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Maj, Samuel
🇵🇱FIDE 21066736· Male· Poland· Born in 2008
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Samuel Maj, a 18-year-old Polish player, is rated 2119 — his current career high and sitting in the top 6% of players worldwide. He is rising rapidly, having gained +228 Elo over the past 12 months. 19 rated games in the past year (≈31/year long-term). Recent appearances: Druzynowe Mistrzostwa Polski Juniorow - I Liga 2026 and III Malopolska Liga Juniorow 2026 Round 5-9. Also played 1 rapid (including Indywidualne Mistrzostwa Malopolski w szachach szybkich chlopcow C18 2025) and 1 blitz events (including Druzynowe Mistrzostwa Malopolski Juniorow U18 2025) recently. He took a 21-month break between Jul 2024 and May 2026.
At junior level, he reached #39, #15, #8 and #25 nationally in U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2119
Standard
Rpd2011·Blz1958
All-time high
2119
at best
Jun 2026 · age 18
Jun 2026 · age 18
Activity
18
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
19 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 6%
#13,698 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2026
39th Polish U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2119
Jun 2026
Crossed 2100
at age 18
Jun 2026
Re-crossed 2000
at age 18
Jun 2026
All-time peak 2119
at age 18
Jun 2026
2024
Inactive for 21 months
paused at 1891 → returned at 1871
Jul 2024
2023
Re-crossed 2000
at age 15
Jul 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+228
1891 → 2119
Tournaments
3
19 games
Score
11.5/ 1960.5%
10W3D6L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | May 2026 | 4/9 | #71 | 2096 | +93.2 |
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 6.5/8 | #3 | 2265 | +155.2 |
Round-Robin | Apr 2026 | 1/2 | #52 | 1691 | -20.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsSzymon Duda
🇵🇱POL·1993
+4 −2 =3
9 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsDariusz DziewonskiFM
🇵🇱POL·2287
+1 −0 =5
6 games·last met Sep 2022
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vsKrzysztof Wajda
🇵🇱POL·2009
+2 −1 =2
5 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsHubert Spytek
🇵🇱POL·1845
+3 −2 =0
5 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsNatalia Gornisiewicz
🇵🇱POL·1781
+4 −1 =0
5 games·last met Sep 2022
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Rankings
/
Poland
#411
out of 10,822 players
Europe
#9,916
in continent
World
#13,698
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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