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Nowak, Mikolaj
🇵🇱FIDE 1191365· Male· Poland· Born in 2002
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Mikolaj Nowak, a 24-year-old Polish player, is rated 2338 and sitting in the top 2% of Polish players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +22 Elo over the past 12 months. 38 rated games in the past year (≈44/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include I Kujawski Integracyjny Festiwal Szachowy Feniksa - OPEN A., DRUZYNOWE MISTRZOSTWA POLSKI II LIGA 2025, and XXXII Festiwal Szachowy w Poznaniu - OPEN A. Also played 13 rapid events (including Szansa Chess Open 2025) recently. His peak of 2395 was reached at age 20 (Oct 2022, Polish #74 at the time).
At junior level, he reached #8, #11, #8, #9, #6 and #10 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2338
Standard
Rpd2299·Blz2287
All-time high
2395
−57 pts below
Oct 2022 · age 20
Oct 2022 · age 20
Activity
24
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
38 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 2%
#114 · Polish players · of 6,347
Career timeline
19 entries2022
Peak Polish rank: #74
at age 20 · rated 2395
Oct 2022
8th Polish U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2395
Oct 2022
All-time peak 2395
at age 20 · −57 from today
Oct 2022
2021
500 career games
at age 19
Oct 2021
Re-crossed 2300
at age 19
Jan 2021
2019
11th Polish U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2308
Nov 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+22
2316 → 2338
Tournaments
4
30 games
Score
21.5/ 3071.7%
15W13D2L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4/4 | #2 | 2958 | +7.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6/9 | #45 | 2306 | +2.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6/7 | #20 | 2336 | +14.8 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5.5/9 | #6 | 2334 | +8.0 |
Hot streak: 4 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsDawid NiekrasFM
🇵🇱POL·2373
+12 −4 =10
26 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsMarcin SieciechowiczIM
🇵🇱POL·2386
+3 −5 =8
16 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsKrzysztof ChojnackiIM
🇵🇱POL·2272
+3 −3 =8
14 games·last met May 2026
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vsSebastian PoltorakIM
🇵🇱POL·2400
+5 −5 =3
13 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsMarek ZakrzewskiFM
🇵🇱POL·2288
+3 −4 =6
13 games·last met Sep 2024
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Rankings
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Poland
#114
out of 10,822 players
Europe
#1,948
in continent
World
#2,988
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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