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ZL
Zelba, Lukas
🇨🇿FIDE 23717874· Male· Czech Republic· Born in 2009
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Lukas Zelba, a 17-year-old Czech player, is rated 2177 — his current career high and ranked 10th among Czech players under 18, and in the top 4% worldwide. He is on a breakout run, having gained +116 Elo over the past 12 months. 61 rated games in the past year (≈46/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Extraliga mladeze 2025-2026 - finale B, KHSS - Krajsky prebor 2025-2026 r11, and 2. liga D 2025-2026 r8-9. Also played 1 rapid (including Mistrovstvi CR v rapidu druzstev 2025) and 2 blitz events (including Mistrovstvi CR v blesku 2025 - open) recently.
At junior level, he reached World #57 in U12 and #12, #6, #6, #3 and #8 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U10 and U8.
Current rating
2177
Standard
Rpd2042·Blz2078
All-time high
2177
at best
Dec 2025 · age 16
Dec 2025 · age 16
Activity
55
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
53 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#10
#10 · Czech players under 18 · of 330
Career timeline
16 entries2026
12th Czech U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2175
Mar 2026
2025
All-time peak 2177
at age 16
Dec 2025
Re-crossed 2100
at age 16
Sep 2025
6th Czech U16 player
at age 16 · rated 2134
Apr 2025
Crossed 2100
at age 16
Apr 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2000
at age 15
Oct 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+116
2061 → 2177
Tournaments
19
53 games
Score
37/ 5369.8%
29W16D8L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
17 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 2.5/4 | #15 | 2158 | +0.4 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 1/1 | #14 | 2840 | +13.2 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #78 | 1941 | -11.6 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 2/2 | #5 | 2723 | +18.0 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1.5/2 | #15 | 2287 | +14.8 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/2 | #16 | 2199 | +4.0 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 2.5/3 | #2 | 2267 | +14.0 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0/2 | #123 | 1395 | -36.4 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 1/1 | #17 | 2899 | +15.6 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0/1 | #41 | 1428 | -17.2 |
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Rankings
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Czech Republic
#277
out of 6,361 players
Europe
#6,688
in continent
World
#9,460
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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