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Novak, Jiri
🇨🇿FIDE 302414· Male· Czech Republic· Born in 1971
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Jiri Novak, a 55-year-old Czech player, is rated 1924. He has held steady between 1900 and 1950 for 8 months. 30 rated games in the past year (≈17/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include SSS - Krajska soutez - skupina B 2025-2026 r10-11, IPCA European Individual Chess Championship 2025, and Mistrovstvi CR telesne postizenych 2025. Also played 3 rapid (including 20. rocnik sachoveho turnaje Dobrovicky rapid Tereos TTD a.s. - open Grand Prix CR 2026) and 2 blitz events (including Goa Purple - 24th World IPCA Individual Chess Championship 2025 (Specially Abled) - Blitz) recently. He took a 13-month break between Nov 2010 and Jan 2012. His peak of 2012 was reached at age 42 (Oct 2013).
Current rating
1924
Standard
Rpd1902·Blz1896
All-time high
2012
−88 pts below
Oct 2013 · age 42
Oct 2013 · age 42
Activity
20
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
30 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#42,311
#42,311 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
8 entries2024
Best 12-month gain (+58 Elo)
1885 → 1943
Dec 2024
2013
All-time peak 2012
at age 42 · −88 from today
Oct 2013
Crossed 2000
at age 42
Apr 2013
100 career games
at age 42
Apr 2013
2010
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 1962 → returned at 1978
Nov 2010
2007
Crossed 1800
at age 36
Jan 2007
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-12
1936 → 1924
Tournaments
7
30 games
Score
18.5/ 3061.7%
12W13D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/2 | #40 | 1880 | -2.6 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #34 | 2709 | +9.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/1 | #104 | 1979 | +1.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/1 | #76 | 1951 | +1.0 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5/9 | #10 | 1964 | +17.0 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5/7 | #4 | 1963 | +6.2 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5.5/9 | #17 | 1641 | -44.6 |
Worst Elo result: Goa Purple - 24th World IPCA Individual Chess Championship 2025 (Specially Abled) Standard (-44.6 Elo, finished #17).
Most-Played Opponents
vsVit Vaclav ValentaFM
🇨🇿CZE·1995
+0 −8 =5
13 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsJaroslav Volf
🇨🇿CZE·1941
+0 −2 =7
9 games·last met Sep 2024
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vsJiri Bainhofner
🇨🇿CZE·1780
+7 −0 =1
8 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsMarcel Reznicek
🇨🇿CZE·2014
+0 −1 =7
8 games·last met Sep 2024
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vsBohumil Jaros
🇨🇿CZE·1793
+3 −2 =2
7 games·last met Oct 2025
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Rankings
/
Czech Republic
#1,731
out of 6,361 players
Europe
#31,249
in continent
World
#42,310
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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