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Soukup, Jiri
FM🇨🇿FIDE 310840· Male· Czech Republic· Born in 1982
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Jiri Soukup, a 44-year-old Czech FIDE Master, is rated 2323 and sitting in the top 2% of Czech players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He has held steady between 2300 and 2350 for 2 years. 31 rated games in the past year (≈20/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2. liga B 2025-2026 r10-11, NRW-Liga Gruppe 1 2025-2026 Maerz 2026, and KSSKV - Krajsky prebor I 2025-2026 r6-7. Also played 1 rapid event (including Chodovsky sachovy festival 2026 - open) recently. His peak of 2405 was reached at age 37 (Jan 2019); he also reached Czech #44 in Nov 2019.
Awarded FM in 2009 (age 27). At junior level, he reached #21 nationally in U20.
Current rating
2323
Standard
Rpd2276·Blz2283
All-time high
2405
−82 pts below
Jan 2019 · age 37
Jan 2019 · age 37
Activity
28
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
31 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 2%
#86 · Czech players · of 5,624
Career timeline
17 entries2025
500 career games
at age 43
Dec 2025
2023
5th Czech 40-45 player
at age 41 · rated 2357
Nov 2023
2020
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 2394 → returned at 2395
Jul 2020
Re-crossed 2400
at age 38
Feb 2020
2019
Peak Czech rank: #44
at age 37 · rated 2398
Nov 2019
Best 12-month gain (+68 Elo)
2334 → 2402
Feb 2019
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-4
2327 → 2323
Tournaments
15
30 games
Score
15/ 3050.0%
18W7D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
15 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/2 | #62 | 2100 | -5.9 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/2 | #2 | 2915 | +4.7 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1.5/2 | #11 | 2406 | +2.3 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 2/2 | #4 | 2675 | +1.6 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #6 | 2925 | +2.5 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/2 | #36 | 2250 | -1.9 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #7 | 2644 | +0.8 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0/1 | #63 | 1421 | -6.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/2 | #34 | 2300 | -0.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/1 | #40 | 2100 | -2.9 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMarek Pokrupa
🇨🇿CZE·2093
+6 −2 =5
13 games·last met May 2025
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vsTomas Lorenc
🇨🇿CZE·2116
+10 −1 =1
12 games·last met May 2026
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vsMiroslav Wimmer
🇨🇿CZE·2157
+6 −3 =3
12 games·last met Apr 2024
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vsJiri Krejcik
🇨🇿CZE·2038
+8 −0 =3
11 games·last met May 2026
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vsRudolf Hlavac
🇨🇿CZE·1965
+8 −1 =1
10 games·last met May 2026
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Rankings
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Czech Republic
#86
out of 6,368 players
Europe
#2,222
in continent
World
#3,399
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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