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Jacobs, Maarten
🇧🇪FIDE 261882· Male· Belgium· Born in 2005
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Maarten Jacobs, a 21-year-old Belgian player, is rated 1874 — his current career high. He plays occasionally (8 games in the last 12 months) and took a 28-month break between May 2023 and Oct 2025. Recent appearance: 42. Offenes Internationales Schachturnier Muenchen A-Turnier.
At junior level, he reached #31, #28, #21 and #41 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
1874
Standard
Rpd—·Blz—
All-time high
1874
at best
Oct 2025 · age 20
Oct 2025 · age 20
Activity
3
games / yr avg.
8 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#54,766
#54,766 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2025
All-time peak 1874
at age 20
Oct 2025
100 career games
at age 20
Oct 2025
2024
Crossed 1800
at age 19
Mar 2024
31st Belgian U20 player
at age 19 · rated 1766
Jan 2024
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2024
2023
Inactive for 28 months
paused at 1766 → returned at 1874
May 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
42. Offenes Internationales Schachturnier Muenchen A-Turnierperf 1944 (+70) · 3.5/8 · #38
Top opponent
Evolution
+14
1860 → 1874
Tournaments
1
8 games
Score
3.5/ 843.8%
3W1D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 3.5/8 | #38 | 1944 | +14.2 |
Rankings
/
Belgium
#814
out of 3,338 players
Europe
#40,208
in continent
World
#54,765
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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