Format
PD
Pekala, Dawid
🇵🇱FIDE 21030570· Male· Poland· Born in 2011
Follow Dawid PekalaTrack his monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
Dawid Pekala, a 15-year-old Polish player, is rated 2129 — his current career high and ranked 20th among Polish players under 16, and in the top 6% worldwide. He is rising rapidly, having gained +195 Elo over the past 12 months. 88 rated games in the past year (≈49/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Druzynowe Mistrzostwa Polski Juniorow - II Liga 2026, XL. Aeskulap-Open, and DMP - III Liga Malopolska 2026 Round 1-4. Also played 7 rapid (including Szansa Chess Open 2025) and 7 blitz events (including XXXVI Miedzynarodowy Festiwal Szachowy CRACOVIA 2025 Blitz) recently.
At junior level, he reached #28, #17, #21, #14 and #8 nationally in U16, U14, U12, U10 and U8.
Current rating
2129
Standard
Rpd1950·Blz1928
All-time high
2129
at best
Jun 2026 · age 15
Jun 2026 · age 15
Activity
62
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
75 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#20
#20 · Polish players under 16 · of 666
Career timeline
12 entries2026
Crossed 2100
at age 15
Jun 2026
All-time peak 2129
at age 15
Jun 2026
28th Polish U16 player
at age 15 · rated 2039
Jan 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 14
Dec 2025
17th Polish U14 player
at age 14 · rated 2017
Jul 2025
Crossed 2000
at age 14
Jul 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+112
2017 → 2129
Tournaments
11
75 games
Score
47/ 7562.7%
35W24D16L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | May 2026 | 6/9 | #37 | 2095 | +46.0 |
Round-Robin | May 2026 | 4.5/5 | #4 | 2380 | +78.4 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4/7 | #49 | 1979 | -9.6 |
Round-Robin | Mar 2026 | 3/4 | #6 | 2160 | +27.6 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4/9 | #30 | 1951 | -38.0 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5.5/9 | #34 | 2016 | -14.4 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3/5 | #3 | 1994 | -10.4 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 2.5/5 | #25 | 1855 | -32.4 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5.5/9 | #27 | 2162 | +83.2 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 3.5/5 | #5 | 1875 | -18.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsDmytro Khimichenko
🇵🇱POL·2028
+2 −8 =7
17 games·last met May 2026
View head-to-head →
vsMichal Kaszuba
🇵🇱POL·1953
+7 −4 =1
12 games·last met Oct 2025
View head-to-head →
vsMaciej Jamrozik
🇵🇱POL·2013
+6 −2 =3
11 games·last met Mar 2026
View head-to-head →
vsDominik Wasiluk
🇵🇱POL·1945
+7 −0 =1
8 games·last met Oct 2025
View head-to-head →
vsKrzysztof Chmiel
🇵🇱POL·1852
+5 −1 =2
8 games·last met Oct 2025
View head-to-head →
Rankings
/
Poland
#383
out of 10,822 players
Europe
#9,297
in continent
World
#12,868
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Poland
| 1 | 🇵🇱Follow Jan-Krzysztof DudaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,739 |
| 2 | 🇵🇱Follow Radoslaw WojtaszekTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,650 |
| 3 | 🇵🇱Follow Szymon GumularzTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,613 |
| 4 | 🇵🇱Follow Pawel TeclafTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,571 |
| 5 | 🇵🇱Follow Jan MalekTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,560 |
| 6 | 🇵🇱Follow Tomasz WarakomskiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,558 |
| 7 | 🇵🇱Follow Bartosz SockoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,552 |
| 8 | 🇵🇱Follow Jakub KosakowskiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,549 |
| 9 | 🇵🇱Follow Jakub SeemannTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,548 |
| 10 | 🇵🇱Follow Mateusz BartelTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,547 |
| ... | ||
| 383 | 2,129 | |
Europe
| 1 | 🇳🇴Follow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,841 |
| 2 | 🇩🇪Follow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,767 |
| 3 | 🇳🇱Follow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,764 |
| 4 | 🇫🇷Follow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,744 |
| 5 | 🇵🇱Follow Jan-Krzysztof DudaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,739 |
| 6 | 🇭🇺Follow Richard RapportTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,729 |
| 7 | 🇳🇱Follow Jorden Van ForeestTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,728 |
| 8 | 🇫🇷Follow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,721 |
| 9 | 🇦🇿Follow Shakhriyar MamedyarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,717 |
| 10 | 🇹🇷Follow Yagiz Kaan ErdogmusTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,713 |
| ... | ||
| 9297 | 2,129 | |
World
| 1 | 🇳🇴Follow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,841 |
| 2 | 🇺🇸Follow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,792 |
| 2 | 🇺🇸Follow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,792 |
| 4 | 🇺🇿Follow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,777 |
| 4 | 🇺🇿Follow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,777 |
| 6 | 🇩🇪Follow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,767 |
| 7 | 🇳🇱Follow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,764 |
| 8 | 🇮🇳Follow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,761 |
| 9 | 🇺🇸Follow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,753 |
| 9 | 🇨🇳Follow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,753 |
| ... | ||
| 12868 | 2,129 | |