14 Facts About Jan-Krzysztof Duda

Jan-Krzysztof Duda is a bronze medallist at the European Team Chess Championship in 2021 and he competed in the Candidates Tournament 2022 finishing seventh.

Jan-Krzysztof Duda was awarded the Golden Cross of Merit for his achievements in chess.

In 2007, Jan-Krzysztof Duda placed first in the U8 Polish Youth Championship chess tournament.

In 2008, Jan-Krzysztof Duda won the World Youth Chess Championship in the under-10 category and as a result he was awarded the title of FIDE Master.

In 2012, Jan-Krzysztof Duda won the Polish under-18 championship in Solina and the European Youth Chess Championship in the under-14 category in Prague.

In May 2013, Jan-Krzysztof Duda achieved his final norm required for the title of Grandmaster, in the European Individual Championship, at the age of 15 years and 21 days.

Jan-Krzysztof Duda thus became the second youngest Polish grandmaster ever, after Dariusz Swiercz.

In July 2015, Jan-Krzysztof Duda won the Lake Sevan round-robin tournament in Martuni, Armenia.

On 1 July 2017, Jan-Krzysztof Duda became the first Polish junior player to break the 2700 barrier in FIDE rating, achieving the highest ranking in his chess career so far.

In 2018, Jan-Krzysztof Duda reached the semi-finals of the Speed Chess Championship after beating Karjakin and Alexander Grischuk, eventually losing to Wesley So.

In November 2019, Jan-Krzysztof Duda participated in the Hamburg FIDE Grand Prix tournament, which is part of the qualification cycle for the World Chess Championship 2020.

In round five, Jan-Krzysztof Duda defeated the Russian GM Alexander Grischuk in the rapid tiebreaker after drawing the classical games.

Jan-Krzysztof Duda then knocked out Vidit Gujrathi in the quarterfinals and eliminated the World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen in the tiebreaker of the semifinals to qualify for the 2022 Candidates Tournament.

Jan-Krzysztof Duda graduated from the University School of Physical Education in Krakow in 2020.