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Religa, Marek
FM🇸🇪FIDE 1750208· Male· Sweden· Born in 2008
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Marek Religa, a 18-year-old Swedish FIDE Master, is rated 2272 and sitting in the top 3% of Swedish players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +45 Elo over the past 12 months. 28 rated games in the past year (≈25/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Nordic Youth Chess Championships 2026 - A, Sthlm Lag-DM 2025-2026 div 1 r5, and Allsvenskan 2025-2026 Superettan r4 feb. Also played 10 rapid (including SM i Snabbschack 2025) and 4 blitz events (including SM-Blixten 2025) recently. His peak of 2304 was reached at age 18 (Jan 2026, Swedish #68 at the time).
Awarded FM in 2026 (age 18). At junior level, he reached #3, #1, #2, #2 and #2 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2272
Standard
Rpd2378·Blz2329
All-time high
2304
−32 pts below
Jan 2026 · age 18
Jan 2026 · age 18
Activity
38
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
28 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 3%
#84 · Swedish players · of 2,915
Career timeline
16 entries2026
Peak Swedish rank: #68
at age 18 · rated 2304
Jan 2026
FM title awardedFM
at age 18
Jan 2026
Crossed 2300
at age 18
Jan 2026
All-time peak 2304
at age 18 · −32 from today
Jan 2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 18
Jan 2026
2025
3rd Swedish U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2285
Jan 2025
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+44
2228 → 2272
Tournaments
9
28 games
Score
17/ 2860.7%
10W14D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 2.5/6 | #8 | 2077 | -35.4 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | #39 | 2335 | 0.0 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | #17 | 2499 | +3.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1.5/3 | #44 | 2274 | +6.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 5/5 | #2 | 2902 | +64.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/1 | #36 | 2044 | -4.4 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1/1 | #6 | 2861 | +10.8 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 1/1 | #10 | 2970 | +18.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMelvin Ral LustigFM
🇸🇪SWE·2217
+9 −2 =3
14 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsFilip Dingertz
🇸🇪SWE·2071
+13 −0 =0
13 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsLo Ljungros
🇸🇪SWE·2121
+10 −0 =2
12 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsVidar SeigerFM
🇸🇪SWE·2313
+7 −2 =3
12 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsGustav Dingertz
🇸🇪SWE·2084
+8 −1 =1
10 games·last met Apr 2026
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Rankings
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Sweden
#84
out of 3,415 players
Europe
#3,370
in continent
World
#4,997
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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