal Sewohl1,773·Turniej klasyfikacyjny na I kat. oraz tytul KM - zgloszony do FIDE·R4·+5.7
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsPawel Borkowski1,727·II Turniej klasyfikacyjny na I kat. oraz tytul KM - zgloszony do FIDE·R2·-15.3
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 0/1 | #60 | 1151 | -9.4 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 0.5/2 | #20 | 1513 | -21.8 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4/5 | #2 | 2126 | +23.0 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #13 | 2838 | +12.6 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0/2 | #52 | 1097 | -22.8 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/3 | #54 | 1858 | -7.6 |
Worst Elo result: Wielkopolska III Liga Seniorow sezon 2025-2026 Round 4-5 (-22.8 Elo, finished #52).
Most-Played Opponents
vsDawid NiekrasFM
🇵🇱POL·2373
+0 −9 =2
11 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsSebastian PoltorakIM
🇵🇱POL·2400
+0 −7 =1
8 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsMarek Simon
🇵🇱POL·1880
+3 −3 =2
8 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsMalgorzata Bednarska-BzdegaWFM
🇵🇱POL·1909
+1 −3 =4
8 games·last met Aug 2018
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vsKamil Chaczynski
🇵🇱POL·2168
+3 −3 =1
7 games·last met Oct 2025
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Rankings
/
Poland
#1,093
out of 10,822 players
Europe
#31,410
in continent
World
#42,531
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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