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Karas, Marek
FM🇨🇿FIDE 14928558· Male· Czech Republic· Born in 1999
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Marek Karas, a 27-year-old Czech FIDE Master, is rated 2227 and sitting in the top 3% of Czech players, and in the top 3% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +27 Elo over the past 12 months. 109 rated games in the past year (≈76/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include TIPOS Sachova Extraliga 2025 2026 R9-11, Oberliga Wuerttemberg 2025-2026 April 2026, and 45. Turnaj sachovych nadeji - Pobeskydi Open. Also played 3 rapid (including Grand Prix PlusCity - Rapid Tournament 2025) and 7 blitz events (including EYCC 2025 - 1st Blitz Tournament) recently. His peak of 2308 was reached at age 23 (Jan 2022).
Competes for Czech Republic since Sep 2022. Awarded FM in 2015 (age 16). At junior level, he reached World #97 in U16 and #6, #5, #4 and #2 nationally in U20, U18, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2227
Standard
Rpd2228·Blz2258
All-time high
2308
−81 pts below
Jan 2022 · age 23
Jan 2022 · age 23
Activity
76
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
109 past 12 mo · ≈9/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 3%
#190 · Czech players · of 5,624
Career timeline
26 entries2025
7-month rising streak
+79 Elo
Jul 2025
Re-crossed 2200
at age 26
May 2025
2024
1,000 career games
at age 25
Apr 2024
2022
Switched federation: SVK → CZE
at age 23
Sep 2022
47th Czech 20-35 player
at age 23 · rated 2301
Apr 2022
Re-crossed 2300
at age 23
Apr 2022
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+12
2215 → 2227
Tournaments
33
100 games
Score
63/ 10063.0%
41W44D15L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
17 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 1/3 | #62 | 2210 | -2.4 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 0/1 | #51 | 1575 | -6.2 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6.5/9 | #2 | 2227 | +3.2 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 4/5 | #2 | 2080 | -9.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #95 | 2089 | -4.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/2 | #92 | 2154 | -4.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #43 | 2636 | +1.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #68 | 2157 | -2.6 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5.5/7 | #1 | 2190 | -1.0 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/2 | #50 | 2206 | -1.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMartin JablonickyIM
🇸🇰SVK·2358
+7 −7 =13
27 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsSamir SahidiIM
🇸🇰SVK·2491
+4 −9 =4
17 games·last met Aug 2023
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vsJakub PulpanIM
🇨🇿CZE·2434
+1 −10 =4
15 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsRastislav Kavon
🇸🇰SVK·2078
+1 −4 =9
14 games·last met Jul 2017
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vsOliver Spacek
🇸🇰SVK·2179
+4 −3 =5
12 games·last met Apr 2019
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Rankings
/
Czech Republic
#190
out of 6,368 players
Europe
#4,707
in continent
World
#6,810
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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