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Szczotka, Klara
WFM🇵🇱FIDE 21858845· Female· Poland· Born in 2008
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Klara Szczotka, a 18-year-old Polish Woman FIDE Master, is rated 2241 — her current career high and ranked 13th among Polish women, and in the top 3% worldwide. She is climbing fast, having gained +251 Elo over the past 12 months. 91 rated games in the past year (≈70/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Indywidualne Mistrzostwa Polski Juniorek 2026 - D18, 42e Open International d'echecs de Cappelle la Grande, and European Youth Chess Championship 2025 - Girls U18. Also played 18 rapid (including Turniej Niepodleglosci 2025) and 8 blitz events (including XXXVI Miedzynarodowy Festiwal Szachowy CRACOVIA 2025 Blitz) recently.
Awarded WFM in 2024 (age 16). Earned a WIM norm at European Youth Chess Championship 2024 - Girls Under 16. At junior level, she reached World #93 in U12 and #19, #13, #8, #5 and #13 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U10 and U8.
Current rating
2241
Standard
Rpd2009·Blz2130
All-time high
2241
at best
Apr 2026 · age 18
Apr 2026 · age 18
Activity
86
games / yr avg. · ≈7/mo
82 past 12 mo · ≈7/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#13
#13 · Polish women · of 839
Career timeline
19 entries2026
19th Polish U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2241
May 2026
All-time peak 2241
at age 18
Apr 2026
2025
Crossed 2200
at age 17
Dec 2025
Re-crossed 2100
at age 17
Dec 2025
Re-crossed 2100
at age 17
Aug 2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 17
Jul 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+211
2030 → 2241
Tournaments
9
82 games
Score
54/ 8265.9%
42W24D16L
Top 3 wins
3.[W]vsTheodoros Hrisomalis2,157·34th OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT OF KAVALA VASILIS THEODORIDIS A·R6·+25.1
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 7/9 | #3 | 2157 | -11.4 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 6.5/9 | #28 | 2307 | +48.3 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsHubert Backiel
🇵🇱POL·2237
+37 −34 =35
106 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsPiotr Jaszczuk
🇵🇱POL·1914
+57 −13 =12
82 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsPatryk RekucFM
🇵🇱POL·2198
+19 −26 =31
76 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsAndrzej Ocytko
🇵🇱POL·1974
+12 −32 =28
72 games·last met Jan 2025
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vsMarcin Filimoniuk
🇵🇱POL·1837
+19 −19 =32
70 games·last met Jan 2026
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Rankings
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Poland
#212
out of 10,822 players
Europe
#4,240
in continent
World
#6,199
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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