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Praest, Jan

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FIDEFIDE 1449931· Male· Denmark· Born in 1956

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Jan Praest, a 70-year-old Danish player, is rated 1728 — just 20 short of his peak of 1748 (May 2025, age 69). He has held steady between 1700 and 1750 for 2 years. 13 rated games in the past year (≈8/year long-term). Recent appearances: VRS Efteraar 2025 -2 and VRS Foraar 2025 - 1 Round 5-8. He took a 34-month break between Jan 2019 and Dec 2021 (COVID-19 included).

Current rating

1728

Standard

Rpd—·Blz—

All-time high

1748

−20 pts below
May 2025 · age 69

Activity

7

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

13 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#99,987

#99,987 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

9 entries
2025
All-time peak 1748
at age 69 · −20 from today
May 2025
2024
Crossed 1600
at age 68
Mar 2024
2019
Inactive for 34 months
paused at 1559 → returned at 1571
Jan 2019
2017
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 61
May 2017
2016
Best 12-month gain (+269 Elo)
1310 → 1579
Dec 2016
Crossed 1500
at age 60
Dec 2016

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Jens Jacob Prasse 1,744
VRS Efteraar 2025 -2 · Oct 2025 · +10.5 Elo
Evolution
-20
1748 → 1728
Tournaments
2
13 games
Score
5.5/ 1342.3%
3W5D5L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsJens Jacob Prasse1,744·VRS Efteraar 2025 -2·R3·+10.5
2.[W]vsPoul G. Olesen1,700·VRS Efteraar 2025 -2·R6·+9.2
3.[W]vsSvend Henriksen1,449·VRS Foraar 2025 - 1 Round 5-8·R7·+3.3
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsJorgen Rasmussen1,749·VRS Efteraar 2025 -2·R5·-9.4
2.[L]vsSoren Graugaard Christensen1,761·VRS Foraar 2025 - 1 Round 5-8·R5·-9.1
3.[L]vsOle Schmidt1,773·VRS Efteraar 2025 -2·R1·-8.7

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
VRS Efteraar 2025 -2
Round-Robin
Oct 20253.5/7#41721-1.2
VRS Foraar 2025 - 1 Round 5-8
Swiss
May 20252/6#121629-19.2
Worst Elo result: VRS Foraar 2025 - 1 Round 5-8 (-19.2 Elo, finished #12).

Rankings

/
Denmark
#1,789
out of 2,633 players
Europe
#70,859
in continent
World
#99,986
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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World
Denmark
1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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2,559
6
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2,530
7
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2,490
8
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2,482
9
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2,478
10
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2,475
...
1789🇩🇰Praest, Jan1,728
Europe
1
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2,840
2
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2,767
3
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2,759
3
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2,759
5
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2,739
6
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2,735
7
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2,729
8
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2,717
8
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2,717
10
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2,708
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70859🇩🇰Praest, Jan1,728
World
1
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2,840
2
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2,792
3
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4
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2,780
5
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2,776
6
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2,767
7
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2,759
7
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2,759
9
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2,754
10
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2,753
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99986🇩🇰Praest, Jan1,728