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Piwowar, Michal

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FIDEFIDE 1738216· Male· Sweden· Born in 1971

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Michal Piwowar, a 55-year-old Swedish player, is rated 1899 — just 24 short of his peak of 1923 (Nov 2024, age 53). He plays occasionally (4 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 27 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included) and 13 months (2023–2024). Recent appearance: Allsvenskan 2025-2026: II:1 r7. Also played 1 blitz event (including Vasterbotten Blixt-DM 2026) recently.

Current rating

1899

Standard

Rpd1891·Blz1869

All-time high

1923

−24 pts below
Nov 2024 · age 53

Activity

3

games / yr avg.

4 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#48,363

#48,363 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

9 entries
2025
100th Swedish 50-55 player
at age 54 · rated 1922
Aug 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+64 Elo)
1859 → 1923
Nov 2024
All-time peak 1923
at age 53 · −24 from today
Nov 2024
2023
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 1859 → returned at 1921
Jan 2023
2020
Inactive for 27 months
paused at 1850 → returned at 1848
Apr 2020
2017
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 46
Sep 2017

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Axel Ekberg 1,683
Allsvenskan 2025-2026: II:1 r7 · Mar 2026 · +4.5 Elo
Evolution
-23
1922 → 1899
Tournaments
3
4 games
Score
1/ 425.0%
1W0D3L
Top 1 win
1.[W]vsAxel Ekberg1,683·Allsvenskan 2025-2026: II:1 r7·R1·+4.5

Last 12 months — tournaments

3 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Allsvenskan 2025-2026: II:1 r7
Team
Mar 20261/1#122483+5.4
Allsvenskan 2025-2026: II:1 r5-6
Team
Feb 20260/2#621174-16.2
Allsvenskan 2025-2026: II:1 r1
Team
Oct 20250/1#611059-12.2
Worst Elo result: Allsvenskan 2025-2026: II:1 r5-6 (-16.2 Elo, finished #62).

Most-Played Opponents

vsMikael Forsberg
🇸🇪SWE·1742
+4 −2 =2
8 games·last met Feb 2026
View head-to-head →
vsIsak Ersholt
🇸🇪SWE·1907
+1 −3 =2
6 games·last met May 2018
View head-to-head →
vsUlf Hammarstrom
🇸🇪SWE·2183
+0 −5 =0
5 games·last met Feb 2026
View head-to-head →

Rankings

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Sweden
#961
out of 3,410 players
Europe
#35,627
in continent
World
#48,362
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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8
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10
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961🇸🇪Piwowar, Michal1,899
Europe
1
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2,841
2
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3
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2,764
4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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35627🇸🇪Piwowar, Michal1,899
World
1
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2,841
2
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2
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6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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9
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9
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48362🇸🇪Piwowar, Michal1,899