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Lapaj, Mateusz
🇵🇱FIDE 1170805· Male· Poland· Born in 1996
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Mateusz Lapaj, a 30-year-old Polish player, is rated 2160 and sitting in the top 5% of players worldwide. He has slipped back 49 Elo over the past 12 months. 24 rated games in the past year. Recent appearances: XXXVI Miedzynarodowy Festiwal Szachowy CRACOVIA 2025 Grupa A and DRUZYNOWE MISTRZOSTWA POLSKI II LIGA 2025. Also played 1 blitz event (including Indywidualne Mistrzostwa Polski Nieslyszacych w Szachach Blyskawicznych - Mezczyzni 2025) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 20 months (2015–2017), 23 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included) and 19 months (2023–2025). His peak of 2235 was reached at age 24 (Jan 2020).
At junior level, he reached World #94 in U10 and #20, #10, #10, #5 and #14 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2160
Standard
Rpd2113·Blz2170
All-time high
2235
−75 pts below
Jan 2020 · age 24
Jan 2020 · age 24
Activity
13
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
15 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#10,566 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
21 entries2024
100th Polish 20-35 player
at age 28 · rated 2217
Sep 2024
2023
Inactive for 19 months
paused at 2217 → returned at 2209
Oct 2023
2020
Inactive for 23 months
paused at 2216 → returned at 2223
Oct 2020
All-time peak 2235
at age 24 · −75 from today
Jan 2020
2019
Crossed 2200
at age 23
Jul 2019
2017
Re-crossed 2100
at age 21
Sep 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-49
2209 → 2160
Tournaments
3
15 games
Score
7.5/ 1550.0%
6W3D6L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 3.5/5 | #15 | 2024 | -10.8 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 2.5/6 | #125 | 2084 | -18.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 1.5/4 | #335 | 2032 | -19.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMaciej Szalko
🇵🇱POL·1985
+5 −0 =3
8 games·last met May 2026
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vsKrzysztof Checiak
🇵🇱POL·2022
+4 −0 =2
6 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsTomasz Miozga
🇵🇱POL·2095
+1 −1 =4
6 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsMaciej MroziakIM
🇵🇱POL·2313
+1 −2 =3
6 games·last met Jan 2019
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vsBogdan BozinovicFM
🇭🇷CRO·2079
+3 −0 =2
5 games·last met May 2026
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Rankings
/
Poland
#328
out of 10,822 players
Europe
#7,531
in continent
World
#10,566
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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