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Kozusek, Daniel
FM🇬🇧INACTIVE · since October 2024FIDE 349500· Male· Wales· Born in 1999
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Daniel Kozusek, a 27-year-old FIDE Master, is rated 2345 — just 29 short of his peak of 2374 (Nov 2018, age 19) and ranked 2nd among WLS players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He plays around 56 rated games per year. Also played 3 blitz events (including 2025 UK Open Blitz: Final) recently. He reached #1 nationally in Aug 2024 and has been in top 3 for 86 months and counting.
Competes for Wales since Feb 2022. Awarded FM in 2019 (age 20). At junior level, he reached World #60 in U16 and #1, #1, #1 and #1 nationally in U20, U18, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2345
Standard
Rpd2303·Blz2253
All-time high
2374
−29 pts below
Nov 2018 · age 19
Nov 2018 · age 19
Activity
15
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
Moderately active
Signature stat
#2
#2 · WLS players · of 244
National top 3 since Aug 2018
National top 3 since Aug 2018
Career timeline
24 entries2026
86 months in national top 3 (ongoing)
longest streak 86 months · since Aug 2018
May 2026
2024
Inactive for 18 months
paused at 2345 → still inactive
Oct 2024
Peak national rank: #1
at age 25 · rated 2367
Aug 2024
2022
Switched federation: CZE → WLS
at age 23
Feb 2022
2019
FM title awardedFM
at age 20
May 2019
2018
1st U20 player nationally
at age 19 · rated 2374
Nov 2018
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Evolution
0
2345 → 2345
Rankings
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Wales
#2
out of 269 players
Europe
—
in continent
World
#2,818
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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