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Polak, Benedikt

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FIDEFIDE 317012· Male· Czech Republic· Born in 1984

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Benedikt Polak, a 42-year-old Czech player, is rated 2094 and sitting in the top 7% of players worldwide. He plays occasionally (4 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 17 months (2002–2004), 14 months (2004–2005) and 17 months (2005–2007). Recent appearance: 2. liga C 2025-2026 r4-5. Also played 1 rapid event (including CZECH OPEN 2025 - G1 - rapid tournament) recently. His peak of 2205 was reached at age 29 (May 2013).

At junior level, he reached #31 and #22 nationally in U20 and U18.

Current rating

2094

Standard

Rpd2043·Blz2051

All-time high

2205

−111 pts below
May 2013 · age 29

Activity

7

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

4 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

Top 7%

#15,975 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

16 entries
2025
43rd Czech 40-45 player
at age 41 · rated 2093
Dec 2025
2020
34th Czech 35-40 player
at age 36 · rated 2161
Oct 2020
2013
Crossed 2200
at age 29
May 2013
All-time peak 2205
at age 29 · −111 from today
May 2013
2011
Best 12-month gain (+73 Elo)
2097 → 2170
May 2011
2010
Re-crossed 2100
at age 26
Sep 2010

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Petr KuceraFM 2,171
2. liga C 2025-2026 r2-3 · Nov 2025 · +2.2 Elo
Evolution
+14
2080 → 2094
Tournaments
2
4 games
Score
2.5/ 462.5%
1W3D0L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsMilan Srba2,108·2. liga C 2025-2026 r2-3·R2·+10.4
2.[D]vsPetr KuceraFM2,171·2. liga C 2025-2026 r2-3·R3·+2.2
3.[D]vsMarina LupikWIM2,163·2. liga C 2025-2026 r4-5·R5·+2.0
Top losses
Undefeated in the last 12 months.

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2. liga C 2025-2026 r4-5
Team
Nov 20251/2#232109+1.4
2. liga C 2025-2026 r2-3
Team
Nov 20251.5/2#92331+13.2

Most-Played Opponents

vsPavel MudraFM
🇨🇿CZE·2265
+2 −2 =3
7 games·last met Dec 2019
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vsJiri Kaderabek
🇨🇿CZE·2090
+2 −0 =5
7 games·last met Nov 2015
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vsMilan Blaha
🇨🇿CZE·1984
+3 −0 =3
6 games·last met Nov 2016
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vsAntonin Duda
🇨🇿CZE·2056
+3 −0 =3
6 games·last met Sep 2016
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vsMilan Hora
🇨🇿CZE·2128
+1 −0 =4
5 games·last met Dec 2018
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Rankings

/
Czech Republic
#540
out of 6,361 players
Europe
#11,616
in continent
World
#15,975
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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540🇨🇿Polak, Benedikt2,094
Europe
1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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World
1
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2,841
2
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7
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8
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