Igor Janik (born 9 June 2000) is a Polish

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grandmaster.

Biography

Igor Janik made his chess debut in the individual Polish Youth Chess Championship in 2010 in

Wisła Wisła (; german: Weichsel; cs, Visla) is a town in Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, with a population of about 11,132 (2019), near the border with Czech Republic. It is situated in the Silesian Beskids mountain range in th ...

, where he took the 13th place. He won the Polish Youth Chess Championships medals six times: silver in Solina in 2012 (U12 age group), silver in

Wałbrzych Wałbrzych (; german: Waldenburg; szl, Wałbrzich; sli, label= Lower Silesian, Walmbrig or ''Walmbrich''; cs, Valbřich or ) is a city located in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in southwestern Poland. From 1975–1998 it was the capital of W ...

in 2013 (U14 age group), gold in

Spała Spała is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Inowłódz, within Tomaszów Mazowiecki County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies on the Pilica River, approximately west of Inowłódz, east of Tomaszów Mazowiecki, and ...

in 2014 (U14 age group), silver in

Karpacz Karpacz (German: ''Krummhübel'') is a spa town and ski resort in Jelenia Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland, and one of the most important centres for mountain hiking and skiing, including ski jumping. Its population ...

in 2015 (U16 age group), gold in

Szklarska Poręba Szklarska Poręba (german: Schreiberhau) is a town in Jelenia Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. The town has a population of around 6,500. It is a popular ski resort. An important regional and national centre fo ...

in 2016 (U16 age group) and gold in

Ustroń Ustroń (german: Ustron) is a health resort town in Cieszyn Silesia, southern Poland. It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship (since 1999), having previously been in Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship (1975–1998). It lies in the Silesian Beskids m ...

in 2017 (U18 age group). Igor Janik was a medalist of the European Youth Rapid Chess Championships: bronze (

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in 2014 - U14 age group. He was also a five-time medalist of the Polish Rapid Chess Championships (including three times gold:

Olsztyn Olsztyn ( , ; german: Allenstein ; Old Prussian: ''Alnāsteini'' * Latin: ''Allenstenium'', ''Holstin'') is a city on the Łyna River in northern Poland. It is the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, and is a city with county right ...

2013 - U14 age group,

Katowice Katowice ( , , ; szl, Katowicy; german: Kattowitz, yi, קאַטעוויץ, Kattevitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area. It is the 11th most populo ...

2015 - U16 age group and

Wrocław Wrocław (; , . german: Breslau, , also known by other names) is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, roughly ...

2018 - U18 age group) and a five-time medalist of the Polish Youth Blitz Chess Championships (including four times gold:

2015 - U16 age group,

Koszalin Koszalin (pronounced ; csb, Kòszalëno; formerly german: Köslin, ) is a city in northwestern Poland, in Western Pomerania. It is located south of the Baltic Sea coast, and intersected by the river Dzierżęcinka. Koszalin is also a county-stat ...

2016 - U16 age group and

2018 - U18 age group). Igor Janik represented Poland at

World Youth Chess Championship The World Youth Chess Championship is a FIDE-organized worldwide chess competition for boys and girls under the age of 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18. Twelve world champions are crowned every year. Since 2015, the event has been split into "World Cade ...

s (7 times) and

European Youth Chess Championship The European Youth Chess Championship is organized by the European Chess Union (ECU) in groups under 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18 years old. The first tournament was held in 1991, and the under 8 category was introduced in 2007. Until 2002 there was al ...

s (5 times), achieving the best result in 2016 in

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

- 2nd place at the European Youth Chess Championship in U16 age group. He won tournaments four times: 2016 in

Mariánské Lázně Mariánské Lázně (; german: Marienbad) is a spa town in Cheb District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 12,000 inhabitants. Most of the town's buildings come from its Golden Era in the second half of the 19th centu ...

, 2017 in

Jastrzębia Góra Jastrzębia Góra (german: Habichtsberg, csb, Pilëce or ''Jastrzãbiô Góra'') is a village on the south coast of the Baltic Sea in the Kashubia, in the administrative district of Gmina Władysławowo, within Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, ...

''Star of the North'', 2018 in

Gorzów Wielkopolski Gorzów Wielkopolski (; german: Landsberg an der Warthe) often abbreviated to Gorzów Wlkp. or simply Gorzów, is a city in western Poland, on the Warta river. It is the second largest city in the Lubusz Voivodeship with 120,087 inhabitants (Dece ...

(

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Memorial) and 2019 in

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(Lengyel Béla Memorial). Since 2019, Igor Janik has regularly participated in the finals of the

Polish Chess Championship Individual Polish Chess Championship is the most important Polish chess tournament, aiming at selecting the best chess players in Poland. Based on the results of the tournament (mainly), the Polish Chess Federation selects the national and subsequ ...

s. He achieved the best result in 2019, when he ranked in 7th place. Also he won two silver medal in row in

Polish Blitz Chess Championship The Polish Blitz Chess Championship is a chess competition held annually in Poland. Medal winners Men Medal winners Women References

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(2019, 2020). In 2018, Igor Janik was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title and received the FIDE Grandmaster (GM) title four years later. He reached the highest

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in his career so far on April 1, 2023, with a score of 2552 points.Rating Progress Chart: Janik, Igor
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