Format
PK
Paluska, Karol
🇸🇰FIDE 73617121· Male· Slovakia· Born in 2006
Follow Karol PaluskaTrack his monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
Karol Paluska, a 20-year-old Slovak player, is rated 2101 — his current career high and sitting in the top 7% of players worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +47 Elo over the past 12 months. 34 rated games in the past year (≈57/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 1. liga Zapad 2025 2026 R10-11, 2. liga C 2025 2026 R10-11, and 2. liga A 2025 2026 R8-9. Also played 1 rapid event (including Rapid Raca 4 FIDE) recently.
At junior level, he reached #18, #14, #12, #9 and #22 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2101
Standard
Rpd1903·Blz1886
All-time high
2101
at best
Apr 2026 · age 20
Apr 2026 · age 20
Activity
38
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
34 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 7%
#15,324 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
16 entries2026
Crossed 2100
at age 20
Apr 2026
All-time peak 2101
at age 20
Apr 2026
2025
18th Slovak U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2079
Dec 2025
500 career games
at age 19
Jul 2025
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2000
at age 18
Dec 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+30
2071 → 2101
Tournaments
9
26 games
Score
18/ 2669.2%
13W10D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/2 | #14 | 2584 | +9.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/2 | #47 | 2118 | +1.6 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #55 | 2921 | +11.2 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 2/2 | #2 | 2846 | +19.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1.5/2 | #17 | 2252 | +10.6 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 0/1 | #90 | 1396 | -6.0 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1.5/2 | #19 | 2216 | +8.8 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4.5/7 | #43 | 2039 | -0.4 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4.5/7 | #12 | 1910 | -24.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsSimon Salgovic
🇸🇰SVK·2133
+3 −9 =3
15 games·last met Jul 2025
View head-to-head →
vsOndrej Vadila
🇸🇰SVK·2159
+1 −9 =0
10 games·last met May 2023
View head-to-head →
vsDaniel Compel
🇸🇰SVK·2137
+0 −6 =3
9 games·last met Apr 2024
View head-to-head →
vsDaniel Chlpek
🇸🇰SVK·2144
+1 −6 =0
7 games·last met Jan 2023
View head-to-head →
vsIgor Skreko
🇸🇰SVK·2217
+0 −3 =3
6 games·last met Apr 2024
View head-to-head →
Rankings
/
Slovakia
#217
out of 3,199 players
Europe
#11,124
in continent
World
#15,324
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Slovakia
| 1 | 🇸🇰Follow Peter MichalikTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,540 |
| 2 | 🇸🇰Follow Jergus PechacTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,539 |
| 3 | 🇸🇰Follow Viktor GazikTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,529 |
| 4 | 🇸🇰Follow Vojtech PlatTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,491 |
| 5 | 🇸🇰Follow Christopher RepkaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,487 |
| 6 | 🇸🇰Follow Samir SahidiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,484 |
| 7 | 🇸🇰Follow Martin NeugebauerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,483 |
| 8 | 🇸🇰Follow Juraj DruskaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,465 |
| 9 | 🇸🇰Follow Filip HaringTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,457 |
| 10 | 🇸🇰Follow Florian HujbertTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,429 |
| ... | ||
| 217 | 2,101 | |
Europe
| 1 | 🇳🇴Follow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,841 |
| 2 | 🇩🇪Follow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,767 |
| 3 | 🇳🇱Follow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,764 |
| 4 | 🇫🇷Follow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,744 |
| 5 | 🇵🇱Follow Jan-Krzysztof DudaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,739 |
| 6 | 🇭🇺Follow Richard RapportTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,729 |
| 7 | 🇳🇱Follow Jorden Van ForeestTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,728 |
| 8 | 🇫🇷Follow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,721 |
| 9 | 🇦🇿Follow Shakhriyar MamedyarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,717 |
| 10 | 🇹🇷Follow Yagiz Kaan ErdogmusTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,713 |
| ... | ||
| 11124 | 2,101 | |
World
| 1 | 🇳🇴Follow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,841 |
| 2 | 🇺🇸Follow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,792 |
| 2 | 🇺🇸Follow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,792 |
| 4 | 🇺🇿Follow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,777 |
| 4 | 🇺🇿Follow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,777 |
| 6 | 🇩🇪Follow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,767 |
| 7 | 🇳🇱Follow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,764 |
| 8 | 🇮🇳Follow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,761 |
| 9 | 🇺🇸Follow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,753 |
| 9 | 🇨🇳Follow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,753 |
| ... | ||
| 15324 | 2,101 | |