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Speck, Jakob
🇩🇪FIDE 12938181· Male· Germany· Born in 1999
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Jakob Speck, a 27-year-old German player, is rated 1959 — just 7 short of his peak of 1966 (May 2026, age 27). He is climbing fast, having gained +117 Elo over the past 12 months. 48 rated games in the past year (≈10/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include HSK-Osteropen 2026, Chessence Masters Tournament No. 13, and HSK-Weihnachtsopen 2025. Also played 1 rapid (including SUMMER PRAGUE OPEN 2025 C - rapid tournament) and 1 blitz events (including SUMMER PRAGUE OPEN 2025 D - blitz tournament) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 23 months (2018–2020) and 53 months (2020–2024, COVID-19 included).
At junior level, he reached #91 and #45 nationally in U16 and U14.
Current rating
1959
Standard
Rpd1853·Blz1802
All-time high
1966
−7 pts below
May 2026 · age 27
May 2026 · age 27
Activity
25
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
48 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#34,834
#34,834 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2026
All-time peak 1966
at age 27 · −7 from today
May 2026
Best 12-month gain (+147 Elo)
1816 → 1963
Feb 2026
2025
100 career games
at age 26
Oct 2025
2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 25
Mar 2024
2020
Inactive for 53 months
paused at 1738 → returned at 1820
Mar 2020
2018
Inactive for 23 months
paused at 1744 → returned at 1738
Mar 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+117
1842 → 1959
Tournaments
7
44 games
Score
29/ 4465.9%
23W12D9L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 1.5/3 | #109 | 1859 | -7.4 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5/7 | #7 | 1966 | +3.0 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 2.5/4 | #5 | 1946 | -1.2 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4.5/6 | #10 | 2143 | +40.4 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 3.5/5 | #4 | 2017 | +18.4 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 5.5/9 | #21 | 2039 | +42.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6.5/9 | #9 | 1929 | +23.4 |
Rankings
/
Germany
#4,005
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#25,752
in continent
World
#34,833
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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