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Czaja, Wiktor
🇵🇱FIDE 41807855· Male· Poland· Born in 2008
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Wiktor Czaja, a 18-year-old Polish player, is rated 2129 — his current career high and sitting in the top 5% of players worldwide under 18, and in the top 6% worldwide. He is rising rapidly, having gained +113 Elo over the past 12 months. 18 rated games in the past year (≈32/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include XXXVI Miedzynarodowy Festiwal Szachowy CRACOVIA 2025 Grupa B, Swietowanie Niepodleglosci ze Slupska Akademia Szachowa w ZSO - Grupa A, and Rozpoczecie Roku Szkolnego 2025 ze Slupska Akademia Szachowa w ZSO - Grupa A. Also played 6 rapid (including III Miedzynarodowy Turniej Szachowy o Puchar Rektora Politechniki Gdanskiej) and 1 blitz events (including XXXVI Miedzynarodowy Festiwal Szachowy CRACOVIA 2025 Blitz) recently.
At junior level, he reached #31 and #27 nationally in U18 and U16.
Current rating
2129
Standard
Rpd2044·Blz1942
All-time high
2129
at best
Feb 2026 · age 18
Feb 2026 · age 18
Activity
44
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
18 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#734 · players worldwide under 18 · of 15,441
Career timeline
9 entries2026
Re-crossed 2100
at age 18
Feb 2026
All-time peak 2129
at age 18
Feb 2026
2025
31st Polish U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2104
Feb 2025
Best 12-month gain (+573 Elo)
1531 → 2104
Feb 2025
Crossed 2100
at age 17
Feb 2025
100 career games
at age 17
Feb 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+113
2016 → 2129
Tournaments
3
25 games
Score
15/ 2560.0%
18W6D1L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsTymoteusz HuryCM2,106·Rozpoczecie Roku Szkolnego 2025 ze Slupska Akademia Szachowa w ZSO - Grupa A·R5·+22.2
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 7/9 | #4 | 2214 | +70.0 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4/5 | #1 | 2018 | -8.0 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 4/4 | #2 | 2672 | +50.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsJakub Protas
🇵🇱POL·1899
+5 −6 =1
12 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsJan PaluszekCM
🇵🇱POL·2186
+4 −5 =2
11 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsDawid Jaroszewicz
🇵🇱POL·1906
+5 −1 =3
9 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsEryk Chmura
🇵🇱POL·2242
+2 −7 =0
9 games·last met Nov 2024
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vsKrzysztof TydaCM
🇵🇱POL·1784
+5 −3 =0
8 games·last met May 2026
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Rankings
/
Poland
#383
out of 10,822 players
Europe
#9,297
in continent
World
#12,868
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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