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Koscielski, Janusz

FM🇩🇪

FIDEFIDE 4614437· Male· Germany· Born in 1970

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Janusz Koscielski, a 56-year-old German FIDE Master, is rated 2261 and sitting in the top 4% of German players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He has held steady between 2250 and 2300 for 7 years. 10 rated games in the past year (≈13/year long-term). Recent appearances: Oberliga NRW 2025-2026 April 2026 and NRW-Mannschaftspokal 2026 April. He took a 49-month break between Jul 2008 and Sep 2012. His peak of 2390 was reached at age 45 (May 2015).

Awarded FM in 2001 (age 31).

Current rating

2261

Standard

Rpd2255·Blz2053

All-time high

2390

−129 pts below
May 2015 · age 45

Activity

15

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

10 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

Top 4%

#501 · German players · of 13,806

Career timeline

16 entries
2026
46th German 55-60 player
at age 56 · rated 2287
Jan 2026
2025
41st German 50-55 player
at age 55 · rated 2287
Nov 2025
2017
45th German 45-50 player
at age 47 · rated 2354
Jul 2017
2015
35th German 40-45 player
at age 45 · rated 2390
Jul 2015
All-time peak 2390
at age 45 · −129 from today
May 2015
2008
56th German 35-40 player
at age 38 · rated 2366
Jul 2008

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Tatiana KononenkoIM 2,297
Oberliga NRW 2025-2026 Oktober 2025 · Oct 2025 · +0.3 Elo
Best comeback
NRW-Mannschaftspokal 2026 April
finished #3 (seeded #13 of 248)
Evolution
-21
2282 → 2261
Tournaments
5
9 games
Score
5/ 955.6%
3W4D2L
Top 2 losses
1.[L]vsAli ElierCM2,152·Oberliga NRW 2025-2026 April 2026·R1·-13.0
2.[L]vsChristian Goldschmidt2,177·Oberliga NRW 2025-2026 April 2026·R2·-12.4

Last 12 months — tournaments

5 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Oberliga NRW 2025-2026 April 2026
Team
Apr 20260/2#1061365-26.2
NRW-Mannschaftspokal 2026 April
Team
Apr 20262/2#32781+8.4
Oberliga NRW 2025-2026 Januar 2026
Team
Jan 20261/2#252139-7.6
Oberliga NRW 2025-2026 Oktober 2025
Team
Oct 20251.5/2#172388+5.6
Oberliga NRW 2025-2026 September 2025
Team
Sep 20250.5/1#442229-1.4
Worst Elo result: Oberliga NRW 2025-2026 April 2026 (-26.2 Elo, finished #106).

Rankings

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Germany
#501
out of 15,291 players
Europe
#3,666
in continent
World
#5,400
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Germany
1
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2,759
2
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2,694
3
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2,645
3
🇩🇪Svane, FrederikFollow Frederik SvaneTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,645
5
🇩🇪Kollars, DmitrijFollow Dmitrij KollarsTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,635
6
🇩🇪Svane, RasmusFollow Rasmus SvaneTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,620
7
🇩🇪Engel, LuisFollow Luis EngelTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,593
8
🇩🇪Doettling, FabianFollow Fabian DoettlingTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,592
9
🇩🇪Wagner, DennisFollow Dennis WagnerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,591
10
🇩🇪Braun, ArikFollow Arik BraunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,587
...
501🇩🇪Koscielski, Janusz2,261
Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
3
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
3
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
5
🇵🇱Duda, Jan-KrzysztofFollow Jan-Krzysztof DudaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,739
6
🇳🇱Van Foreest, JordenFollow Jorden Van ForeestTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,735
7
🇭🇺Rapport, RichardFollow Richard RapportTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,729
8
🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeFollow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
8
🇦🇿Mamedyarov, ShakhriyarFollow Shakhriyar MamedyarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
10
🇹🇷Erdogmus, Yagiz KaanFollow Yagiz Kaan ErdogmusTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,708
...
3666🇩🇪Koscielski, Janusz2,261
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
3
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,788
4
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2,780
5
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
5400🇩🇪Koscielski, Janusz2,261