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Powalka, Michal

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FIDEFIDE 1168304· Male· Poland· Born in 1998

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Michal Powalka, a 28-year-old Polish player, is rated 1974 — just 12 short of his peak of 1986 (Oct 2021, age 23). He plays occasionally (6 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 13 months (2016–2017) and 47 months (2017–2021, COVID-19 included). Recent appearance: III Liga Mazowiecka 2026. Also played 5 rapid (including Otwarty Turniej o Puchar Arcymistrza Mateusza Bartla) and 1 blitz events (including III Otwarte Mistrzostwa UKS Sparta Bialoleka w szachach blyskawicznych) recently.

At junior level, he reached #48, #40, #32 and #27 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.

Current rating

1974

Standard

Rpd1949·Blz1877

All-time high

1986

−12 pts below
Oct 2021 · age 23

Activity

10

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

6 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#31,871

#31,871 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

17 entries
2025
500 career games
at age 27
Feb 2025
2021
All-time peak 1986
at age 23 · −12 from today
Oct 2021
2017
48th Polish U20 player
at age 19 · rated 1963
Oct 2017
Inactive for 47 months
paused at 1963 → returned at 1969
Mar 2017
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2017
2016
40th Polish U18 player
at age 18 · rated 1975
Feb 2016

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs January Jedynak 1,885
III Liga Mazowiecka 2026 · Feb 2026 · +7.5 Elo
Evolution
-1
1975 → 1974
Tournaments
1
6 games
Score
3.5/ 658.3%
3W1D2L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsJanuary Jedynak1,885·III Liga Mazowiecka 2026·R7·+7.5
2.[W]vsAntoni Stepien1,736·III Liga Mazowiecka 2026·R1·+4.1
3.[W]vsMichal Kumik1,723·III Liga Mazowiecka 2026·R8·+3.8
Top 2 losses
1.[L]vsPawel Flak2,086·III Liga Mazowiecka 2026·R3·-6.9
2.[L]vsPawel Maj2,167·III Liga Mazowiecka 2026·R4·-5.0

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
III Liga Mazowiecka 2026
Open Swiss
Feb 20263.5/6#391962-0.6

Rankings

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Poland
#835
out of 10,756 players
Europe
#23,557
in continent
World
#31,871
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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5
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2,560
6
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7
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2,552
8
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2,550
9
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2,548
10
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2,547
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Europe
1
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2,840
2
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3
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2,759
3
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2,759
5
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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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23557🇵🇱Powalka, Michal1,974
World
1
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2,840
2
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3
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2,776
6
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2,767
7
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2,759
7
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2,759
9
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2,754
10
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