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Postlmayer, Jakob
IM🇦🇹FIDE 1643622· Male· Austria· Born in 2002
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Jakob Postlmayer, a 24-year-old Austrian International Master, is rated 2440 — his current career high and ranked 15th among Austrian players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has held steady between 2400 and 2450 for 16 months. 49 rated games in the past year (≈32/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2. Bundesliga Mitte AUT 2025-2026 Round 9-11, OOE Landesliga Oberoesterreich 2025-2026 Round 11, and grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open. He reached Austrian #13 in Nov 2025.
Awarded IM in 2025 (age 23) and FM in 2022 (age 20). At junior level, he reached #9, #7, #9, #12 and #8 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2440
Standard
Rpd2219·Blz2341
All-time high
2440
at best
Mar 2026 · age 24
Mar 2026 · age 24
Activity
49
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
50 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#15
#15 · Austrian players · of 3,043
Career timeline
18 entries2026
All-time peak 2440
at age 24 · −2 from today
Mar 2026
2025
IM title awardedIM
at age 23 · 2025 4th FIDE Council
Dec 2025
Peak Austrian rank: #13
at age 23 · rated 2438
Nov 2025
Crossed 2400
at age 23
Feb 2025
K-factor lowered to 10
at age 23
Feb 2025
2022
9th Austrian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2314
Dec 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+17
2423 → 2440
Tournaments
16
50 games
Score
33.5/ 5067.0%
24W19D7L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
16 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 1/1 | #18 | 2975 | +1.9 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 2.5/3 | #7 | 2634 | +7.0 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 1/1 | #16 | 2803 | +0.8 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6.5/9 | #30 | 2402 | -1.1 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/3 | #49 | 2237 | -8.3 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/2 | #25 | 2416 | -0.6 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1.5/2 | #11 | 2478 | +1.1 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | #52 | 2477 | +0.5 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0.5/1 | #47 | 2368 | -1.0 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #15 | 2820 | +0.8 |
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsLukas LeischIM
🇦🇹AUT·2440
+1 −7 =5
13 games·last met Nov 2024
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vsKlaus-Dieter KesikFM
🇩🇪GER·2135
+4 −1 =3
8 games·last met Aug 2024
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vsKonstantin PeyrerIM
🇦🇹AUT·2496
+1 −4 =2
7 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsSebastian BauerFM
🇦🇹AUT·2373
+2 −0 =4
6 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsDaniel MorgunovFM
🇦🇹AUT·2326
+2 −2 =2
6 games·last met Dec 2019
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Rankings
/
Austria
#15
out of 3,405 players
Europe
#696
in continent
World
#1,127
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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