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Pilsova, Karolina
WGM🇨🇿FIDE 320242· Female· Czech Republic· Born in 1993
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Karolina Pilsova, a 33-year-old Czech Woman Grandmaster, is rated 2180 and ranked 7th among Czech women, and in the top 4% worldwide. She has held steady between 2150 and 2200 for 16 months. 18 rated games in the past year (≈50/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2. liga C 2025-2026 r6-7, Mistrovstvi CR zen 2025, and 8. Open Bohumin 2025 A - Master. Also played 2 rapid (including Mistrovstvi CR zen 2025 - tiebreak) and 1 blitz events (including Mistrovstvi CR v blesku zen 2025) recently. She took a 13-month break between Jun 2023 and Aug 2024. Her peak of 2331 was reached at age 25 (Feb 2018); she also reached Czech #96 in Aug 2018.
Previously known as Karolina Olsarova (until Sep 2021). Awarded WGM in 2018 (age 25), WIM in 2010 (age 17), and WFM in 2008 (age 15). At junior level, she reached #5, #4, #3, #6 and #4 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2180
Standard
Rpd2195·Blz2135
All-time high
2331
−151 pts below
Feb 2018 · age 25
Feb 2018 · age 25
Activity
11
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
18 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#7
#7 · Czech women · of 344
Career timeline
25 entries2025
Re-crossed 2200
at age 32
Jan 2025
2023
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 2239 → returned at 2197
Jun 2023
2021
Renamed to Pilsova, Karolina
at age 28
Sep 2021
2020
1,000 career games
at age 27
Oct 2020
2018
Peak Czech rank: #96
at age 25 · rated 2331
Aug 2018
WGM title awardedWGM
at age 25 · 1st quarter Presidential Board 2018
Apr 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-5
2185 → 2180
Tournaments
6
18 games
Score
10/ 1855.6%
6W8D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/2 | #29 | 2144 | -2.2 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0/1 | #103 | 1629 | -3.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #48 | 2912 | +8.2 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 0.5/1 | #72 | 2385 | +5.4 |
Knockout | Aug 2025 | 2.5/4 | QF | 2230 | +7.6 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 5/9 | #12 | 2093 | -20.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsTereza RodshteinWGM
🇨🇿CZE·2215
+0 −1 =21
22 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsOlga SikorovaWGM
🇨🇿CZE·2205
+4 −6 =11
21 games·last met May 2026
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vsKristyna PetrovaWGM
🇨🇿CZE·2232
+4 −6 =9
19 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsKristyna NovosadovaWIM
🇨🇿CZE·2126
+9 −2 =5
16 games·last met May 2026
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vsMartina MareckovaWFM
🇨🇿CZE·2114
+5 −6 =4
15 games·last met Dec 2025
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Rankings
/
Czech Republic
#273
out of 6,361 players
Europe
#6,558
in continent
World
#9,285
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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