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Vanek, Jakub
🇨🇿FIDE 23718056· Male· Czech Republic· Born in 2008
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Jakub Vanek, a 18-year-old Czech player, is rated 1881 — just 17 short of his peak of 1898 (Mar 2025, age 17). He is on a steady climb with +48 Elo over the past 12 months. 34 rated games in the past year. Recent standard appearances include MKSS - Krajsky prebor 2025-2026 r9-10, MKSS - Mestsky prebor Ostrava 2025-2026 r7-8, and MKSS - Krajska soutez C 2025-2026 r6-7. Also played 1 rapid (including IPCA European Individual Chess Championship 2025 - rapid) and 2 blitz events (including Mistrovstvi CR v blesku 2025 - open) recently.
At junior level, he reached #62, #43, #43, #51 and #49 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
1881
Standard
Rpd1819·Blz1807
All-time high
1898
−17 pts below
Mar 2025 · age 17
Mar 2025 · age 17
Activity
38
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
25 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#52,933
#52,933 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2025
62nd Czech U18 player
at age 17 · rated 1898
Mar 2025
All-time peak 1898
at age 17 · −17 from today
Mar 2025
2024
43rd Czech U16 player
at age 16 · rated 1888
Jun 2024
Crossed 1800
at age 16
Mar 2024
2023
Re-crossed 1600
at age 15
Sep 2023
Best 12-month gain (+315 Elo)
1313 → 1628
Apr 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+47
1834 → 1881
Tournaments
10
25 games
Score
15/ 2560.0%
11W8D6L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #50 | 2665 | +20.4 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #29 | 2576 | +16.0 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0/1 | #89 | 1011 | -23.2 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0/1 | #39 | 1141 | -16.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #30 | 2415 | +8.0 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/2 | #22 | 1842 | -1.2 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #47 | 2723 | +24.0 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 0.5/1 | #17 | 1767 | -6.8 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5/9 | #13 | 1796 | -37.2 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4.5/7 | #8 | 1998 | +64.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsJiri Novak
🇨🇿CZE·1924
+2 −1 =3
6 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsVit Vaclav ValentaFM
🇨🇿CZE·1995
+0 −3 =3
6 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsRostislav Gajda
🇨🇿CZE·1771
+1 −4 =0
5 games·last met Oct 2024
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vsOndrej Sigut
🇨🇿CZE·2074
+0 −4 =1
5 games·last met Oct 2023
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vsViktorie Buchtova
🇨🇿CZE·1987
+3 −2 =0
5 games·last met Dec 2021
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Rankings
/
Czech Republic
#2,235
out of 6,361 players
Europe
#38,912
in continent
World
#52,932
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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