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BJ
Balin, Jan
🇨🇿FIDE 315451· Male· Czech Republic· Born in 1985
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Jan Balin, a 41-year-old Czech player, is rated 2277 and sitting in the top 2% of Czech players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He has slipped back 60 Elo over the past 12 months. 15 rated games in the past year (≈17/year long-term). Recent appearances: UKSS - Krajsky prebor I 2025-2026 r11 and 2. liga B 2025-2026 r8-9. He took a 29-month break between Oct 2002 and Apr 2005. His peak of 2372 was reached at age 34 (Jan 2019, Czech #63 at the time).
At junior level, he reached #11, #5 and #4 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
2277
Standard
Rpd2328·Blz2298
All-time high
2372
−95 pts below
Jan 2019 · age 34
Jan 2019 · age 34
Activity
15
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
15 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 2%
#129 · Czech players · of 5,635
Career timeline
17 entries2026
9th Czech 40-45 player
at age 41 · rated 2306
Jan 2026
2023
Re-crossed 2300
at age 38
Feb 2023
2022
Re-crossed 2300
at age 37
May 2022
2019
Peak Czech rank: #63
at age 34 · rated 2371
Feb 2019
All-time peak 2372
at age 34 · −95 from today
Jan 2019
2014
Re-crossed 2300
at age 29
Jul 2014
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-60
2337 → 2277
Tournaments
12
15 games
Score
8/ 1553.3%
4W8D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
12 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 1/1 | #8 | 2833 | +4.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #51 | 2936 | +6.4 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | #69 | 2036 | -6.4 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0/2 | #111 | 1386 | -26.0 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #42 | 2893 | +4.6 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/2 | #56 | 2022 | -13.0 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0.5/1 | #49 | 2104 | -5.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/1 | #89 | 2020 | -7.2 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1.5/2 | #16 | 2344 | +0.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0/1 | #128 | 1449 | -12.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsJiri Horak
🇨🇿CZE·2131
+7 −2 =0
9 games·last met Mar 2024
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vsJan RubesIM
🇨🇿CZE·2376
+1 −3 =3
7 games·last met Apr 2023
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vsJan Slampa
🇨🇿CZE·2262
+5 −0 =2
7 games·last met Jun 2020
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vsPavel Paganikf
🇨🇿CZE
+4 −0 =3
7 games·last met Nov 2012
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vsZdenek Janda
🇨🇿CZE·2070
+5 −0 =1
6 games·last met Dec 2025
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Rankings
/
Czech Republic
#129
out of 6,361 players
Europe
#3,263
in continent
World
#4,849
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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