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
751 2018-05-05 6th POL-HUN Open 2018 Katowice POL 5.6 Michal Krasenkow Piotr Tworzydlo Draw: 1/2-1/2 62 Open
752 2018-05-05 6th POL-HUN Open 2018 Katowice POL 4.3 Lukasz Jarmula Michal Krasenkow Draw: 1/2-1/2 27 Open
753 2018-05-05 6th POL-HUN Open 2018 Katowice POL 3.3 Michal Krasenkow Unidentified player Won: 1-0 49 Open
754 2018-05-05 6th POL-HUN Open 2018 Katowice POL 2.5 Artur Lapczynski Michal Krasenkow Won: 0-1 34 Open
755 2018-05-05 6th POL-HUN Open 2018 Katowice POL 1.6 Michal Krasenkow Ryszard Gajzner Won: 1-0 26 Open
756 2018-05-01 50th Italian Teams 2018 Gallipoli ITA 7.3 Baadur Jobava Michal Krasenkow Draw: 1/2-1/2 31 Open
757 2018-04-30 50th Italian Teams 2018 Gallipoli ITA 6.2 Michal Krasenkow Daniel Sadzikowski Won: 1-0 31 Open
758 2018-04-30 50th Italian Teams 2018 Gallipoli ITA 5.3 Michal Krasenkow Milan Drasko Draw: 1/2-1/2 24 Open
759 2018-04-29 50th Italian Teams 2018 Gallipoli ITA 4.4 Franc Ashiku Michal Krasenkow Won: 0-1 32 Open
760 2018-04-28 50th Italian Teams 2018 Gallipoli ITA 3.2 Michal Krasenkow Julio E Granda Zuniga Draw: 1/2-1/2 21 Open
761 2018-04-28 50th Italian Teams 2018 Gallipoli ITA 2.3 Alessio Valsecchi Michal Krasenkow Draw: 1/2-1/2 48 Open
762 2018-03-28 19th ch-EUR Indiv 2018 Batumi GEO 11.3 Andrey Esipenko Michal Krasenkow Lost: 1-0 47 Open
763 2018-03-27 19th ch-EUR Indiv 2018 Batumi GEO 10.46 Michal Krasenkow Alexander G Beliavsky Won: 1-0 44 Open
764 2018-03-26 19th ch-EUR Indiv 2018 Batumi GEO 9.47 Nikita Matinian Michal Krasenkow Draw: 1/2-1/2 59 Open
765 2018-03-25 19th ch-EUR Indiv 2018 Batumi GEO 8.46 Michal Krasenkow Thai Dai Van Nguyen Draw: 1/2-1/2 59 Open
766 2018-03-24 19th ch-EUR Indiv 2018 Batumi GEO 7.44 Davit Maghalashvili Michal Krasenkow Draw: 1/2-1/2 65 Open
767 2018-03-22 19th ch-EUR Indiv 2018 Batumi GEO 6.67 Michal Krasenkow Arturs Bernotas Won: 1-0 28 Open
768 2018-03-21 19th ch-EUR Indiv 2018 Batumi GEO 5.41 Andreas Diermair Michal Krasenkow Lost: 1-0 50 Open
769 2018-03-20 19th ch-EUR Indiv 2018 Batumi GEO 4.63 Michal Krasenkow Sergiy Zavgorodniy Won: 1-0 23 Open
770 2018-03-19 19th ch-EUR Indiv 2018 Batumi GEO 3.61 Luka Draskovic Michal Krasenkow Draw: 1/2-1/2 29 Open
771 2018-03-18 19th ch-EUR Indiv 2018 Batumi GEO 2.69 Michal Krasenkow Gert Schnider Draw: 1/2-1/2 28 Open
772 2018-03-17 19th ch-EUR Indiv 2018 Batumi GEO 1.37 Felix Blohberger Michal Krasenkow Draw: 1/2-1/2 41 Open
773 2018-03-11 Bundesliga 2017-18 Hamburg GER 12.4 Kamil Miton Michal Krasenkow Draw: 1/2-1/2 58 Open
774 2018-03-10 Bundesliga 2017-18 Hamburg GER 11.4 Michal Krasenkow Michael Kopylov Won: 1-0 53 Open
775 2018-02-25 Bundesliga 2017-18 Deizisau GER 10.4 Michal Krasenkow Peter Schreiner Draw: 1/2-1/2 72 Open
776 2018-02-24 Bundesliga 2017-18 Deizisau GER 9.4 Mateusz Bartel Michal Krasenkow Won: 0-1 48 Open
777 2018-01-28 80th Tata Steel GpB Wijk aan Zee NED 13.4 Harika Dronavalli Michal Krasenkow Draw: 1/2-1/2 52 Open
778 2018-01-27 80th Tata Steel GpB Wijk aan Zee NED 12.4 Michal Krasenkow Bassem Amin Lost: 0-1 81 Open
779 2018-01-26 80th Tata Steel GpB Wijk aan Zee NED 11.1 Michal Krasenkow Benjamin Bok Draw: 1/2-1/2 34 Open
780 2018-01-24 80th Tata Steel GpB Wijk aan Zee NED 10.2 Aryan Tari Michal Krasenkow Draw: 1/2-1/2 71 Open
781 2018-01-23 80th Tata Steel GpB Wijk aan Zee NED 9.3 Michal Krasenkow Jorden Van Foreest Lost: 0-1 67 Open
782 2018-01-21 80th Tata Steel GpB Wijk aan Zee NED 8.5 Olga Girya Michal Krasenkow Won: 0-1 41 Open
783 2018-01-20 80th Tata Steel GpB Wijk aan Zee NED 7.7 Michal Krasenkow Anton Korobov Draw: 1/2-1/2 30 Open
784 2018-01-19 80th Tata Steel GpB Wijk aan Zee NED 6.5 Jeffery Xiong Michal Krasenkow Draw: 1/2-1/2 52 Open
785 2018-01-17 80th Tata Steel GpB Wijk aan Zee NED 5.4 Michal Krasenkow Matthias Bluebaum Draw: 1/2-1/2 93 Open
786 2018-01-16 80th Tata Steel GpB Wijk aan Zee NED 4.3 Dmitry Gordievsky Michal Krasenkow Draw: 1/2-1/2 71 Open
787 2018-01-15 80th Tata Steel GpB Wijk aan Zee NED 3.7 Michal Krasenkow Lucas Van Foreest Draw: 1/2-1/2 54 Open
788 2018-01-14 80th Tata Steel GpB Wijk aan Zee NED 2.1 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Michal Krasenkow Lost: 1-0 27 Open
789 2018-01-13 80th Tata Steel GpB Wijk aan Zee NED 1.6 Michal Krasenkow Erwin L'Ami Draw: 1/2-1/2 43 Open
790 2018-01-05 47th Rilton Cup 2017-18 Stockholm SWE 9.6 Michal Krasenkow Benjamin Gledura Lost: 0-1 57 Open
791 2018-01-04 47th Rilton Cup 2017-18 Stockholm SWE 8.1 Kirill Alekseenko Michal Krasenkow Lost: 1-0 50 Open
792 2018-01-03 47th Rilton Cup 2017-18 Stockholm SWE 7.1 Michal Krasenkow Kacper Piorun Draw: 1/2-1/2 32 Open
793 2018-01-02 47th Rilton Cup 2017-18 Stockholm SWE 6.2 Nihal Sarin Michal Krasenkow Won: 0-1 50 Open
794 2018-01-01 47th Rilton Cup 2017-18 Stockholm SWE 5.5 Michal Krasenkow Hans Tikkanen Won: 1-0 52 Open
795 2017-12-30 47th Rilton Cup 2017-18 Stockholm SWE 4.2 Jaime Santos Latasa Michal Krasenkow Draw: 1/2-1/2 37 Open
796 2017-12-29 47th Rilton Cup 2017-18 Stockholm SWE 3.9 Michal Krasenkow Lance Henderson de La Fuente Won: 1-0 32 Open
797 2017-12-28 47th Rilton Cup 2017-18 Stockholm SWE 2.1 Sergei Lobanov Michal Krasenkow Draw: 1/2-1/2 56 Open
798 2017-12-27 47th Rilton Cup 2017-18 Stockholm SWE 1.2 Michal Krasenkow Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez Won: 1-0 52 Open
799 2017-12-17 European Rapid 2017 Katowice POL 9.36 Klaus Berg Michal Krasenkow Won: 0-1 48 Open
800 2017-12-17 European Rapid 2017 Katowice POL 8.32 Michal Krasenkow Eneasz Wiewiora Draw: 1/2-1/2 52 Open
  1. vs Piotr TworzydloDraw · ½–½White · 2018-05-05 · Round 5.66th POL-HUN Open 2018
  2. vs Lukasz JarmulaDraw · ½–½Black · 2018-05-05 · Round 4.36th POL-HUN Open 2018
  3. vs Unidentified playerWon · 1-0White · 2018-05-05 · Round 3.36th POL-HUN Open 2018
  4. vs Artur LapczynskiWon · 0-1Black · 2018-05-05 · Round 2.56th POL-HUN Open 2018
  5. vs Ryszard GajznerWon · 1-0White · 2018-05-05 · Round 1.66th POL-HUN Open 2018
  6. vs Baadur JobavaDraw · ½–½Black · 2018-05-01 · Round 7.350th Italian Teams 2018
  7. vs Daniel SadzikowskiWon · 1-0White · 2018-04-30 · Round 6.250th Italian Teams 2018
  8. vs Milan DraskoDraw · ½–½White · 2018-04-30 · Round 5.350th Italian Teams 2018
  9. vs Franc AshikuWon · 0-1Black · 2018-04-29 · Round 4.450th Italian Teams 2018
  10. vs Julio E Granda ZunigaDraw · ½–½White · 2018-04-28 · Round 3.250th Italian Teams 2018
  11. vs Alessio ValsecchiDraw · ½–½Black · 2018-04-28 · Round 2.350th Italian Teams 2018
  12. vs Andrey EsipenkoLost · 1-0Black · 2018-03-28 · Round 11.319th ch-EUR Indiv 2018
  13. vs Alexander G BeliavskyWon · 1-0White · 2018-03-27 · Round 10.4619th ch-EUR Indiv 2018
  14. vs Nikita MatinianDraw · ½–½Black · 2018-03-26 · Round 9.4719th ch-EUR Indiv 2018
  15. vs Thai Dai Van NguyenDraw · ½–½White · 2018-03-25 · Round 8.4619th ch-EUR Indiv 2018
  16. vs Davit MaghalashviliDraw · ½–½Black · 2018-03-24 · Round 7.4419th ch-EUR Indiv 2018
  17. vs Arturs BernotasWon · 1-0White · 2018-03-22 · Round 6.6719th ch-EUR Indiv 2018
  18. vs Andreas DiermairLost · 1-0Black · 2018-03-21 · Round 5.4119th ch-EUR Indiv 2018
  19. vs Sergiy ZavgorodniyWon · 1-0White · 2018-03-20 · Round 4.6319th ch-EUR Indiv 2018
  20. vs Luka DraskovicDraw · ½–½Black · 2018-03-19 · Round 3.6119th ch-EUR Indiv 2018
  21. vs Gert SchniderDraw · ½–½White · 2018-03-18 · Round 2.6919th ch-EUR Indiv 2018
  22. vs Felix BlohbergerDraw · ½–½Black · 2018-03-17 · Round 1.3719th ch-EUR Indiv 2018
  23. vs Kamil MitonDraw · ½–½Black · 2018-03-11 · Round 12.4Bundesliga 2017-18
  24. vs Michael KopylovWon · 1-0White · 2018-03-10 · Round 11.4Bundesliga 2017-18
  25. vs Peter SchreinerDraw · ½–½White · 2018-02-25 · Round 10.4Bundesliga 2017-18
  26. vs Mateusz BartelWon · 0-1Black · 2018-02-24 · Round 9.4Bundesliga 2017-18
  27. vs Harika DronavalliDraw · ½–½Black · 2018-01-28 · Round 13.480th Tata Steel GpB
  28. vs Bassem AminLost · 0-1White · 2018-01-27 · Round 12.480th Tata Steel GpB
  29. vs Benjamin BokDraw · ½–½White · 2018-01-26 · Round 11.180th Tata Steel GpB
  30. vs Aryan TariDraw · ½–½Black · 2018-01-24 · Round 10.280th Tata Steel GpB
  31. vs Jorden Van ForeestLost · 0-1White · 2018-01-23 · Round 9.380th Tata Steel GpB
  32. vs Olga GiryaWon · 0-1Black · 2018-01-21 · Round 8.580th Tata Steel GpB
  33. vs Anton KorobovDraw · ½–½White · 2018-01-20 · Round 7.780th Tata Steel GpB
  34. vs Jeffery XiongDraw · ½–½Black · 2018-01-19 · Round 6.580th Tata Steel GpB
  35. vs Matthias BluebaumDraw · ½–½White · 2018-01-17 · Round 5.480th Tata Steel GpB
  36. vs Dmitry GordievskyDraw · ½–½Black · 2018-01-16 · Round 4.380th Tata Steel GpB
  37. vs Lucas Van ForeestDraw · ½–½White · 2018-01-15 · Round 3.780th Tata Steel GpB
  38. vs Santosh Gujrathi ViditLost · 1-0Black · 2018-01-14 · Round 2.180th Tata Steel GpB
  39. vs Erwin L'AmiDraw · ½–½White · 2018-01-13 · Round 1.680th Tata Steel GpB
  40. vs Benjamin GleduraLost · 0-1White · 2018-01-05 · Round 9.647th Rilton Cup 2017-18
  41. vs Kirill AlekseenkoLost · 1-0Black · 2018-01-04 · Round 8.147th Rilton Cup 2017-18
  42. vs Kacper PiorunDraw · ½–½White · 2018-01-03 · Round 7.147th Rilton Cup 2017-18
  43. vs Nihal SarinWon · 0-1Black · 2018-01-02 · Round 6.247th Rilton Cup 2017-18
  44. vs Hans TikkanenWon · 1-0White · 2018-01-01 · Round 5.547th Rilton Cup 2017-18
  45. vs Jaime Santos LatasaDraw · ½–½Black · 2017-12-30 · Round 4.247th Rilton Cup 2017-18
  46. vs Lance Henderson de La FuenteWon · 1-0White · 2017-12-29 · Round 3.947th Rilton Cup 2017-18
  47. vs Sergei LobanovDraw · ½–½Black · 2017-12-28 · Round 2.147th Rilton Cup 2017-18
  48. vs Juan Manuel Bellon LopezWon · 1-0White · 2017-12-27 · Round 1.247th Rilton Cup 2017-18
  49. vs Klaus BergWon · 0-1Black · 2017-12-17 · Round 9.36European Rapid 2017
  50. vs Eneasz WiewioraDraw · ½–½White · 2017-12-17 · Round 8.32European Rapid 2017

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