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Klus, Jan

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FIDEFIDE 322601· Male· Czech Republic· Born in 1949

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Jan Klus, a 77-year-old Czech player, is rated 1699. He has slipped back 63 Elo over the past 12 months. 14 rated games in the past year (≈5/year long-term). Recent appearances: IPCA European Individual Chess Championship 2025 and Mistrovstvi CR telesne postizenych 2025. Also played 1 rapid (including IPCA European Individual Chess Championship 2025 - rapid) and 1 blitz events (including IPCA European Individual Chess Championship 2025 - blitz) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 13 months (2015–2017), 32 months (2017–2019) and 34 months (2021–2024). His peak of 1813 was reached at age 75 (Mar 2024).

Current rating

1699

Standard

Rpd1716·Blz1726

All-time high

1813

−114 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 75

Activity

7

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

14 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#110,288

#110,288 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

10 entries
2024
Best 12-month gain (+73 Elo)
1689 → 1762
Oct 2024
Crossed 1800
at age 75
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1813
at age 75 · −114 from today
Mar 2024
2021
Inactive for 34 months
paused at 1689 → returned at 1762
Nov 2021
2017
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 68
Jan 2017
Inactive for 32 months
paused at 1724 → returned at 1702
Jan 2017

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Bohuslav Kocurek 1,617
Mistrovstvi CR telesne postizenych 2025 · Aug 2025 · +6.2 Elo
Evolution
-63
1762 → 1699
Tournaments
2
16 games
Score
5.5/ 1634.4%
2W7D7L

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
IPCA European Individual Chess Championship 2025
Open Swiss
Oct 20252/7#401507-57.4
Mistrovstvi CR telesne postizenych 2025
Swiss
Aug 20253.5/7#191728-6.2
Worst Elo result: IPCA European Individual Chess Championship 2025 (-57.4 Elo, finished #40).

Rankings

/
Czech Republic
#4,147
out of 6,361 players
Europe
#77,388
in continent
World
#110,285
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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World
Czech Republic
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3
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4
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2,526
5
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2,525
6
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2,508
7
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2,503
8
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2,501
9
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2,489
10
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4147🇨🇿Klus, Jan1,699
Europe
1
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2,841
2
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2,767
3
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2,764
4
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2,744
5
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2,739
6
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2,729
7
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2,728
8
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2,721
9
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2,717
10
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2,713
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77388🇨🇿Klus, Jan1,699
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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4
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2,777
4
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2,777
6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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2,761
9
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2,753
9
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110285🇨🇿Klus, Jan1,699