Jan-Krzysztof Duda

World rank: No. 13 (October 2026)
Rating: 2741 (−2 this month)
Peak rating: 2760 (December 2021)
Title: Grandmaster (2013)
Federation: Poland
Born: April 26, 1998, Kraków, Poland (age 28)
FIDE ID: 1170546

Poland’s No. 1 and the highest-rated Polish player of all time, with a peak of 2760. Duda became a grandmaster at 15 and won the Polish championship in 2018.

His big breakthrough came in 2021, when he won the World Cup and qualified for the 2022 Candidates, and finished second at the World Blitz Championship. In 2022 he won the Superbet Rapid & Blitz in Warsaw by four points, and the Oslo Esports Cup ahead of Magnus Carlsen.

He was part of Gukesh Dommaraju’s team for the 2024 World Championship, and has been awarded Poland’s Golden Cross of Merit.

Career highlights

Won the 2021 World Cup
Played the 2022 Candidates
Highest-rated Polish player ever: 2760
Runner-up at the 2021 World Blitz Championship
Won the 2022 Superbet Rapid & Blitz in Warsaw

Titles

FIDE World Cup: 2021

From the winners lists on our event pages.

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Profile last reviewed September 29, 2026. Ratings update monthly from FIDE.