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LM
Lapaj, Mateusz
🇵🇱FIDE 1170805· Male· Poland· Born in 1996
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Mateusz Lapaj, a 30-year-old Polish player, is rated 2171 and sitting in the top 5% of Polish players, and in the top 5% worldwide. He has slipped back 46 Elo over the past 12 months. 19 rated games in the past year (≈24/year long-term). 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
2171
Standard
Rpd2096·Blz2115
All-time high
2235
−64 pts below
Jan 2020 · age 24
Jan 2020 · age 24
Activity
11
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
19 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#306 · Polish players · of 6,282
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 · −64 from today
Jan 2020
2019
Crossed 2200
at age 23
Jul 2019
2017
Re-crossed 2100
at age 21
Sep 2017
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-38
2209 → 2171
Tournaments
2
10 games
Score
4/ 1040.0%
3W2D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
3.[L]vsMariam TsetskhladzeWFM2,113·XXXVI Miedzynarodowy Festiwal Szachowy CRACOVIA 2025 Grupa A·R6·-11.7
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 2.5/6 | #125 | 2084 | -18.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 1.5/4 | #335 | 2032 | -19.6 |
Rankings
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Poland
#306
out of 10,756 players
Europe
#6,990
in continent
World
#9,844
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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