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Houska, Jiri
🇨🇿FIDE 316377· Male· Czech Republic· Born in 1979
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Jiri Houska, a 47-year-old Czech player, is rated 2174 and sitting in the top 5% of Czech players, and in the top 4% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +23 Elo over the past 12 months. 34 rated games in the past year (≈24/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include SSPK - Krajsky prebor I 2025-2026 r11, 2. liga A 2025-2026 r10-11, and OLOMOUC CHESS SUMMER 2025 - C. He had 2 career breaks: 23 months (2001–2003) and 22 months (2007–2009). His peak of 2286 was reached at age 36 (May 2015).
Current rating
2174
Standard
Rpd2135·Blz2061
All-time high
2286
−112 pts below
May 2015 · age 36
May 2015 · age 36
Activity
31
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
34 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#285 · Czech players · of 5,635
Career timeline
20 entries2026
29th Czech 45-50 player
at age 47 · rated 2187
Apr 2026
2023
500 career games
at age 44
Jul 2023
2022
22nd Czech 40-45 player
at age 43 · rated 2258
Apr 2022
6-month rising streak
+34 Elo
Mar 2022
2020
Re-crossed 2200
at age 41
Jul 2020
Re-crossed 2200
at age 41
Mar 2020
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+23
2151 → 2174
Tournaments
15
43 games
Score
24/ 4355.8%
19W19D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
15 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 0/1 | #88 | 1274 | -13.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1.5/2 | #15 | 2188 | +0.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #38 | 2902 | +8.0 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | #80 | 2116 | -1.4 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 2/2 | #5 | 2855 | +14.0 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/2 | #38 | 2192 | +1.2 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/1 | #94 | 2137 | -0.8 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 1/1 | #2 | 2837 | +7.0 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #29 | 2993 | +11.6 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/1 | #100 | 2057 | -2.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsIvo Spevacek
🇨🇿CZE·1923
+8 −2 =4
14 games·last met Nov 2024
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vsMiroslav Palek
🇩🇪GER·2054
+4 −2 =4
10 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsJosef Vachal
🇨🇿CZE·2087
+0 −2 =4
6 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsJaroslav CesalFM
🇨🇿CZE·2064
+4 −0 =2
6 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsMartin Kopriva
🇨🇿CZE·2181
+5 −0 =1
6 games·last met Jan 2025
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Rankings
/
Czech Republic
#285
out of 6,361 players
Europe
#6,861
in continent
World
#9,680
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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