GMJan Klimkowski
- FIDE ID
- 21856222
About Jan Klimkowski
Jan Klimkowski learned chess in first grade with Kamil Szadkowski and soon joined the UKS Smecz Konin club. A year after his first national rapid championship, he won the Polish under-10 rapid title in 2016. He began working with Jacek Tomczak in 2019. Show more
Jan Klimkowski learned chess in first grade with Kamil Szadkowski and soon joined the UKS Smecz Konin club. A year after his first national rapid championship, he won the Polish under-10 rapid title in 2016. He began working with Jacek Tomczak in 2019. That year he scored a perfect 7/7 at the European under-12 team championship, later adding individual gold medals in the under-18 team event. He won the 2023 Voivode's Cup in Legnica and helped Hetman Katowice take bronze in the 2024 Polish team championship. He also assisted Gukesh's preparation for the 2024 world championship match. FIDE awarded him the grandmaster title in 2025.
FIDE rating history
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FIDE tournaments
| Date | Tournament | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-18 | XVI Miedzynarodowy Memorial Szachowy Ferdynanda Dziedzica | Rapid | 6½ |
| 2026-10-09 | 1. Schachbundesliga 2026-2027 Oktober 2026 | Classical | 2 |
| 2026-10-02 | Mistrzostwa Polski w Szachach Szybkich 2026 | Rapid | 7 |
| 2026-09-08 | 41th Open Basque Country Sestao 2026 34 Magistral Internacional de Euskadi | Classical | 7 |
Available Games
Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-10 (UTC).
Online games are identified from known tournament names, playing sites and PGN mode. Other games are listed as OTB (over-the-board).
| # | Date | Event | Site | Round | White | Black | Result | Moves | View |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | 2025-06-24 | Titled Tue 24th Jun Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Cristian Silva Lucena | Jan Klimkowski | 1-0 | 42 | Open |
| 202 | 2025-06-10 | Titled Tue 10th Jun Early | chess.com INT | 6 | Erigaisi Arjun | Jan Klimkowski | 1-0 | 23 | Open |
| 203 | 2025-06-10 | Titled Tue 10th Jun Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Guha Mitrabha | Jan Klimkowski | 0-1 | 56 | Open |
| 204 | 2025-06-10 | Titled Tue 10th Jun Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Jan Klimkowski | Sina Movahed | 1-0 | 34 | Open |
| 205 | 2025-06-10 | Titled Tue 10th Jun Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Jan Klimkowski | Roman Kuzmin | 1-0 | 38 | Open |
| 206 | 2025-06-10 | Titled Tue 10th Jun Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Shakked Tifferet | Jan Klimkowski | 0-1 | 38 | Open |
| 207 | 2025-06-10 | Titled Tue 10th Jun Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Jan Klimkowski | Ahmet Gubatayev | 1-0 | 47 | Open |
| 208 | 2025-04-29 | Titled Tue 29th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Safin Safarullakhan | Jan Klimkowski | 1-0 | 24 | Open |
| 209 | 2025-04-29 | Titled Tue 29th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Jan Klimkowski | Daniel Pacheco | 0-1 | 26 | Open |
| 210 | 2025-03-12 | Paris Play-In Swiss | chess.com INT | 3 | Kjetil A. Lie | Jan Klimkowski | 1-0 | 42 | Open |
| 211 | 2025-03-12 | Paris Play-In Swiss | chess.com INT | 2 | Jan Klimkowski | Dimitar Simonovski | 1-0 | 19 | Open |
| 212 | 2024-12-31 | Titled Tue 31st Dec Late | chess.com INT | 4 | Jan Klimkowski | Daniel Naroditsky | 0-1 | 53 | Open |
| 213 | 2024-12-31 | Titled Tue 31st Dec Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Logan C Shafer | Jan Klimkowski | 0-1 | 60 | Open |
| 214 | 2024-12-31 | Titled Tue 31st Dec Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Taylan Ruzgar Ince | Jan Klimkowski | 0-1 | 64 | Open |
| 215 | 2024-12-31 | Titled Tue 31st Dec Late | chess.com INT | 1 | Jan Klimkowski | Max Pert | 1-0 | 40 | Open |
| 216 | 2024-12-24 | Titled Tue 24th Dec Late | chess.com INT | 4 | Wesley So | Jan Klimkowski | 1-0 | 78 | Open |
| 217 | 2024-12-24 | Titled Tue 24th Dec Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Jan Klimkowski | Anastasia Avramidou | 1-0 | 74 | Open |
| 218 | 2024-12-24 | Titled Tue 24th Dec Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Jan Klimkowski | Nikolai Vlassov | 1-0 | 49 | Open |
| 219 | 2024-12-24 | Titled Tue 24th Dec Late | chess.com INT | 1 | Sihan Tao | Jan Klimkowski | 0-1 | 27 | Open |
| 220 | 2024-08-27 | Titled Tue 27th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Jan Malek | Jan Klimkowski | 1-0 | 39 | Open |
| 221 | 2024-08-27 | Titled Tue 27th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Jan Klimkowski | Cyril Ponizil | 1-0 | 65 | Open |
| 222 | 2024-08-27 | Titled Tue 27th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Danila Bilan | Jan Klimkowski | 0-1 | 28 | Open |
| 223 | 2024-08-27 | Titled Tue 27th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Jan Klimkowski | Matthew Herman | 1-0 | 87 | Open |
| 224 | 2024-08-13 | Titled Tue 13th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 9 | Evgeny Postny | Jan Klimkowski | 0-1 | 57 | Open |
| 225 | 2024-08-13 | Titled Tue 13th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Jan Klimkowski | Bogdan-Daniel Deac | 0-1 | 93 | Open |
| 226 | 2024-08-13 | Titled Tue 13th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 7 | Jan Klimkowski | Alexei Shirov | 1/2-1/2 | 49 | Open |
| 227 | 2024-08-13 | Titled Tue 13th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 7 | Jan Klimkowski | Mukhammadali Abdurakhmonov | 1-0 | 46 | Open |
| 228 | 2024-08-13 | Titled Tue 13th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 6 | Derek Wu | Jan Klimkowski | 0-1 | 50 | Open |
| 229 | 2024-08-13 | Titled Tue 13th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 6 | Jeffery Xiong | Jan Klimkowski | 1-0 | 49 | Open |
| 230 | 2024-08-13 | Titled Tue 13th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 5 | Jan Klimkowski | Olexandr Bortnyk | 1-0 | 33 | Open |
| 231 | 2024-08-13 | Titled Tue 13th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Magnus Carlsen | Jan Klimkowski | 1-0 | 26 | Open |
| 232 | 2024-08-13 | Titled Tue 13th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 4 | Jan Klimkowski | Sai Krishna G V | 1-0 | 23 | Open |
| 233 | 2024-08-13 | Titled Tue 13th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Jan Klimkowski | Andrei Ioan Trifan | 1-0 | 38 | Open |
| 234 | 2024-08-13 | Titled Tue 13th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Maksim Volkov | Jan Klimkowski | 0-1 | 45 | Open |
| 235 | 2024-08-13 | Titled Tue 13th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Jan Klimkowski | Sebastian Poltorak | 1-0 | 17 | Open |
| 236 | 2024-08-13 | Titled Tue 13th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Nikolai Vlassov | Jan Klimkowski | 0-1 | 55 | Open |
| 237 | 2024-08-13 | Titled Tue 13th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Jan Klimkowski | Alberto Atoyan | 1-0 | 27 | Open |
| 238 | 2024-08-13 | Titled Tue 13th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Jan Klimkowski | Reyson Ricardo Rodriguez Basulto | 1-0 | 26 | Open |
| 239 | 2024-08-13 | Titled Tue 13th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 1 | Artsiom Siniauski | Jan Klimkowski | 0-1 | 56 | Open |
| 240 | 2024-08-13 | Titled Tue 13th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 11 | Daniel Naroditsky | Jan Klimkowski | 1-0 | 30 | Open |
| 241 | 2024-08-13 | Titled Tue 13th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 10 | Jan Klimkowski | David Shapiro | 1-0 | 38 | Open |
| 242 | 2024-08-06 | Titled Tue 6th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Jan Klimkowski | Carlos Jose Pinero Rodriguez | 0-1 | 43 | Open |
| 243 | 2024-08-06 | Titled Tue 6th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Piotr Piesik | Jan Klimkowski | 1/2-1/2 | 75 | Open |
| 244 | 2024-08-06 | Titled Tue 6th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Jan Klimkowski | Aaditya Dhingra | 1-0 | 24 | Open |
| 245 | 2024-08-06 | Titled Tue 6th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Erik Ronka | Jan Klimkowski | 0-1 | 60 | Open |
| 246 | 2024-07-30 | Titled Tue 30th Jul Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Jan Klimkowski | Mikhail Golubev | 0-1 | 37 | Open |
| 247 | 2024-07-30 | Titled Tue 30th Jul Late | chess.com INT | 5 | Jan Klimkowski | Alireza Firouzja | 0-1 | 53 | Open |
| 248 | 2024-07-30 | Titled Tue 30th Jul Late | chess.com INT | 4 | Jan Klimkowski | Dmitriy Kushko | 1-0 | 44 | Open |
| 249 | 2024-07-30 | Titled Tue 30th Jul Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Johan-Sebastian Christiansen | Jan Klimkowski | 1-0 | 57 | Open |
| 250 | 2024-07-30 | Titled Tue 30th Jul Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Mihailo Djokic | Jan Klimkowski | 0-1 | 33 | Open |