GMMichal Krasenkow
- 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 rating history
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FIDE tournaments
| Date | Tournament | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-18 | XVI Miedzynarodowy Memorial Szachowy Ferdynanda Dziedzica | Rapid | 7½ |
| 2026-10-07 | RR Spilimbergo GM | Classical | 5½ |
| 2026-10-02 | Mistrzostwa Polski w Szachach Szybkich 2026 | Rapid | 7 |
Available Games
Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-09 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 401 | 2022-09-24 | Chhattisgarh CM Masters | Raipur IND | 6.8 | Michal Krasenkow | V A V Rajesh | 0-1 | 45 | Open |
| 402 | 2022-09-23 | Chhattisgarh CM Masters | Raipur IND | 5.1 | Levan Pantsulaia | Michal Krasenkow | 1-0 | 51 | Open |
| 403 | 2022-09-22 | Chhattisgarh CM Masters | Raipur IND | 4.3 | Michal Krasenkow | Chidvilash Sai Surapaneni | 1/2-1/2 | 28 | Open |
| 404 | 2022-09-21 | Chhattisgarh CM Masters | Raipur IND | 3.3 | Roy Saptarshi | Michal Krasenkow | 0-1 | 56 | Open |
| 405 | 2022-09-20 | Chhattisgarh CM Masters | Raipur IND | 2.3 | Michal Krasenkow | Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage | 1-0 | 47 | Open |
| 406 | 2022-09-19 | Chhattisgarh CM Masters | Raipur IND | 1.4 | Mahitosh Dey | Michal Krasenkow | 0-1 | 34 | Open |
| 407 | 2022-09-11 | Enea TCh-POL Ekstraliga | Bydgoszcz POL | 9.4 | Wojciech Moranda | Michal Krasenkow | 0-1 | 42 | Open |
| 408 | 2022-09-10 | Enea TCh-POL Ekstraliga | Bydgoszcz POL | 8.3 | Michal Krasenkow | Krystian Kuzmicz | 1/2-1/2 | 46 | Open |
| 409 | 2022-09-09 | Enea TCh-POL Ekstraliga | Bydgoszcz POL | 7.3 | Yuriy Kryvoruchko | Michal Krasenkow | 1/2-1/2 | 43 | Open |
| 410 | 2022-09-08 | Enea TCh-POL Ekstraliga | Bydgoszcz POL | 6.4 | Michal Krasenkow | Tomas Laurusas | 1/2-1/2 | 52 | Open |
| 411 | 2022-09-07 | Enea TCh-POL Ekstraliga | Bydgoszcz POL | 5.2 | Ferenc Berkes | Michal Krasenkow | 1/2-1/2 | 26 | Open |
| 412 | 2022-09-06 | Enea TCh-POL Ekstraliga | Bydgoszcz POL | 4.5 | Michal Krasenkow | Mateusz Bartel | 1/2-1/2 | 31 | Open |
| 413 | 2022-09-05 | Enea TCh-POL Ekstraliga | Bydgoszcz POL | 3.1 | Michal Krasenkow | Dmitrij Kollars | 1/2-1/2 | 49 | Open |
| 414 | 2022-09-04 | Enea TCh-POL Ekstraliga | Bydgoszcz POL | 2.5 | Grzegorz Nasuta | Michal Krasenkow | 1-0 | 46 | Open |
| 415 | 2022-09-03 | Enea TCh-POL Ekstraliga | Bydgoszcz POL | 1.2 | Michal Krasenkow | Arkadiusz Leniart | 1/2-1/2 | 53 | Open |
| 416 | 2022-07-08 | Jana Maciei Mem 2022 | Warsaw POL | 9.5 | Krystian Kuzmicz | Michal Krasenkow | 1-0 | 57 | Open |
| 417 | 2022-07-08 | Jana Maciei Mem 2022 | Warsaw POL | 8.2 | Michal Krasenkow | Grzegorz Nasuta | 0-1 | 42 | Open |
| 418 | 2022-07-08 | Jana Maciei Mem 2022 | Warsaw POL | 7.2 | Tomasz Markowski | Michal Krasenkow | 0-1 | 25 | Open |
| 419 | 2022-07-08 | Jana Maciei Mem 2022 | Warsaw POL | 6.3 | Michal Krasenkow | Bartosz Socko | 1-0 | 44 | Open |
| 420 | 2022-07-08 | Jana Maciei Mem 2022 | Warsaw POL | 5.9 | Miroslaw Grabarczyk | Michal Krasenkow | 0-1 | 33 | Open |
| 421 | 2022-07-08 | Jana Maciei Mem 2022 | Warsaw POL | 4.15 | Michal Krasenkow | Maksymilian Krogulski | 1-0 | 27 | Open |
| 422 | 2022-07-08 | Jana Maciei Mem 2022 | Warsaw POL | 3.11 | Jakub Kobak | Michal Krasenkow | 1/2-1/2 | 43 | Open |
| 423 | 2022-07-08 | Jana Maciei Mem 2022 | Warsaw POL | 2.12 | Michal Krasenkow | Liwia Jarocka | 1-0 | 41 | Open |
| 424 | 2022-07-08 | Jana Maciei Mem 2022 | Warsaw POL | 11.19 | Barbara Goraj | Michal Krasenkow | 1-0 | 43 | Open |
| 425 | 2022-07-08 | Jana Maciei Mem 2022 | Warsaw POL | 10.15 | Michal Krasenkow | Justin Sarkar | 0-1 | 49 | Open |
| 426 | 2022-07-04 | Bydgoszcz Open A 2022 | Bydgoszcz POL | 10.3 | Andrei Maksimenko | Michal Krasenkow | 1/2-1/2 | 12 | Open |
| 427 | 2022-07-03 | Bydgoszcz Open A 2022 | Bydgoszcz POL | 9.2 | Michal Krasenkow | Pawel Czarnota | 1/2-1/2 | 45 | Open |
| 428 | 2022-07-02 | Bydgoszcz Open A 2022 | Bydgoszcz POL | 8.4 | Michal Krasenkow | Jakub Kosakowski | 1-0 | 58 | Open |
| 429 | 2022-07-01 | Bydgoszcz Open A 2022 | Bydgoszcz POL | 7.1 | Karol Kucza | Michal Krasenkow | 1-0 | 60 | Open |
| 430 | 2022-06-30 | Bydgoszcz Open A 2022 | Bydgoszcz POL | 6.1 | Michal Krasenkow | Bartlomiej Heberla | 1/2-1/2 | 19 | Open |
| 431 | 2022-06-29 | Bydgoszcz Open A 2022 | Bydgoszcz POL | 5.2 | Damian Lewtak | Michal Krasenkow | 0-1 | 56 | Open |
| 432 | 2022-06-28 | Bydgoszcz Open A 2022 | Bydgoszcz POL | 4.2 | Lukasz Licznerski | Michal Krasenkow | 1/2-1/2 | 54 | Open |
| 433 | 2022-06-27 | Bydgoszcz Open A 2022 | Bydgoszcz POL | 3.2 | Michal Krasenkow | Krzysztof Jakubowski | 1/2-1/2 | 50 | Open |
| 434 | 2022-06-26 | Bydgoszcz Open A 2022 | Bydgoszcz POL | 2.3 | Petro Golubka | Michal Krasenkow | 0-1 | 54 | Open |
| 435 | 2022-06-25 | Bydgoszcz Open A 2022 | Bydgoszcz POL | 1.3 | Michal Krasenkow | Tomasz Zebracki | 1-0 | 41 | Open |
| 436 | 2022-05-29 | Bundesliga 2021-22 | Baden Baden GER | 10.4 | Alexander Zajogin | Michal Krasenkow | 1-0 | 25 | Open |
| 437 | 2022-05-28 | Bundesliga 2021-22 | Baden Baden GER | 9.4 | Michal Krasenkow | Dirk, Dr. Hennig | 1-0 | 55 | Open |
| 438 | 2022-04-10 | Bundesliga 2021-22 | Aachen GER | 4.4 | Rudolf Meessen | Michal Krasenkow | 1/2-1/2 | 43 | Open |
| 439 | 2022-04-09 | Bundesliga 2021-22 | Aachen GER | 3.4 | Michal Krasenkow | Guntram, Dr. Hainke | 1-0 | 16 | Open |
| 440 | 2022-03-13 | POL Rap Ekstraliga Final | Bydgoszcz POL | 6.2 | Dmitrij Kollars | Michal Krasenkow | 0-1 | 39 | Open |
| 441 | 2022-03-13 | POL Rap Ekstraliga Final | Bydgoszcz POL | 5.2 | Michal Krasenkow | Dmitrij Kollars | 0-1 | 53 | Open |
| 442 | 2022-03-13 | POL Rap Ekstraliga Final | Bydgoszcz POL | 4.2 | Marcin Tazbir | Michal Krasenkow | 0-1 | 42 | Open |
| 443 | 2022-03-13 | POL Rap Ekstraliga Final | Bydgoszcz POL | 3.2 | Michal Krasenkow | Marcin Tazbir | 0-1 | 22 | Open |
| 444 | 2022-03-12 | Polish Rapid Ekstraliga B | Bydgoszcz POL | 9.2 | Michal Krasenkow | Jan Kokoszczynski | 1-0 | 33 | Open |
| 445 | 2022-03-12 | Polish Rapid Ekstraliga B | Bydgoszcz POL | 8.2 | Michal Krasenkow | Marcin Tazbir | 1-0 | 38 | Open |
| 446 | 2022-03-12 | Polish Rapid Ekstraliga B | Bydgoszcz POL | 7.2 | Mateusz Brozyna | Michal Krasenkow | 0-1 | 61 | Open |
| 447 | 2022-03-12 | Polish Rapid Ekstraliga B | Bydgoszcz POL | 6.2 | Michal Krasenkow | Mieszko Mis | 1/2-1/2 | 57 | Open |
| 448 | 2022-03-12 | Polish Rapid Ekstraliga B | Bydgoszcz POL | 10.2 | Dmitrij Kollars | Michal Krasenkow | 0-1 | 43 | Open |
| 449 | 2022-03-11 | Polish Rapid Ekstraliga B | Bydgoszcz POL | 5.2 | Michal Krasenkow | Dmitrij Kollars | 1-0 | 55 | Open |
| 450 | 2022-03-11 | Polish Rapid Ekstraliga B | Bydgoszcz POL | 4.2 | Jan Kokoszczynski | Michal Krasenkow | 1/2-1/2 | 52 | Open |