GMMichal Krasenkow

POL Born 1963 Male
FIDE ID
1113100

About Michal Krasenkow

Michał Krasenkow was born in Moscow in 1963 and earned a degree in applied mathematics in 1985. He won the Georgian championship in 1987 and a Soviet club championship with Moscow's Tigran Petrosian club in 1990. He emigrated to Poland in 1992 and began representing the country in 1996. Show more

Michał Krasenkow was born in Moscow in 1963 and earned a degree in applied mathematics in 1985. He won the Georgian championship in 1987 and a Soviet club championship with Moscow's Tigran Petrosian club in 1990. He emigrated to Poland in 1992 and began representing the country in 1996. He won the Polish championship in 2000 and 2002.

Krasenkow's club career included fourteen Polish team titles and the 1997 European Club Cup with Ladia Azov. He later coached Poland's national team from 2010 to 2014 and Turkey's from 2016 to 2018. His coaching work also included young players and occasional work with Viswanathan Anand. He wrote opening books on the Open Spanish and Sveshnikov Sicilian, as well as Finding Chess Jewels and Learn from Michal Krasenkow. His opening research included the King's Indian system with an early h-pawn move and an attacking idea in the English Opening.

FIDE ratings

Classical

2508

Published FIDE

Rapid

2407

Published FIDE

Blitz

2342

Published FIDE

Official classical ranks

World rank
#516
National rank · POL
#18

Active players · Nov 2026 FIDE list ⓘ

Rating milestones

Highest recorded rating
2676 Oct 2004
Recorded years
2001–2026
Archived games
1280

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Rating history

FIDE rating history

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Games

Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-11 (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
601 2020-10-18 ch-POL Rapid 2020 Trzcianka POL 8.4 Michal Krasenkow Piotr Brodowski Won: 1-0 71 Open
602 2020-10-18 ch-POL Rapid 2020 Trzcianka POL 7.4 Arkadiusz Skawinski Michal Krasenkow Won: 0-1 25 Open
603 2020-10-18 ch-POL Rapid 2020 Trzcianka POL 6.2 Michal Krasenkow Maciej Klekowski Lost: 0-1 30 Open
604 2020-10-18 ch-POL Rapid 2020 Trzcianka POL 5.2 Marcin Sieciechowicz Michal Krasenkow Won: 0-1 47 Open
605 2020-10-18 ch-POL Rapid 2020 Trzcianka POL 4.4 Michal Krasenkow Radoslaw Barski Won: 1-0 40 Open
606 2020-10-18 ch-POL Rapid 2020 Trzcianka POL 3.4 Damian Sliwicki Michal Krasenkow Won: 0-1 55 Open
607 2020-10-18 ch-POL Rapid 2020 Trzcianka POL 2.5 Michal Krasenkow Michal Redzisz Won: 1-0 55 Open
608 2020-10-18 ch-POL Rapid 2020 Trzcianka POL 1.5 Joanna Zakrzewska Michal Krasenkow Won: 0-1 25 Open
609 2020-09-13 8th POL-HUN Rapid 2020 Katowice POL 9.4 Kacper Piorun Michal Krasenkow Lost: 1-0 46 Open
610 2020-09-13 8th POL-HUN Rapid 2020 Katowice POL 8.7 Michal Krasenkow Petro Golubka Draw: 1/2-1/2 47 Open
611 2020-09-13 8th POL-HUN Rapid 2020 Katowice POL 7.4 Miroslaw Lewicki Michal Krasenkow Draw: 1/2-1/2 43 Open
612 2020-09-13 8th POL-HUN Rapid 2020 Katowice POL 6.5 Michal Krasenkow Pawel Kos Won: 1-0 53 Open
613 2020-09-13 8th POL-HUN Rapid 2020 Katowice POL 5.2 Grzegorz Nasuta Michal Krasenkow Lost: 1-0 30 Open
614 2020-09-13 8th POL-HUN Rapid 2020 Katowice POL 4.6 Michal Krasenkow Barbara Goraj Won: 1-0 35 Open
615 2020-09-13 8th POL-HUN Rapid 2020 Katowice POL 3.7 Jacek Szwaj Michal Krasenkow Won: 0-1 33 Open
616 2020-09-13 8th POL-HUN Rapid 2020 Katowice POL 2.7 Michal Krasenkow Miroslaw Blasiak Won: 1-0 49 Open
617 2020-09-13 8th POL-HUN Rapid 2020 Katowice POL 1.6 Rafal Kubik Michal Krasenkow Won: 0-1 23 Open
618 2020-09-12 8th POL-HUN Blitz 2020 Katowice POL 8.5 Michal Krasenkow Pawel Teclaf Lost: 0-1 41 Open
619 2020-09-12 8th POL-HUN Blitz 2020 Katowice POL 7.7 Michal Krasenkow Kamil Grochol Won: 1-0 24 Open
620 2020-09-12 8th POL-HUN Blitz 2020 Katowice POL 6.3 Krzysztof Jakubowski Michal Krasenkow Lost: 1-0 33 Open
621 2020-09-12 8th POL-HUN Blitz 2020 Katowice POL 5.4 Michal Krasenkow Rafal Faron Won: 1-0 45 Open
622 2020-09-12 8th POL-HUN Blitz 2020 Katowice POL 4.3 Keti Tsatsalashvili Michal Krasenkow Draw: 1/2-1/2 56 Open
623 2020-09-12 8th POL-HUN Blitz 2020 Katowice POL 3.3 Michal Krasenkow Katarzyna Krajewska Won: 1-0 42 Open
624 2020-09-12 8th POL-HUN Blitz 2020 Katowice POL 2.3 Pawel Golimowski Michal Krasenkow Won: 0-1 45 Open
625 2020-09-12 8th POL-HUN Blitz 2020 Katowice POL 13.5 Anna Jakubowska Michal Krasenkow Won: 0-1 29 Open
626 2020-09-12 8th POL-HUN Blitz 2020 Katowice POL 12.7 Michal Krasenkow Boguslaw Dzierzak Won: 1-0 37 Open
627 2020-09-12 8th POL-HUN Blitz 2020 Katowice POL 11.6 Pawel Flak Michal Krasenkow Lost: 1-0 50 Open
628 2020-09-12 8th POL-HUN Blitz 2020 Katowice POL 10.8 Michal Krasenkow Monika Socko Won: 1-0 35 Open
629 2020-09-12 8th POL-HUN Blitz 2020 Katowice POL 1.3 Michal Krasenkow Tomasz Binkowski Won: 1-0 43 Open
630 2020-09-03 TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2020 Warsaw POL 9.1 Michal Krasenkow Stepan Zilka Lost: 0-1 36 Open
631 2020-09-02 TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2020 Warsaw POL 8.1 Michal Krasenkow Maciej Nurkiewicz Won: 1-0 39 Open
632 2020-09-01 TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2020 Warsaw POL 7.1 Michal Krasenkow Pavel Simacek Won: 1-0 55 Open
633 2020-08-31 TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2020 Warsaw POL 6.1 Kamil Miton Michal Krasenkow Draw: 1/2-1/2 52 Open
634 2020-08-30 TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2020 Warsaw POL 5.1 Piotr Nguyen Michal Krasenkow Draw: 1/2-1/2 86 Open
635 2020-08-29 TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2020 Warsaw POL 4.1 Michal Krasenkow Radoslaw Barski Draw: 1/2-1/2 35 Open
636 2020-08-28 TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2020 Warsaw POL 3.1 Michal Krasenkow Marcin Krzyzanowski Won: 1-0 52 Open
637 2020-08-26 TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2020 Warsaw POL 1.1 Michal Krasenkow Marcin Tazbir Lost: 0-1 40 Open
638 2020-07-24 ch-POL 2020 Warsaw POL 2.4 Michal Krasenkow Kacper Piorun Lost: 0-1 39 Open
639 2020-07-24 ch-POL 2020 Warsaw POL 2.3 Kacper Piorun Michal Krasenkow Lost: 1-0 38 Open
640 2020-07-24 ch-POL 2020 Warsaw POL 2.2 Michal Krasenkow Kacper Piorun Draw: 1/2-1/2 89 Open
641 2020-07-23 ch-POL 2020 Warsaw POL 2.1 Kacper Piorun Michal Krasenkow Draw: 1/2-1/2 41 Open
642 2020-07-22 ch-POL 2020 Warsaw POL 1.2 Michal Krasenkow Marcin Krzyzanowski Draw: 1/2-1/2 58 Open
643 2020-07-21 ch-POL 2020 Warsaw POL 1.1 Marcin Krzyzanowski Michal Krasenkow Won: 0-1 40 Open
644 2019-12-30 57th Groningen Open 2019 Groningen NED 9.7 Tim Grutter Michal Krasenkow Won: 0-1 64 Open
645 2019-12-29 57th Groningen Open 2019 Groningen NED 8.5 Michal Krasenkow Migchiel De Jong Draw: 1/2-1/2 63 Open
646 2019-12-28 57th Groningen Open 2019 Groningen NED 7.6 Tomas Danada Michal Krasenkow Draw: 1/2-1/2 64 Open
647 2019-12-27 57th Groningen Open 2019 Groningen NED 6.3 Michal Krasenkow Hagen Poetsch Lost: 0-1 38 Open
648 2019-12-26 57th Groningen Open 2019 Groningen NED 5.2 Nico Zwirs Michal Krasenkow Won: 0-1 63 Open
649 2019-12-24 57th Groningen Open 2019 Groningen NED 4.6 Michal Krasenkow Alexander Hilverda Won: 1-0 34 Open
650 2019-12-23 57th Groningen Open 2019 Groningen NED 3.1 Thomas Beerdsen Michal Krasenkow Lost: 1-0 39 Open
  1. vs Piotr BrodowskiWon · 1-0White · 2020-10-18 · Round 8.4ch-POL Rapid 2020
  2. vs Arkadiusz SkawinskiWon · 0-1Black · 2020-10-18 · Round 7.4ch-POL Rapid 2020
  3. vs Maciej KlekowskiLost · 0-1White · 2020-10-18 · Round 6.2ch-POL Rapid 2020
  4. vs Marcin SieciechowiczWon · 0-1Black · 2020-10-18 · Round 5.2ch-POL Rapid 2020
  5. vs Radoslaw BarskiWon · 1-0White · 2020-10-18 · Round 4.4ch-POL Rapid 2020
  6. vs Damian SliwickiWon · 0-1Black · 2020-10-18 · Round 3.4ch-POL Rapid 2020
  7. vs Michal RedziszWon · 1-0White · 2020-10-18 · Round 2.5ch-POL Rapid 2020
  8. vs Joanna ZakrzewskaWon · 0-1Black · 2020-10-18 · Round 1.5ch-POL Rapid 2020
  9. vs Kacper PiorunLost · 1-0Black · 2020-09-13 · Round 9.48th POL-HUN Rapid 2020
  10. vs Petro GolubkaDraw · ½–½White · 2020-09-13 · Round 8.78th POL-HUN Rapid 2020
  11. vs Miroslaw LewickiDraw · ½–½Black · 2020-09-13 · Round 7.48th POL-HUN Rapid 2020
  12. vs Pawel KosWon · 1-0White · 2020-09-13 · Round 6.58th POL-HUN Rapid 2020
  13. vs Grzegorz NasutaLost · 1-0Black · 2020-09-13 · Round 5.28th POL-HUN Rapid 2020
  14. vs Barbara GorajWon · 1-0White · 2020-09-13 · Round 4.68th POL-HUN Rapid 2020
  15. vs Jacek SzwajWon · 0-1Black · 2020-09-13 · Round 3.78th POL-HUN Rapid 2020
  16. vs Miroslaw BlasiakWon · 1-0White · 2020-09-13 · Round 2.78th POL-HUN Rapid 2020
  17. vs Rafal KubikWon · 0-1Black · 2020-09-13 · Round 1.68th POL-HUN Rapid 2020
  18. vs Pawel TeclafLost · 0-1White · 2020-09-12 · Round 8.58th POL-HUN Blitz 2020
  19. vs Kamil GrocholWon · 1-0White · 2020-09-12 · Round 7.78th POL-HUN Blitz 2020
  20. vs Krzysztof JakubowskiLost · 1-0Black · 2020-09-12 · Round 6.38th POL-HUN Blitz 2020
  21. vs Rafal FaronWon · 1-0White · 2020-09-12 · Round 5.48th POL-HUN Blitz 2020
  22. vs Keti TsatsalashviliDraw · ½–½Black · 2020-09-12 · Round 4.38th POL-HUN Blitz 2020
  23. vs Katarzyna KrajewskaWon · 1-0White · 2020-09-12 · Round 3.38th POL-HUN Blitz 2020
  24. vs Pawel GolimowskiWon · 0-1Black · 2020-09-12 · Round 2.38th POL-HUN Blitz 2020
  25. vs Anna JakubowskaWon · 0-1Black · 2020-09-12 · Round 13.58th POL-HUN Blitz 2020
  26. vs Boguslaw DzierzakWon · 1-0White · 2020-09-12 · Round 12.78th POL-HUN Blitz 2020
  27. vs Pawel FlakLost · 1-0Black · 2020-09-12 · Round 11.68th POL-HUN Blitz 2020
  28. vs Monika SockoWon · 1-0White · 2020-09-12 · Round 10.88th POL-HUN Blitz 2020
  29. vs Tomasz BinkowskiWon · 1-0White · 2020-09-12 · Round 1.38th POL-HUN Blitz 2020
  30. vs Stepan ZilkaLost · 0-1White · 2020-09-03 · Round 9.1TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2020
  31. vs Maciej NurkiewiczWon · 1-0White · 2020-09-02 · Round 8.1TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2020
  32. vs Pavel SimacekWon · 1-0White · 2020-09-01 · Round 7.1TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2020
  33. vs Kamil MitonDraw · ½–½Black · 2020-08-31 · Round 6.1TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2020
  34. vs Piotr NguyenDraw · ½–½Black · 2020-08-30 · Round 5.1TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2020
  35. vs Radoslaw BarskiDraw · ½–½White · 2020-08-29 · Round 4.1TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2020
  36. vs Marcin KrzyzanowskiWon · 1-0White · 2020-08-28 · Round 3.1TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2020
  37. vs Marcin TazbirLost · 0-1White · 2020-08-26 · Round 1.1TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2020
  38. vs Kacper PiorunLost · 0-1White · 2020-07-24 · Round 2.4ch-POL 2020
  39. vs Kacper PiorunLost · 1-0Black · 2020-07-24 · Round 2.3ch-POL 2020
  40. vs Kacper PiorunDraw · ½–½White · 2020-07-24 · Round 2.2ch-POL 2020
  41. vs Kacper PiorunDraw · ½–½Black · 2020-07-23 · Round 2.1ch-POL 2020
  42. vs Marcin KrzyzanowskiDraw · ½–½White · 2020-07-22 · Round 1.2ch-POL 2020
  43. vs Marcin KrzyzanowskiWon · 0-1Black · 2020-07-21 · Round 1.1ch-POL 2020
  44. vs Tim GrutterWon · 0-1Black · 2019-12-30 · Round 9.757th Groningen Open 2019
  45. vs Migchiel De JongDraw · ½–½White · 2019-12-29 · Round 8.557th Groningen Open 2019
  46. vs Tomas DanadaDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-12-28 · Round 7.657th Groningen Open 2019
  47. vs Hagen PoetschLost · 0-1White · 2019-12-27 · Round 6.357th Groningen Open 2019
  48. vs Nico ZwirsWon · 0-1Black · 2019-12-26 · Round 5.257th Groningen Open 2019
  49. vs Alexander HilverdaWon · 1-0White · 2019-12-24 · Round 4.657th Groningen Open 2019
  50. vs Thomas BeerdsenLost · 1-0Black · 2019-12-23 · Round 3.157th Groningen Open 2019

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