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Soucek, Jan
FM🇨🇿FIDE 23713275· Male· Czech Republic· Born in 2008
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Jan Soucek, a 18-year-old Czech FIDE Master, is rated 2324 — just 8 short of his peak of 2332 (Feb 2026, age 18) and ranked 2nd among Czech players under 18, and in the top 2% worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +36 Elo over the past 12 months. 62 rated games in the past year (≈51/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Extraliga mladeze 2025-2026 - finale B, 23rd Annual Southern Class Championship - Master, and Extraliga mladeze - Zapad 2025-2026 r6-7. Also played 1 rapid (including Mistrovstvi CR v rapidu druzstev 2025) and 1 blitz events (including Mistrovstvi CR v blesku druzstev 2025) recently. He reached Czech #74 in Feb 2026.
Awarded FM in 2025 (age 17) and CM in 2024 (age 16). At junior level, he reached #2, #3, #8, #5 and #8 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2324
Standard
Rpd2084·Blz2091
All-time high
2332
−8 pts below
Feb 2026 · age 18
Feb 2026 · age 18
Activity
61
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
53 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#2
#2 · Czech players under 18 · of 330
Career timeline
18 entries2026
2nd Czech U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2332
Mar 2026
Peak Czech rank: #74
at age 18 · rated 2332
Feb 2026
All-time peak 2332
at age 18 · −8 from today
Feb 2026
Re-crossed 2300
at age 18
Jan 2026
2025
FM title awardedFM
at age 17
Jun 2025
Re-crossed 2300
at age 17
Jun 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+15
2309 → 2324
Tournaments
15
53 games
Score
32.5/ 5361.3%
24W17D12L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
15 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 2.5/3 | #12 | 2384 | +3.8 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 2.5/4 | #10 | 2205 | -11.8 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 2/2 | #4 | 2906 | +9.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/2 | #52 | 2462 | +7.2 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/1 | #99 | 2226 | -2.6 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 2/3 | #11 | 2497 | +16.0 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 1/1 | #1 | 3229 | +13.6 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0.5/1 | #25 | 2124 | -4.6 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/2 | #84 | 2195 | -5.2 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #24 | 3184 | +12.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsJakub OcelakCM
🇨🇿CZE·2230
+4 −1 =1
6 games·last met May 2025
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vsTadeas Hladky
🇨🇿CZE·2135
+1 −4 =0
5 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsJakub Simon Simunek
🇨🇿CZE·2096
+2 −2 =1
5 games·last met Oct 2022
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vsJan Hruska
🇨🇿CZE·2099
+1 −4 =0
5 games·last met Dec 2019
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Rankings
/
Czech Republic
#83
out of 6,361 players
Europe
#2,198
in continent
World
#3,352
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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World
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