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Czekalski, Pawel
🇵🇱FIDE 1182587· Male· Poland· Born in 1966
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Pawel Czekalski, a 60-year-old Polish player, is rated 1420 — just 24 short of his peak of 1444 (Sep 2025, age 59). He has held steady between 1400 and 1450 for 2 years. 20 rated games in the past year (≈9/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Chess Butterfly - Turniej o Puchar Dyrektora Butterfly School - Grupa B, V MIEDZYNARODOWY FESTIWAL SZACHOWY "KOPERNIK" 2025 - OPEN B (ZAWODNICY Z RANKINGIEM FIDE DO 1700 LUB BEZ RANKINGU FIDE, and IV Jagiellonski Festiwal Szachowy - Grupa B. Also played 11 rapid (including Miedzynarodowy Turniej Szachowy w Kowalewie Pomorskim - Rapid) and 7 blitz events (including Otwarte Mistrzostwa Torunia w szachach blyskawicznych 2025) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 46 months (2011–2015) and 12 months (2015–2016).
Current rating
1420
Standard
Rpd1422·Blz1452
All-time high
1444
−24 pts below
Sep 2025 · age 59
Sep 2025 · age 59
Activity
21
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
20 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#211,799
#211,799 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
11 entries2025
All-time peak 1444
at age 59 · −24 from today
Sep 2025
Best 12-month gain (+360 Elo)
1051 → 1411
Jan 2025
2024
100 career games
at age 58
Jul 2024
Crossed 1400
at age 58
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1200
at age 58
Mar 2024
2017
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 51
Oct 2017
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+9
1411 → 1420
Tournaments
5
33 games
Score
14.5/ 3343.9%
14W1D18L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsHubert Januzik1,615·I Otwarte Mistrzostwa Inowroclawia w Szachach Klasycznych - OPEN B·R5·+14.8
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 1/3 | #14 | 1400 | -23.8 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4/4 | #29 | 2376 | +16.4 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 3.5/4 | #22 | 1928 | +16.6 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 1/5 | #19 | 1395 | -22.0 |
Worst Elo result: Chess Butterfly - Turniej o Puchar Dyrektora Butterfly School - Grupa B (-23.8 Elo, finished #14).
Rankings
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Poland
#6,127
out of 10,756 players
Europe
#126,971
in continent
World
#211,447
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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