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Kowalski, Igor
IM🇵🇱FIDE 1172468· Male· Poland· Born in 2001
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Igor Kowalski, a 25-year-old Polish International Master, is rated 2398 — just 15 short of his peak of 2413 (Jul 2025, age 24) and sitting in the top 1% of Polish players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has held steady between 2350 and 2400 for 10 months. 37 rated games in the past year (≈66/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include CIS 2026 - Serie A1 Girone 1, Uppsala Chess Festival IM 2025, and Wroclaw Open A - Adolf Anderssen Chess Festival 2025. Also played 22 rapid (including XII KATOWICKI FESTIWAL SZACHOWY - GRUPA OPEN) and 12 blitz events (including Mistrzostwa Polski w Szachach Blyskawicznych 2025) recently. He reached Polish #57 in Jul 2025.
Awarded IM in 2021 (age 20) and FM in 2018 (age 17). At junior level, he reached World #100 in U20, World #93 in U16, World #69 in U14 and #3, #4 and #3 nationally in U18, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2398
Standard
Rpd2355·Blz2356
All-time high
2413
−15 pts below
Jul 2025 · age 24
Jul 2025 · age 24
Activity
32
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
37 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 1%
#65 · Polish players · of 6,282
Career timeline
24 entries2025
Peak Polish rank: #57
at age 24 · rated 2413
Jul 2025
All-time peak 2413
at age 24 · −15 from today
Jul 2025
2024
Crossed 2400
at age 23
Oct 2024
K-factor lowered to 10
at age 23
Oct 2024
2021
IM title awardedIM
at age 20 · 2021 3rd FIDE Council
Nov 2021
2020
100th U20 player worldwide
at age 19 · rated 2397
Sep 2020
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-8
2406 → 2398
Tournaments
5
37 games
Score
22.5/ 3760.8%
13W19D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 4/5 | #1 | 2487 | +5.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsPatryk ChylewskiIM
🇵🇱POL·2304
+6 −6 =19
31 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsJakub KosakowskiGM
🇵🇱POL·2550
+6 −12 =13
31 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsKamil StachowiakIM
🇵🇱POL·2393
+12 −9 =8
29 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsVadim Razin
🇨🇦CAN·2329
+2 −2 =23
27 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsMaurycy Zerebiec
🇵🇱POL·2168
+12 −3 =10
25 games·last met Feb 2026
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Rankings
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Poland
#65
out of 10,756 players
Europe
#1,083
in continent
World
#1,716
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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