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Gaj, Szymon
🇵🇱FIDE 1184962· Male· Poland· Born in 2001
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Szymon Gaj, a 25-year-old Polish player, is rated 1981. He has slipped back 37 Elo over the past 12 months. 23 rated games in the past year (≈29/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include DRUZYNOWE MISTRZOSTWA POLSKI II LIGA 2025, 34th OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT OF KAVALA VASILIS THEODORIDIS B, and V Bieszczadzki Festiwal Szachowy 2025 - OPEN. He took a 60-month break between Jun 2016 and Jul 2021 (COVID-19 included). His peak of 2031 was reached at age 24 (Aug 2025).
At junior level, he reached #56, #43, #18 and #59 nationally in U20, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1981
Standard
Rpd1892·Blz1954
All-time high
2031
−50 pts below
Aug 2025 · age 24
Aug 2025 · age 24
Activity
16
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
23 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#30,636
#30,636 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
16 entries2025
All-time peak 2031
at age 24 · −50 from today
Aug 2025
2024
Crossed 2000
at age 23
Aug 2024
2021
56th Polish U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1893
Dec 2021
2020
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2020
2017
43rd Polish U16 player
at age 16 · rated 1838
Jan 2017
2016
Re-crossed 1800
at age 15
Jun 2016
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-44
2025 → 1981
Tournaments
4
29 games
Score
11.5/ 2939.7%
16W7D6L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsSotirios Diamantakos1,750·34th OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT OF KAVALA VASILIS THEODORIDIS B·R3·-16.2
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 0.5/2 | #403 | 1629 | -20.8 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 1/3 | #210 | 1621 | -30.4 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5/8 | #15 | 1958 | -6.8 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5/7 | #4 | 2094 | +13.4 |
Worst Elo result: 34th OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT OF KAVALA VASILIS THEODORIDIS B (-30.4 Elo, finished #210).
Most-Played Opponents
vsAdrian Miasik
🇵🇱POL·2064
+5 −3 =1
9 games·last met Aug 2021
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vsMilosz SzparGM
🇵🇱POL·2499
+1 −7 =1
9 games·last met Aug 2015
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vsBartosz Dzwierzynski
🇵🇱POL·2122
+3 −1 =3
7 games·last met Aug 2021
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vsArkadiusz BabiarzCM
🇵🇱POL·2145
+6 −1 =0
7 games·last met Aug 2021
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vsKrzysztof LukasiewiczFM
🇵🇱POL·2284
+3 −2 =2
7 games·last met Feb 2015
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Rankings
/
Poland
#818
out of 10,822 players
Europe
#22,648
in continent
World
#30,635
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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