Duda, Jan-Krzysztof Age 26

Source: https://polandin.com

Title

Grandmaster

Live Rating

2739.6

Live Rank

#15

FIDE Rating

2732

World Rank

#18

Poland Rank

#1

FIDE Peak Rating

2760 - Dec 2021 (Age 23)

FIDE Peak Rank

#12 (2758) - Dec 2019 (Age 21)

Rapid

2745 World #9, Peak 2808 (Jun 2022)

Blitz

2776 World #10, Peak 2818 (Jan 2019)

Born

26 Apr 1998
Kraków, Poland

FIDE ID 1170546

Wikipedia

After Rubinstein, Tartakower and Najdorf – each of whom only briefly represented their homeland on the international stage – Poland went decades without a truly serious talent. That is, until Duda appeared. It took Jan-Krzysztof just a few years to almost become the world blitz champion, win the World Cup, and turn into a nightmare for Carlsen, as he was the one who ended Magnus's historic unbeaten streak.

Duda was born on April 26, 1998, in Krakow. His mother introduced him to chess at the age of 5, and by 7 he won the German Children's Championship. Two years later the Polish prodigy became the World U10 Champion and two years after that the European U14 Champion. At 15 Jan-Krzysztof became a grandmaster and a year later he debuted for Poland at the Olympiad, scoring 8.5/11 on board three. Alongside his success in classical chess, he made a name for himself as a strong blitz player: in 2014 he won the European Rapid Championship and finished second in blitz. In 2015, he came close to becoming the "chess prince" but lost the title in a tiebreak.

Duda's real breakthrough came in 2018: he became the Polish Champion (6.5/9), led his national team at the Olympiad, reached the semifinals of the Speed Chess Championship and had an epic race with Carlsen for the World Blitz Championship title. The two traded the lead back and forth, pulling two points ahead of the rest of the field, but Jan-Krzysztof ultimately finished second (16.5/21). Everyone admired his playing style, with its flashy and sometimes reckless attacks... Even the champion praised his opponent: "It's always interesting to watch his games – Duda plays only for the win, he's not interested in a draw!"

Duda considered himself a universal player, believing that his style was closest to Fischer's. However, Jan-Krzysztof prefers sharp, complicated positions filled with tactics and in the opening, he relies more on his intuition and bluffing. It was this ability to "turn the game around" that led him to two landmark victories over Carlsen in 2020: first he beat Magnus in rapid chess and then in classical chess, ending Carlsen's record streak of 125 games without a loss. By that time the 22-year-old Pole had risen to 15th in the world rankings (2757).

Duda achieved his greatest tournament success in 2021 by winning the World Cup in Sochi. On his way to the top he defeated Vázquez, Sevian, Idani, Grischuk, Vidit, Carlsen and Karjakin. In the semifinal match against the champion, a spot in the 2022 Candidates Tournament was also at stake. After two short draws in classical games, Jan-Krzysztof emerged stronger in the tiebreak – 1.5-0.5. In the final against Karjakin he won in regular time – 1.5-0.5.

In 2021 Duda repeated his 2018 result at the World Blitz Championship, finishing second, this time behind Vachier-Lagrave. In 2022 he placed second in the online Champions Chess Tour, finishing behind only Carlsen in the overall standings, winning two stages and losing in the final of another. But that's where the good news ended. The Pole suddenly faltered in the 2022 Candidates Tournament in Madrid, scoring 5.5/14, barely escaping last place, and his ambitions quickly began to fade from memory. He failed to qualify for the next cycle of the Candidates and after the "Indian revolution", Jan-Krzysztof is rarely mentioned among the potential contenders for the crown.

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Games

#	White Player	Rating	Black Player	Rating	Result	Moves	Site	Date
51	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2734	Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu	2747	0-1	32	Warsaw	11 May 2024
52	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2734	Gukesh, Dommaraju	2764	1-0	66	Warsaw	10 May 2024
53	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	2766	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2734	1/2-1/2	46	Warsaw	10 May 2024
54	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2734	Shevchenko, Kirill	2677	1/2-1/2	33	Warsaw	10 May 2024
55	Giri, Anish	2745	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2734	1/2-1/2	38	Warsaw	9 May 2024
56	Wei, Yi	2755	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2734	1-0	28	Warsaw	9 May 2024
57	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2734	Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar	2762	1-0	43	Warsaw	9 May 2024
58	Carlsen, Magnus	2830	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2734	1/2-1/2	34	Warsaw	8 May 2024
59	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2734	Keymer, Vincent	2726	0-1	46	Warsaw	8 May 2024
60	Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu	2747	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2734	1/2-1/2	54	Warsaw	8 May 2024
61	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2726	Brkic, Ante	2606	1-0	53	Germany	28 Apr 2024
62	Ivic, Velimir	2562	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2726	1/2-1/2	71	Germany	27 Apr 2024
63	Oleksienko, Mikhailo	2567	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2726	1/2-1/2	52	Germany	25 Feb 2024
64	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2726	Aronian, Levon	2742	1/2-1/2	71	Germany	24 Feb 2024
65	Gustafsson, Jan	2620	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2726	0-1	50	Germany	23 Feb 2024
66	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2726	Santos Latasa, Jaime	2650	1/2-1/2	52	Germany	4 Feb 2024
67	Eljanov, Pavel	2695	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2726	1/2-1/2	41	Germany	3 Feb 2024
68	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2732	Maghsoodloo, Parham	2742	1-0	27	Samarkand	30 Dec 2023
69	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	2771	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2732	1-0	28	Samarkand	30 Dec 2023
70	Muradli, Mahammad	2550	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2732	0-1	32	Samarkand	30 Dec 2023
71	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2732	Carlsen, Magnus	2830	0-1	81	Samarkand	30 Dec 2023
72	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2732	Artemiev, Vladislav	2711	1/2-1/2	55	Samarkand	30 Dec 2023
73	Sadhwani, Raunak	2654	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2732	0-1	48	Samarkand	30 Dec 2023
74	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2732	Nesterov, Arseniy	2584	1/2-1/2	94	Samarkand	30 Dec 2023
75	Riazantsev, Alexander	2616	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2732	1/2-1/2	45	Samarkand	30 Dec 2023
76	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2732	Sindarov, Javokhir	2701	1-0	64	Samarkand	30 Dec 2023
77	Indjic, Aleksandar	2589	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2732	1/2-1/2	116	Samarkand	30 Dec 2023
78	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2732	Aravindh, Chithambaram VR	2646	1-0	44	Samarkand	29 Dec 2023
79	Adhiban, Baskaran	2541	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2732	0-1	36	Samarkand	29 Dec 2023
80	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2732	Terry, Renato	2522	1/2-1/2	100	Samarkand	29 Dec 2023
81	Tsydypov, Zhamsaran	2530	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2732	1-0	56	Samarkand	29 Dec 2023
82	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2732	Sjugirov, Sanan	2703	0-1	53	Samarkand	29 Dec 2023
83	Dubov, Daniil	2763	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2775	1/2-1/2	21	Samarkand	29 Dec 2023
84	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2732	Murzin, Volodar	2627	1-0	29	Samarkand	29 Dec 2023
85	Ponomariov, Ruslan	2646	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2732	0-1	31	Samarkand	29 Dec 2023
86	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2732	Yakubboev, Nodirbek	2661	1-0	32	Samarkand	29 Dec 2023
87	Tabatabaei, Mohammad Amin	2692	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2732	1/2-1/2	59	Samarkand	29 Dec 2023
88	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2732	Van Foreest, Lucas	2530	1-0	60	Samarkand	29 Dec 2023
89	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2732	Kovalev, Vladislav	2582	1-0	47	Samarkand	28 Dec 2023
90	Indjic, Aleksandar	2589	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2732	1/2-1/2	90	Samarkand	28 Dec 2023
91	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2732	Lysyj, Igor	2589	1-0	34	Samarkand	28 Dec 2023
92	Pranav, V.	2611	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2732	0-1	34	Samarkand	28 Dec 2023
93	Asadli, Vugar Afgan Oglu	2562	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2732	1/2-1/2	67	Samarkand	27 Dec 2023
94	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2732	Xue, Haowen	2455	0-1	36	Samarkand	27 Dec 2023
95	Xu, Xiangyu	2623	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2732	1-0	48	Samarkand	27 Dec 2023
96	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2732	Chigaev, Maksim	2621	1/2-1/2	42	Samarkand	27 Dec 2023
97	Hovhannisyan, Robert	2611	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2732	1/2-1/2	46	Samarkand	26 Dec 2023
98	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2732	Kosakowski, Jakub	2479	1-0	88	Samarkand	26 Dec 2023
99	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2732	Tabatabaei, Mohammad Amin	2692	1/2-1/2	39	Samarkand	26 Dec 2023
100	Petrov, Nikita	2561	Duda, Jan Krzysztof	2732	0-1	43	Samarkand	26 Dec 2023