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Jacobson, Brandon
GM🇺🇸FIDE 30901561· Male· United States of America· Born in 2003
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Brandon Jacobson, a 23-year-old American Grandmaster, is rated 2594 — just 5 short of his peak of 2599 (Nov 2025, age 22) and ranked 18th among American players, and 173rd worldwide. He has held steady between 2575 and 2600 for 8 months. 160 rated games in the past year (≈107/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 23rd Bangkok Chess Club Open 2026, 19th international chess tournament "In Memory of Georgy Agzamov" Open-A, and 9no Abierto Ciudad de Montevideo - Copa Antel. Also played 1 rapid (including FIDE World Rapid Championship 2025) and 2 blitz events (including 31st AbuDhabi International Chess Festival-Blitz - Open) recently. He reached World #162 in Mar 2026.
Awarded GM in 2020 (age 17), IM in 2018 (age 15), FM in 2017 (age 14), and CM in 2014 (age 11). At junior level, he reached World #12 in U20, World #10 in U18, World #7 in U16, World #8 in U14 and World #6 in U12.
Current rating
2594
Standard
Rpd2493·Blz2517
All-time high
2599
−5 pts below
Nov 2025 · age 22
Nov 2025 · age 22
Activity
100
games / yr avg. · ≈8/mo
160 past 12 mo · ≈13/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#18
#18 · American players · of 4,932
Career timeline
25 entries2026
Peak World rank: #162
at age 23 · rated 2598
Mar 2026
2025
All-time peak 2599
at age 22 · −5 from today
Nov 2025
Peak American rank: #15
at age 22 · rated 2594
Aug 2025
2023
1,000 career games
at age 20
Oct 2023
12th U20 player worldwide
at age 20 · rated 2557
Jun 2023
2021
10th U18 player worldwide
at age 18 · rated 2530
Dec 2021
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+12
2582 → 2594
Tournaments
19
149 games
Score
108/ 14972.5%
84W48D17L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsAdam CollinsFM2,237·23emes Rencontres Nationales et Internationales d'Echecs - Grand Prix·R2·-8.8
Last 12 months — tournaments
17 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 7/9 | #4 | 2599 | +3.6 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 7/10 | #8 | 2519 | -7.8 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 7.5/9 | #1 | 2618 | +7.0 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 7.5/10 | #13 | 2512 | +0.9 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 7/9 | #1 | 2601 | +6.4 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 6.5/8 | #11 | 2592 | +1.0 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 1/2 | #511 | 2207 | -7.8 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 1/2 | #234 | 2182 | -8.2 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 7/9 | #2 | 2624 | +4.1 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 7/9 | #9 | 2602 | +5.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsChristopher Woojin YooGM
🇺🇸USA·2607
+8 −7 =3
18 games·last met Nov 2022
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vsDavid BrodskyGM
🇺🇸USA·2510
+7 −5 =6
18 games·last met Aug 2022
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vsKassa KorleyIM
🇩🇰DEN·2424
+6 −5 =7
18 games·last met Jan 2022
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vsNicolas ChecaGM
🇺🇸USA·2507
+5 −9 =1
15 games·last met Jun 2022
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vsJay BoninIM
🇺🇸USA·2079
+4 −6 =4
14 games·last met Jan 2020
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Rankings
/
United States of America
#18
out of 5,412 players
Americas
#23
in continent
World
#173
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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