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Janicki, Rafal
🇵🇱FIDE 21805512· Male· Poland· Born in 1999
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Rafal Janicki, a 27-year-old Polish player, is rated 1951 — just 21 short of his peak of 1972 (Apr 2025, age 26). He is progressing steadily with +44 Elo over the past 12 months. 33 rated games in the past year (≈29/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Mosinski Festiwal szachowy grupa A - Turniej na norme czesciowa na kandydata i I kategorie, Wielkopolska III Liga Seniorow sezon 2025-2026 Round 7-9, and Wielkopolska III Liga Seniorow sezon 2025-2026 Round 6. Also played 2 rapid (including XVII Otwarte Mistrzostwa Gminy Murowana Goslina w Szachach - OPEN A.) and 1 blitz events (including Otwarte Mistrzostwa Wielkopolski w Szachach Blyskawicznych 2025) recently.
At junior level, he reached #44, #67 and #98 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
1951
Standard
Rpd1908·Blz1833
All-time high
1972
−21 pts below
Apr 2025 · age 26
Apr 2025 · age 26
Activity
21
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
26 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#36,458
#36,458 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2025
All-time peak 1972
at age 26 · −21 from today
Apr 2025
2019
44th Polish U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1886
Dec 2019
Re-crossed 1800
at age 20
May 2019
2018
Re-crossed 1800
at age 19
Aug 2018
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2018
2017
67th Polish U18 player
at age 18 · rated 1807
Oct 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+44
1907 → 1951
Tournaments
7
28 games
Score
20/ 2871.4%
17W6D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 4/4 | #9 | 2555 | +2.6 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 3/4 | #8 | 1994 | +6.8 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | #26 | 1811 | -3.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #30 | 2528 | +4.8 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 2.5/3 | #8 | 2065 | +8.8 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 2.5/4 | #25 | 2175 | +5.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6.5/9 | #6 | 1997 | +18.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsTomasz Kozlowski
🇵🇱POL·1854
+2 −13 =4
19 games·last met Feb 2025
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vsRobert Lisiecki
🇵🇱POL·1950
+4 −7 =3
14 games·last met Apr 2025
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vsMarek Simon
🇵🇱POL·1880
+3 −6 =3
12 games·last met Mar 2025
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vsMarzena Kozlowska
🇵🇱POL·1873
+3 −6 =3
12 games·last met Mar 2025
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vsDominika Stochnialek
🇵🇱POL·1879
+2 −3 =5
10 games·last met Apr 2026
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Rankings
/
Poland
#945
out of 10,822 players
Europe
#26,932
in continent
World
#36,457
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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