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Nowak, Lukasz
IM🇵🇱FIDE 1166760· Male· Poland· Born in 1997
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Lukasz Nowak, a 29-year-old Polish International Master, is rated 2162 and sitting in the top 5% of players worldwide. He has slipped back 138 Elo over the past 12 months. 75 rated games in the past year (≈51/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include European Individual Chess Championship 2026, 306th YMCA Autumn 2025-A Round 11-13, and Polfinal Indywidualnych Mistrzostw Polski 2025. His peak of 2409 was reached at age 26 (Feb 2023); he also reached Polish #59 in Jul 2023.
Awarded IM in 2023 (age 26) and FM in 2018 (age 21). At junior level, he reached #6, #7, #10 and #82 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2162
Standard
Rpd2262·Blz—
All-time high
2409
−247 pts below
Feb 2023 · age 26
Feb 2023 · age 26
Activity
39
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
66 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#10,433 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
23 entries2023
IM title awardedIM
at age 26 · 2023 2nd FIDE Council
Aug 2023
Peak Polish rank: #59
at age 26 · rated 2408
Jul 2023
Re-crossed 2400
at age 26
Jul 2023
Crossed 2400
at age 26
Feb 2023
All-time peak 2409
at age 26 · −247 from today
Feb 2023
K-factor lowered to 10
at age 26
Feb 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-138
2300 → 2162
Tournaments
10
66 games
Score
28.5/ 6643.2%
18W21D27L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 6/9 | #8 | 2030 | -6.6 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4.5/11 | #344 | 2137 | -3.9 |
Round-Robin | Dec 2025 | 0.5/3 | #8 | 1842 | -12.5 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4/9 | #35 | 2144 | -4.6 |
Round-Robin | Nov 2025 | 1.5/3 | #4 | 2043 | -5.7 |
Round-Robin | Oct 2025 | 0.5/1 | #6 | 2141 | -1.1 |
Round-Robin | Oct 2025 | 1/4 | #11 | 1836 | -19.5 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3/9 | #242 | 2157 | -10.6 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5/9 | #38 | 2055 | -20.3 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 2.5/8 | #89 | 1946 | -36.9 |
Worst Elo result: Warsaw Chess Festival - XXIV Miguel Najdorf Memorial -group A (-36.9 Elo, finished #89).
Most-Played Opponents
vsMarek ChomczykFM
🇵🇱POL·2289
+6 −5 =3
14 games·last met Feb 2023
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vsBartlomiej Rozycki
🇵🇱POL·2179
+6 −4 =3
13 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsAleksander Choroszej
🇵🇱POL·2083
+4 −3 =1
8 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsLukasz JarmulaGM
🇵🇱POL·2412
+2 −4 =2
8 games·last met Jun 2023
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vsPatryk ChylewskiIM
🇵🇱POL·2305
+5 −3 =0
8 games·last met May 2022
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Rankings
/
Poland
#324
out of 10,822 players
Europe
#7,432
in continent
World
#10,433
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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