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Paluszek, Jan
CM🇵🇱FIDE 21043590· Male· Poland· Born in 2007
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Jan Paluszek, a 19-year-old Polish Candidate Master, is rated 2186 and sitting in the top 5% of Polish players, and in the top 4% worldwide. He is on a breakout run, having gained +185 Elo over the past 12 months. 62 rated games in the past year (≈31/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include XXXVI Miedzynarodowy Festiwal Szachowy CRACOVIA 2025 Grupa A, DRUZYNOWE MISTRZOSTWA POLSKI II LIGA 2025, and 61st International Akiba Rubinstein Chess Festival - INWEA DEVELOPMENT OPEN. Also played 10 rapid (including Mistrzostwa Polski Juniorow w Szachach Szybkich 2025 - grupa C18) and 9 blitz events (including XXXVI Miedzynarodowy Festiwal Szachowy CRACOVIA 2025 Blitz) recently. His peak of 2223 was reached at age 18 (Oct 2025).
Awarded CM in 2025 (age 18). At junior level, he reached #17, #19 and #74 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
2186
Standard
Rpd2050·Blz1849
All-time high
2223
−37 pts below
Oct 2025 · age 18
Oct 2025 · age 18
Activity
60
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
60 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#294 · Polish players · of 6,347
Career timeline
13 entries2026
17th Polish U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2223
Jan 2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2026
2025
19th Polish U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2223
Oct 2025
CM title awardedCM
at age 18
Oct 2025
Crossed 2200
at age 18
Oct 2025
All-time peak 2223
at age 18 · −37 from today
Oct 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
61st International Akiba Rubinstein Chess Festival - INWEA DEVELOPMENT OPENperf 2222 (+65) · 5/9 · #30
Top opponent
Evolution
+185
2001 → 2186
Tournaments
7
60 games
Score
36/ 6060.0%
22W28D10L
Top 3 wins
2.[W]vsJolanta ZawadzkaWGM2,330·61st International Akiba Rubinstein Chess Festival - INWEA DEVELOPMENT OPEN·R2·+29.2
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsPatryk RekucFM2,153·61st International Akiba Rubinstein Chess Festival - INWEA DEVELOPMENT OPEN·R5·-20.2
3.[L]vsWojciech Zielinski2,176·Miedzynarodowe Mistrzostwa Pomorza o Puchar Solidarnosci 2025·R7·-18.9
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3.5/9 | #103 | 2076 | -37.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6/9 | #62 | 2210 | +66.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5/9 | #30 | 2222 | +47.9 |
Worst Elo result: XXXVI Miedzynarodowy Festiwal Szachowy CRACOVIA 2025 Grupa A (-37.2 Elo, finished #103).
Most-Played Opponents
vsWojciech Brudzynski
🇵🇱POL·1926
+10 −8 =6
24 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsEryk Chmura
🇵🇱POL·2242
+4 −13 =4
21 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsSzymon Malinowski
🇵🇱POL·2049
+3 −11 =4
18 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsDaniel Tyran
🇵🇱POL·1959
+9 −6 =2
17 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsWojciech Putlak
🇵🇱POL·1944
+1 −11 =5
17 games·last met Sep 2025
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Rankings
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Poland
#294
out of 10,822 players
Europe
#6,298
in continent
World
#8,946
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Poland
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Europe
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