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Pender, Mikolaj
🇵🇱FIDE 21083240· Male· Poland· Born in 2010
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Mikolaj Pender, a 16-year-old Polish player, is rated 1742 — his current career high. He is on a breakout run, having gained +129 Elo over the past 12 months. 51 rated games in the past year (≈32/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Druzynowe Mistrzostwa Polski Juniorow - II Liga 2026, Festiwal Szachowy w "Hotelu Pod Jesiotrem" Grupa A, and Druzynowe Mistrzostwa Wojewodztwa KP Juniorow w Szachach Klasycznych. Also played 6 rapid (including Mistrzostwa Polski Juniorow w Szachach Szybkich 2025 - grupa C16) and 2 blitz events (including Mistrzostwa Polski Juniorow w Szachach Blyskawicznych 2025 - grupa C16) recently.
Current rating
1742
Standard
Rpd1749·Blz1616
All-time high
1742
at best
Jun 2026 · age 16
Jun 2026 · age 16
Activity
33
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
51 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#95,328
#95,328 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
8 entries2026
All-time peak 1742
at age 16
Jun 2026
100 career games
at age 16
Jun 2026
2025
6-month rising streak
+105 Elo
Dec 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+561 Elo)
1055 → 1616
Nov 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 14
Oct 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 14
Jul 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
78 Otwarte Mistrzostwa Wojewodztwa Kujawsko-Pomorskiego w Szachach Klasycznych.perf 2244 (+571) · 5.5/6 · #22
Top opponent
78 Otwarte Mistrzostwa Wojewodztwa Kujawsko-Pomorskiego w Szachach Klasycznych. · Jul 2025 · +17.5 Elo
Evolution
+129
1613 → 1742
Tournaments
10
62 games
Score
38/ 6261.3%
28W20D14L
Top 3 wins
2.[W]vsJan Szumiec1,695·78 Otwarte Mistrzostwa Wojewodztwa Kujawsko-Pomorskiego w Szachach Klasycznych.·R7·+21.3
3.[W]vsBohdan Terekhov1,663·Druzynowe Mistrzostwa Wojewodztwa KP Juniorow w Szachach Klasycznych·R4·+19.0
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsMateusz Mrozinski1,489·X Miedzynarodowy Festiwal Szachowy im. Lecha Kaczynskiego w Bydgoszczy - OPEN C·R3·-29.7
2.[L]vsDamian Binger1,520·Druzynowe Mistrzostwa Regionu KPZSzach 2025-2026 - IV LIGA Round 4-6·R4·-27.8
3.[L]vsSzymon Wardecki1,557·Druzynowe Mistrzostwa Wojewodztwa KP Juniorow w Szachach Klasycznych·R7·-26.8
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | May 2026 | 4.5/9 | #92 | 1762 | +16.8 |
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 3.5/5 | #3 | 1850 | +47.2 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4.5/6 | #7 | 1824 | +16.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 2/3 | #15 | 1628 | -1.6 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0.5/3 | #56 | 1351 | -54.0 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 2.5/2 | #31 | 2383 | +8.0 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4.5/8 | #44 | 1819 | +12.4 |
Round-Robin | Oct 2025 | 4.5/1 | #1 | 2558 | +18.4 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 6/8 | #8 | 1708 | +17.2 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5.5/6 | #22 | 2244 | +49.6 |
Worst Elo result: Druzynowe Mistrzostwa Regionu KPZSzach 2025-2026 - IV LIGA Round 4-6 (-54.0 Elo, finished #56).
Most-Played Opponents
vsOlaf Stanczak
🇵🇱POL·1974
+1 −3 =3
7 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsBohdan Terekhov
🇵🇱POL·1662
+4 −2 =1
7 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsPawel Brudnicki
🇵🇱POL·1882
+1 −4 =1
6 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsMarek Olszewski
🇵🇱POL·1884
+2 −3 =0
5 games·last met May 2026
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vsMilosz Murawski
🇵🇱POL·1886
+0 −4 =1
5 games·last met Apr 2025
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Rankings
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Poland
#2,281
out of 10,822 players
Europe
#67,937
in continent
World
#95,326
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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