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Kowalski, Witold
🇵🇱FIDE 21041903· Male· Poland· Born in 2009
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Witold Kowalski, a 17-year-old Polish player, is rated 2056 and sitting in the top 9% of players worldwide. He has fluctuated between 1922 and 2121 over the past 2 years. 76 rated games in the past year (≈60/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Druzynowe Mistrzostwa Polski Juniorow - I Liga 2026, grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open, and Indywidualne Mistrzostwa Polski Juniorow 2026 - C18. Also played 12 rapid (including Turniej Niepodleglosci 2025) and 16 blitz events (including Mistrzostwa Polski w Szachach Blyskawicznych 2025) recently. His peak of 2121 was reached at age 17 (Feb 2026).
At junior level, he reached #33, #25, #34, #23 and #54 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2056
Standard
Rpd2000·Blz2061
All-time high
2121
−65 pts below
Feb 2026 · age 17
Feb 2026 · age 17
Activity
70
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
76 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 9%
#20,053 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2026
All-time peak 2121
at age 17 · −65 from today
Feb 2026
33rd Polish U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2120
Jan 2026
Crossed 2100
at age 17
Jan 2026
2025
25th Polish U16 player
at age 16 · rated 2069
Apr 2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 16
Apr 2025
2024
Crossed 2000
at age 15
Oct 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-15
2071 → 2056
Most-Played Opponents
vsDawid DobosiewiczFM
🇵🇱POL·2282
+2 −8 =8
18 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsBartosz BartodziejFM
🇵🇱POL·2311
+4 −4 =4
12 games·last met May 2025
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vsKamil Celinski
🇵🇱POL·1971
+4 −4 =3
11 games·last met Mar 2025
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vsAdam Mroczkowski
🇵🇱POL·2010
+6 −3 =1
10 games·last met May 2026
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vsJan Przybylski
🇵🇱POL·2075
+0 −7 =3
10 games·last met Nov 2025
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Rankings
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Poland
#562
out of 10,822 players
Europe
#14,702
in continent
World
#20,053
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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