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Kim, Thomas Jakob
CM🇦🇹FIDE 1683233· Male· Austria· Born in 2011
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Thomas Jakob Kim, a 15-year-old Austrian Candidate Master, is rated 2157 and sitting in the top 2% of players worldwide under 16, and in the top 5% worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +73 Elo over the past 12 months. 61 rated games in the past year (≈46/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include OOE Landesliga West 2025-2026 Round 11, OOE Landesliga Oberoesterreich 2025-2026 Round 11, and Austrian Youth Championship Boys U16 2026. Also played 3 rapid (including Grand Prix PlusCity - Open Austrian Team Rapid Championship 2025) and 3 blitz events (including EYCC 2025 - 1st Blitz Tournament) recently. His peak of 2252 was reached at age 15 (Apr 2026, Austrian #94 at the time).
Awarded CM in 2026 (age 15). At junior level, he reached #4, #2 and #9 nationally in U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2157
Standard
Rpd1830·Blz1980
All-time high
2252
−95 pts below
Apr 2026 · age 15
Apr 2026 · age 15
Activity
44
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
61 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 2%
#430 · players worldwide under 16 · of 20,363
Career timeline
13 entries2026
Peak Austrian rank: #94
at age 15 · rated 2252
Apr 2026
4th Austrian U16 player
at age 15 · rated 2252
Apr 2026
All-time peak 2252
at age 15 · −95 from today
Apr 2026
9-month rising streak
+170 Elo
Apr 2026
CM title awardedCM
at age 15
Feb 2026
Crossed 2200
at age 15
Feb 2026
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+66
2091 → 2157
Tournaments
24
62 games
Score
43/ 6269.4%
37W12D13L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
18 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 0/1 | #55 | 1184 | -31.6 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 1/1 | #10 | 2840 | +8.8 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4/7 | #9 | 1994 | -72.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #1 | 2494 | +3.2 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #30 | 2649 | +3.2 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/2 | #21 | 2806 | +18.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #43 | 2827 | +9.2 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 2/2 | #6 | 2644 | +8.0 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1.5/2 | #6 | 2151 | -1.6 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/1 | #16 | 2114 | -1.2 |
Rankings
/
Austria
#205
out of 3,405 players
Europe
#7,700
in continent
World
#10,778
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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