Igor Janik (chess player)
Igor Janik is a Polish chess grandmaster.
Biography
Igor Janik made his chess debut in the individual Polish Youth Chess Championship in 2010 in Wisła, where he took the 13th place. He won the Polish Youth Chess Championships medals six times: silver in Solina in 2012, silver in Wałbrzych in 2013, gold in Spała in 2014, silver in Karpacz in 2015, gold in Szklarska Poręba in 2016 and gold in Ustroń in 2017.Igor Janik was a medalist of the European Youth Rapid Chess Championships: bronze and a five-time medalist of the Polish Youth Blitz Chess Championships.
Igor Janik represented Poland at World Youth Chess Championships and European Youth Chess Championships, achieving the best result in 2016 in Prague - 2nd place at the European Youth Chess Championship in U16 age group. He won tournaments four times: 2016 in Mariánské Lázně, 2017 in Jastrzębia Góra Star of the North, 2018 in Gorzów Wielkopolski and 2019 in Budapest.
Since 2019, Igor Janik has regularly participated in the finals of the Polish Chess Championships. He achieved the best result in 2019, when he ranked in 7th place. Also he won two silver medal in row in Polish Blitz Chess Championship.
In 2018, Igor Janik was awarded the FIDE International Master title and received the FIDE Grandmaster title four years later. He reached the highest rating in his career so far on April 1, 2023, with a score of 2552 points.