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
851 2017-07-02 4th Purtichju Open 2017 Porticcio FRA 1.6 1503120 Michal Krasenkow Won: 0-1 65 Open
852 2017-05-07 2nd Bundesliga Sud 2016-17 Germany GER 9.1 Michal Krasenkow Rick Frischmann Won: 1-0 39 Open
853 2017-04-23 2nd Bundesliga Sud 2016-17 Germany GER 8.2 Michal Krasenkow Timothee Heinz Won: 1-0 63 Open
854 2017-04-17 O2C Doeberl Cup 2017 Canberra AUS 9.2 Michal Krasenkow Fedja Zulfic Won: 1-0 33 Open
855 2017-04-16 O2C Doeberl Cup 2017 Canberra AUS 8.2 Gary W Lane Michal Krasenkow Won: 0-1 33 Open
856 2017-04-16 O2C Doeberl Cup 2017 Canberra AUS 7.2 Michal Krasenkow Zong-Yuan Zhao Draw: 1/2-1/2 54 Open
857 2017-04-15 O2C Doeberl Cup 2017 Canberra AUS 6.2 Trevor Tao Michal Krasenkow Won: 0-1 44 Open
858 2017-04-15 O2C Doeberl Cup 2017 Canberra AUS 5.1 Michal Krasenkow Surya Shekhar Ganguly Lost: 0-1 59 Open
859 2017-04-14 O2C Doeberl Cup 2017 Canberra AUS 4.2 Anton Smirnov Michal Krasenkow Won: 0-1 40 Open
860 2017-04-14 O2C Doeberl Cup 2017 Canberra AUS 3.2 Michal Krasenkow Junta Ikeda Won: 1-0 50 Open
861 2017-04-13 O2C Doeberl Cup 2017 Canberra AUS 2.2 Andrew Brown Michal Krasenkow Won: 0-1 35 Open
862 2017-04-13 O2C Doeberl Cup 2017 Canberra AUS 1.2 Michal Krasenkow Ray Yang Won: 1-0 28 Open
863 2017-03-29 ch-POL 2017 Warsaw POL 9.5 Michal Krasenkow Grzegorz Gajewski Lost: 0-1 60 Open
864 2017-03-28 ch-POL 2017 Warsaw POL 8.1 Bartosz Socko Michal Krasenkow Draw: 1/2-1/2 37 Open
865 2017-03-27 ch-POL 2017 Warsaw POL 7.5 Mateusz Bartel Michal Krasenkow Won: 0-1 53 Open
866 2017-03-26 ch-POL 2017 Warsaw POL 6.2 Michal Krasenkow Daniel Sadzikowski Won: 1-0 54 Open
867 2017-03-25 ch-POL 2017 Warsaw POL 5.4 Bartlomiej Heberla Michal Krasenkow Won: 0-1 41 Open
868 2017-03-24 ch-POL 2017 Warsaw POL 4.3 Michal Krasenkow Aleksander Mista Lost: 0-1 34 Open
869 2017-03-23 ch-POL 2017 Warsaw POL 3.3 Jacek Tomczak Michal Krasenkow Draw: 1/2-1/2 33 Open
870 2017-03-22 ch-POL 2017 Warsaw POL 2.4 Michal Krasenkow Kacper Piorun Lost: 0-1 41 Open
871 2017-03-21 ch-POL 2017 Warsaw POL 1.2 Lukasz Jarmula Michal Krasenkow Won: 0-1 39 Open
872 2017-03-19 2nd Bundesliga Sud 2016-17 Germany GER 7.3 Michal Krasenkow Bence Korpa Draw: 1/2-1/2 28 Open
873 2017-02-19 2nd Bundesliga Sud 2016-17 Germany GER 6.4 Michal Krasenkow Christoph Menezes Draw: 1/2-1/2 48 Open
874 2017-02-05 2nd Bundesliga Sud 2016-17 Germany GER 5.3 Lev Yankelevich Michal Krasenkow Won: 0-1 39 Open
875 2017-01-15 2nd Bundesliga Sud 2016-17 Germany GER 4.3 Michal Krasenkow Igor Zuyev Won: 1-0 18 Open
876 2016-12-30 54th Groningen Open 2016 Groningen NED 9.3 Evgeny Gleizerov Michal Krasenkow Won: 0-1 35 Open
877 2016-12-29 54th Groningen Open 2016 Groningen NED 8.5 Michal Krasenkow Deepan Chakkravarthy J. Won: 1-0 45 Open
878 2016-12-28 54th Groningen Open 2016 Groningen NED 7.9 Mikhail Popov Michal Krasenkow Won: 0-1 53 Open
879 2016-12-27 54th Groningen Open 2016 Groningen NED 6.15 Michal Krasenkow Ruud Van Meegen Won: 1-0 28 Open
880 2016-12-21 54th Groningen Open 2016 Groningen NED 1.1 Michal Krasenkow Nick Maatman Lost: 0-1 31 Open
881 2016-12-04 2nd Bundesliga Sud 2016-17 Germany GER 3.2 Michal Krasenkow Jiri Rydl Won: 1-0 52 Open
882 2016-11-20 2nd Bundesliga Sud 2016-17 Germany GER 2.5 Michal Krasenkow Anton Korobov Draw: 1/2-1/2 47 Open
883 2016-10-16 2nd Bundesliga Sud 2016-17 Germany GER 1.1 Eric Lobron Michal Krasenkow Draw: 1/2-1/2 24 Open
884 2016-10-09 TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2016 Poland POL 9.4 Tomasz Warakomski Michal Krasenkow Draw: 1/2-1/2 32 Open
885 2016-10-08 TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2016 Poland POL 8.4 Michal Krasenkow Oskar Wieczorek Draw: 1/2-1/2 42 Open
886 2016-10-07 TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2016 Poland POL 7.4 Michal Krasenkow Dariusz Mikrut Won: 1-0 45 Open
887 2016-09-25 TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2016 Poland POL 6.1 Andrei Maksimenko Michal Krasenkow Draw: 1/2-1/2 31 Open
888 2016-09-24 TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2016 Poland POL 5.2 Michal Krasenkow Marcin Sieciechowicz Won: 1-0 63 Open
889 2016-09-23 TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2016 Poland POL 4.3 Piotr Brodowski Michal Krasenkow Won: 0-1 37 Open
890 2016-09-18 6th Dziedzica Mem 2016 Trzcianka POL 9.9 Michal Krasenkow Aleksander Czerwonski Lost: 0-1 53 Open
891 2016-09-18 6th Dziedzica Mem 2016 Trzcianka POL 8.3 Kamil Dragun Michal Krasenkow Lost: 1-0 61 Open
892 2016-09-18 6th Dziedzica Mem 2016 Trzcianka POL 7.1 Alexei Shirov Michal Krasenkow Lost: 1-0 34 Open
893 2016-09-18 6th Dziedzica Mem 2016 Trzcianka POL 6.1 Michal Krasenkow Michal Olszewski Draw: 1/2-1/2 39 Open
894 2016-09-18 6th Dziedzica Mem 2016 Trzcianka POL 5.3 Michal Mazurkiewicz Michal Krasenkow Won: 0-1 43 Open
895 2016-09-18 6th Dziedzica Mem 2016 Trzcianka POL 4.3 Michal Krasenkow Wojciech Przybylski Won: 1-0 38 Open
896 2016-09-18 6th Dziedzica Mem 2016 Trzcianka POL 3.4 Pawel Beben Michal Krasenkow Won: 0-1 40 Open
897 2016-09-18 6th Dziedzica Mem 2016 Trzcianka POL 2.4 Michal Krasenkow Grzegorz Nun Won: 1-0 21 Open
898 2016-09-18 6th Dziedzica Mem 2016 Trzcianka POL 1.4 Jakub Chyzy Michal Krasenkow Won: 0-1 30 Open
899 2016-08-05 TCh-TUR Super League 2016 Izmir TUR 13.2 Michal Krasenkow Deniz Seyhanoglu Won: 1-0 43 Open
900 2016-08-04 TCh-TUR Super League 2016 Izmir TUR 12.3 Ufuk Tuncer Michal Krasenkow Won: 0-1 78 Open
  1. vs 1503120Won · 0-1Black · 2017-07-02 · Round 1.64th Purtichju Open 2017
  2. vs Rick FrischmannWon · 1-0White · 2017-05-07 · Round 9.12nd Bundesliga Sud 2016-17
  3. vs Timothee HeinzWon · 1-0White · 2017-04-23 · Round 8.22nd Bundesliga Sud 2016-17
  4. vs Fedja ZulficWon · 1-0White · 2017-04-17 · Round 9.2O2C Doeberl Cup 2017
  5. vs Gary W LaneWon · 0-1Black · 2017-04-16 · Round 8.2O2C Doeberl Cup 2017
  6. vs Zong-Yuan ZhaoDraw · ½–½White · 2017-04-16 · Round 7.2O2C Doeberl Cup 2017
  7. vs Trevor TaoWon · 0-1Black · 2017-04-15 · Round 6.2O2C Doeberl Cup 2017
  8. vs Surya Shekhar GangulyLost · 0-1White · 2017-04-15 · Round 5.1O2C Doeberl Cup 2017
  9. vs Anton SmirnovWon · 0-1Black · 2017-04-14 · Round 4.2O2C Doeberl Cup 2017
  10. vs Junta IkedaWon · 1-0White · 2017-04-14 · Round 3.2O2C Doeberl Cup 2017
  11. vs Andrew BrownWon · 0-1Black · 2017-04-13 · Round 2.2O2C Doeberl Cup 2017
  12. vs Ray YangWon · 1-0White · 2017-04-13 · Round 1.2O2C Doeberl Cup 2017
  13. vs Grzegorz GajewskiLost · 0-1White · 2017-03-29 · Round 9.5ch-POL 2017
  14. vs Bartosz SockoDraw · ½–½Black · 2017-03-28 · Round 8.1ch-POL 2017
  15. vs Mateusz BartelWon · 0-1Black · 2017-03-27 · Round 7.5ch-POL 2017
  16. vs Daniel SadzikowskiWon · 1-0White · 2017-03-26 · Round 6.2ch-POL 2017
  17. vs Bartlomiej HeberlaWon · 0-1Black · 2017-03-25 · Round 5.4ch-POL 2017
  18. vs Aleksander MistaLost · 0-1White · 2017-03-24 · Round 4.3ch-POL 2017
  19. vs Jacek TomczakDraw · ½–½Black · 2017-03-23 · Round 3.3ch-POL 2017
  20. vs Kacper PiorunLost · 0-1White · 2017-03-22 · Round 2.4ch-POL 2017
  21. vs Lukasz JarmulaWon · 0-1Black · 2017-03-21 · Round 1.2ch-POL 2017
  22. vs Bence KorpaDraw · ½–½White · 2017-03-19 · Round 7.32nd Bundesliga Sud 2016-17
  23. vs Christoph MenezesDraw · ½–½White · 2017-02-19 · Round 6.42nd Bundesliga Sud 2016-17
  24. vs Lev YankelevichWon · 0-1Black · 2017-02-05 · Round 5.32nd Bundesliga Sud 2016-17
  25. vs Igor ZuyevWon · 1-0White · 2017-01-15 · Round 4.32nd Bundesliga Sud 2016-17
  26. vs Evgeny GleizerovWon · 0-1Black · 2016-12-30 · Round 9.354th Groningen Open 2016
  27. vs Deepan Chakkravarthy J.Won · 1-0White · 2016-12-29 · Round 8.554th Groningen Open 2016
  28. vs Mikhail PopovWon · 0-1Black · 2016-12-28 · Round 7.954th Groningen Open 2016
  29. vs Ruud Van MeegenWon · 1-0White · 2016-12-27 · Round 6.1554th Groningen Open 2016
  30. vs Nick MaatmanLost · 0-1White · 2016-12-21 · Round 1.154th Groningen Open 2016
  31. vs Jiri RydlWon · 1-0White · 2016-12-04 · Round 3.22nd Bundesliga Sud 2016-17
  32. vs Anton KorobovDraw · ½–½White · 2016-11-20 · Round 2.52nd Bundesliga Sud 2016-17
  33. vs Eric LobronDraw · ½–½Black · 2016-10-16 · Round 1.12nd Bundesliga Sud 2016-17
  34. vs Tomasz WarakomskiDraw · ½–½Black · 2016-10-09 · Round 9.4TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2016
  35. vs Oskar WieczorekDraw · ½–½White · 2016-10-08 · Round 8.4TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2016
  36. vs Dariusz MikrutWon · 1-0White · 2016-10-07 · Round 7.4TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2016
  37. vs Andrei MaksimenkoDraw · ½–½Black · 2016-09-25 · Round 6.1TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2016
  38. vs Marcin SieciechowiczWon · 1-0White · 2016-09-24 · Round 5.2TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2016
  39. vs Piotr BrodowskiWon · 0-1Black · 2016-09-23 · Round 4.3TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2016
  40. vs Aleksander CzerwonskiLost · 0-1White · 2016-09-18 · Round 9.96th Dziedzica Mem 2016
  41. vs Kamil DragunLost · 1-0Black · 2016-09-18 · Round 8.36th Dziedzica Mem 2016
  42. vs Alexei ShirovLost · 1-0Black · 2016-09-18 · Round 7.16th Dziedzica Mem 2016
  43. vs Michal OlszewskiDraw · ½–½White · 2016-09-18 · Round 6.16th Dziedzica Mem 2016
  44. vs Michal MazurkiewiczWon · 0-1Black · 2016-09-18 · Round 5.36th Dziedzica Mem 2016
  45. vs Wojciech PrzybylskiWon · 1-0White · 2016-09-18 · Round 4.36th Dziedzica Mem 2016
  46. vs Pawel BebenWon · 0-1Black · 2016-09-18 · Round 3.46th Dziedzica Mem 2016
  47. vs Grzegorz NunWon · 1-0White · 2016-09-18 · Round 2.46th Dziedzica Mem 2016
  48. vs Jakub ChyzyWon · 0-1Black · 2016-09-18 · Round 1.46th Dziedzica Mem 2016
  49. vs Deniz SeyhanogluWon · 1-0White · 2016-08-05 · Round 13.2TCh-TUR Super League 2016
  50. vs Ufuk TuncerWon · 0-1Black · 2016-08-04 · Round 12.3TCh-TUR Super League 2016

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