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Jukes, Sam
🇬🇧FIDE 1803182· Male· Wales· Born in 1993
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Sam Jukes, a 33-year-old player, is rated 1931. He has slipped back 71 Elo over the past 12 months. 78 rated games in the past year (≈49/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Welsh Championship, Reykjavik Open 2026, and 2025-26 4NCL Division 4 Rounds 7-8. Also played 1 rapid and 3 blitz events (including UK Open Blitz Qualifier) recently. His peak of 2002 was reached at age 32 (Jun 2025, #24 nationally at the time).
At junior level, he reached #5 nationally in U20.
Current rating
1931
Standard
Rpd1943·Blz1887
All-time high
2002
−71 pts below
Jun 2025 · age 32
Jun 2025 · age 32
Activity
68
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
69 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#40,727
#40,727 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2025
Peak national rank: #24
at age 32 · rated 2002
Jun 2025
Crossed 2000
at age 32
Jun 2025
All-time peak 2002
at age 32 · −71 from today
Jun 2025
2024
500 career games
at age 31
Oct 2024
2020
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 1871 → returned at 1846
Mar 2020
2019
Best 12-month gain (+174 Elo)
1740 → 1914
Jan 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-71
2002 → 1931
Tournaments
18
64 games
Score
32/ 6450.0%
27W10D27L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
15 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 4/4 | #1 | 2664 | +36.4 |
Team | May 2026 | 1/3 | #97 | 1860 | -3.4 |
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 0/2 | #27 | 1152 | -19.0 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4.5/6 | #298 | 2043 | -8.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/2 | #15 | 2794 | +24.8 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3/5 | #9 | 1861 | -4.0 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #7 | 2697 | +9.4 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0/2 | #146 | 1327 | -9.4 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3/5 | #13 | 1904 | +4.0 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/2 | #92 | 1973 | +4.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsJoe Fathallah
🇬🇧WLS·1982
+7 −8 =8
23 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsGrzegorz ToczekFM
🇬🇧WLS·2179
+0 −17 =3
20 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsDai James
🇬🇧WLS·1835
+8 −5 =2
15 games·last met May 2026
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vsAlex BullenCM
🇬🇧WLS·2078
+1 −13 =1
15 games·last met Apr 2024
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vsRudy Van Kemenade
🇬🇧WLS·1921
+8 −6 =0
14 games·last met Dec 2025
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Rankings
/
Wales
#46
out of 275 players
Europe
#30,065
in continent
World
#40,726
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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