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Fogh, Jens Olaf Svanholm
🇩🇰FIDE 1409476· Male· Denmark· Born in 1989
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Jens Olaf Svanholm Fogh, a 37-year-old Danish player, is rated 2174 — just 10 short of his peak of 2184 (Dec 2021, age 32) and sitting in the top 5% of Danish players, and in the top 4% worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +40 Elo over the past 12 months. 36 rated games in the past year (≈21/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Fredericia Chess EMT 2026 - Kandidat, DM i Skak 2026 - KP1-1, and Viby Foraar 2026 - 1 Round 4-5. He took a 22-month break between May 2012 and Apr 2014.
At junior level, he reached #5, #4 and #4 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
2174
Standard
Rpd2112·Blz2123
All-time high
2184
−10 pts below
Dec 2021 · age 32
Dec 2021 · age 32
Activity
25
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
34 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#129 · Danish players · of 2,593
Career timeline
21 entries2025
10th Danish 35-40 player
at age 36 · rated 2158
Dec 2025
2022
23rd Danish 20-35 player
at age 33 · rated 2176
Apr 2022
2021
All-time peak 2184
at age 32 · −10 from today
Dec 2021
2019
Re-crossed 2100
at age 30
Sep 2019
Re-crossed 2100
at age 30
May 2019
2018
Re-crossed 2100
at age 29
Aug 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+40
2134 → 2174
Tournaments
13
34 games
Score
24.5/ 3472.1%
20W9D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
13 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 3.5/5 | #1 | 2239 | +11.8 |
Round-Robin | Apr 2026 | 3/3 | #1 | 2668 | +9.2 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3.5/5 | #4 | 2216 | +10.6 |
Round-Robin | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #3 | 2688 | +4.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #22 | 2023 | -3.2 |
Round-Robin | Feb 2026 | 2/3 | #2 | 2107 | -2.0 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/2 | #7 | 2021 | -6.6 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/1 | #98 | 2046 | -3.0 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0.5/1 | #65 | 1978 | -4.8 |
Round-Robin | Nov 2025 | 3/3 | #1 | 2736 | +16.8 |
Hot streak: 4 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsMartin Knudsen
🇩🇰DEN·1990
+2 −1 =6
9 games·last met Nov 2024
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vsNina HoibergWIM
🇩🇰DEN·2095
+1 −3 =3
7 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsJanus ChristensenCM
🇩🇰DEN·2135
+2 −3 =2
7 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsPeter Kristensen
🇩🇰DEN·2101
+3 −2 =0
5 games·last met Aug 2019
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vsJohn Christopher Hojstrup Christensen
🇩🇰DEN·1930
+5 −0 =0
5 games·last met May 2019
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Rankings
/
Denmark
#129
out of 2,627 players
Europe
#6,861
in continent
World
#9,680
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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