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JT
Jacob, Tobias
🇩🇪FIDE 12903221· Male· Germany· Born in 1996
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Tobias Jacob, a 30-year-old German player, is rated 2171 — just 4 short of his peak of 2175 (Jan 2026, age 30) and sitting in the top 5% of players worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +24 Elo over the past 12 months. 13 rated games in the past year (≈14/year long-term). Recent appearances: Landesliga Bayern Sued 2025-2026 Maerz 2026 and 35th NATO Chess Championship 2025. Also played 1 rapid (including Sternsinger Benefiz Obermenzing 2026) and 2 blitz events (including Offenes Blitzturnier Muenchen 2025) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 23 months (2012–2014), 37 months (2014–2017) and 19 months (2017–2019).
At junior level, he reached #80 and #49 nationally in U18 and U16.
Current rating
2171
Standard
Rpd1983·Blz1989
All-time high
2175
−4 pts below
Jan 2026 · age 30
Jan 2026 · age 30
Activity
28
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
13 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#9,844 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
14 entries2026
All-time peak 2175
at age 30 · −4 from today
Jan 2026
2024
Best 12-month gain (+136 Elo)
2011 → 2147
Dec 2024
Crossed 2100
at age 28
Dec 2024
2023
Re-crossed 2000
at age 27
Dec 2023
Re-crossed 2000
at age 27
Aug 2023
2022
100 career games
at age 26
Dec 2022
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+24
2147 → 2171
Tournaments
6
13 games
Score
9/ 1369.2%
8W2D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/2 | #2 | 2778 | +10.4 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0/1 | #62 | 1270 | -12.8 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/1 | #43 | 2150 | -0.6 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 1/1 | #23 | 2989 | +10.6 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/1 | #53 | 2167 | 0.0 |
Rankings
/
Germany
#1,042
out of 15,291 players
Europe
#6,990
in continent
World
#9,844
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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