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Karpus, Michal
FM🇵🇱FIDE 1174088· Male· Poland· Born in 2000
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Michal Karpus, a 26-year-old Polish FIDE Master, is rated 2293 and sitting in the top 2% of Polish players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +50 Elo over the past 12 months. 10 rated games in the past year (≈46/year long-term). Recent appearance: European Individual Chess Championship 2026. Also played 3 rapid (including Zamosc Chess Cup 2025) and 1 blitz events (including Mistrzostwa Polski w Szachach Blyskawicznych 2025) recently. He took a 30-month break between Oct 2023 and May 2026. His peak of 2382 was reached at age 18 (Aug 2018, Polish #84 at the time).
Awarded FM in 2015 (age 15). At junior level, he reached World #92 in U18 and #3, #4, #2 and #10 nationally in U20, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2293
Standard
Rpd2274·Blz2263
All-time high
2382
−89 pts below
Aug 2018 · age 18
Aug 2018 · age 18
Activity
13
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
10 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 2%
#155 · Polish players · of 6,347
Career timeline
24 entries2023
Inactive for 30 months
paused at 2243 → returned at 2293
Oct 2023
2022
Re-crossed 2200
at age 22
Aug 2022
2020
Re-crossed 2300
at age 20
Oct 2020
2019
Re-crossed 2300
at age 19
Oct 2019
3rd Polish U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2327
Jan 2019
2018
Peak Polish rank: #84
at age 18 · rated 2382
Aug 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+50
2243 → 2293
Tournaments
1
10 games
Score
5/ 1050.0%
4W2D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5/10 | #322 | 2440 | +50.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsIgor JanikGM
🇵🇱POL·2523
+1 −10 =7
18 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsKacper GrelaFM
🇵🇱POL·2335
+5 −3 =8
16 games·last met Aug 2018
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vsWitold KlepekCM
🇵🇱POL·2297
+7 −3 =4
14 games·last met Mar 2025
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vsSzymon WalterFM
🇵🇱POL·2313
+2 −5 =6
13 games·last met Apr 2022
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vsKamil KoziolFM
🇵🇱POL·2286
+4 −4 =5
13 games·last met Aug 2018
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Rankings
/
Poland
#155
out of 10,822 players
Europe
#2,902
in continent
World
#4,338
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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Europe
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World
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| 4338 | 2,293 | |