IMPawel Sowinski

Paweł Sowiński comes from Humniska in southeastern Poland and attended I Liceum Ogólnokształcące in nearby Brzozów. He won Polish classical age-group titles from under-eight through under-fourteen before moving into older junior competition. At fourteen, he won the 2024 Slovakia Chess Open in Piešťany, finishing unbeaten and edging grandmaster Tomas Laurusas on tiebreak. He became an international master that year. By 2026 he was representing Polonia Wrocław and won Poland's under-eighteen classical championship while still sixteen. He added the national under-eighteen rapid title in July. At the European youth blitz championship that summer, he took under-sixteen silver after finishing level on points with the winner.