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Janous, Marek
FM🇨🇿FIDE 23709650· Male· Czech Republic· Born in 2007
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Marek Janous, a 19-year-old Czech FIDE Master, is rated 2291 — his current career high and ranked 9th among Czech players under 20, and in the top 2% worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +71 Elo over the past 12 months. 66 rated games in the past year (≈60/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 1. liga zapad 2025-2026 r11, 2. liga A 2025-2026 r10-11, and Mistrovstvi CR junioru a dorostencu 2026. Also played 1 rapid (including Jihlava Rapid Open 2025 - B) and 2 blitz events (including Mistrovstvi CR v blesku 2025 - open) recently.
Awarded FM in 2025 (age 18). At junior level, he reached #9, #9, #3, #5, #4 and #29 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2291
Standard
Rpd2073·Blz2083
All-time high
2291
at best
May 2026 · age 19
May 2026 · age 19
Activity
66
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
66 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#9
#9 · Czech players under 20 · of 233
Career timeline
19 entries2026
9th Czech U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2291
May 2026
All-time peak 2291
at age 19
May 2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2026
2025
9th Czech U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2283
Dec 2025
FM title awardedFM
at age 18
Dec 2025
500 career games
at age 18
Apr 2025
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+71
2220 → 2291
Tournaments
18
66 games
Score
41.5/ 6662.9%
28W27D11L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
17 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 1/1 | #5 | 3013 | +8.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/2 | #1 | 2885 | +11.0 |
Round-Robin | Mar 2026 | 6/9 | #1 | 2312 | +11.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/2 | #35 | 2148 | -6.2 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/2 | #41 | 2151 | -6.2 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/2 | #97 | 2108 | -9.0 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/2 | #34 | 2249 | -1.8 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/2 | #30 | 2301 | +1.0 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0.5/1 | #32 | 2305 | +1.2 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/2 | #57 | 2210 | -1.6 |
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsOndrej WinterFM
🇨🇿CZE·2360
+2 −3 =3
8 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsPetr SoucekFM
🇨🇿CZE·2273
+2 −4 =2
8 games·last met Nov 2023
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vsSimon Lang
🇨🇿CZE·2156
+5 −1 =1
7 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsJakub VojtaFM
🇨🇿CZE·2308
+2 −2 =3
7 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsVit VilimekFM
🇨🇿CZE·2181
+0 −1 =6
7 games·last met Jan 2026
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Rankings
/
Czech Republic
#119
out of 6,368 players
Europe
#2,925
in continent
World
#4,381
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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