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Knizner, Michal
🇨🇿FIDE 23729120· Male· Czech Republic· Born in 2009
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Michal Knizner, a 17-year-old Czech player, is rated 1796 — just 5 short of his peak of 1801 (Mar 2026, age 17). He is rising rapidly, having gained +82 Elo over the past 12 months. 27 rated games in the past year (≈12/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include PDSS - Krajsky prebor II vychod 2025-2026 r10-11, PDSS - Krajska soutez vychod 2025-2026 r9, and Polofinale MCR junioru a dorostencu 2025. Also played 2 rapid events (including O losinskeho kapra 2025) recently.
Current rating
1796
Standard
Rpd1733·Blz—
All-time high
1801
−5 pts below
Mar 2026 · age 17
Mar 2026 · age 17
Activity
18
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
27 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#77,644
#77,644 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
5 entries2026
Crossed 1800
at age 17
Mar 2026
All-time peak 1801
at age 17 · −5 from today
Mar 2026
2025
Best 12-month gain (+311 Elo)
1384 → 1695
Jan 2025
2024
Crossed 1600
at age 15
Mar 2024
First FIDE rating
1384 · at age 15
Jan 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+82
1714 → 1796
Tournaments
13
27 games
Score
13/ 2748.1%
9W8D10L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
13 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/2 | #88 | 1687 | -12.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #7 | 2347 | +7.6 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1.5/2 | #19 | 1950 | +18.4 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/2 | #12 | 1848 | +7.6 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/2 | #31 | 1839 | +12.0 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 2/2 | #2 | 2468 | +33.2 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0.5/1 | #18 | 1817 | +6.0 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/2 | #47 | 1907 | +18.8 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3/9 | #73 | 1739 | 0.0 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/1 | #36 | 1737 | +0.8 |
Rankings
/
Czech Republic
#3,180
out of 6,361 players
Europe
#56,172
in continent
World
#77,643
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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