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Szotkowski, Jakub
IM🇨🇿FIDE 330590· Male· Czech Republic· Born in 1997
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Jakub Szotkowski, a 29-year-old Czech International Master, is rated 2313 and sitting in the top 2% of Czech players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He has held steady between 2300 and 2350 for 15 months. 11 rated games in the past year (≈49/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 1. liga vychod 2025-2026 r9-10, Extraliga 2025-2026 r7-8, and CZECH OPEN 2025 - E - 4-member team tournament. Also played 1 rapid (including Mistrovstvi CR v rapidu druzstev 2025) and 1 blitz events (including Mistrovstvi CR v blesku druzstev 2025) recently. His peak of 2408 was reached at age 19 (Oct 2016, Czech #45 at the time).
Awarded IM in 2018 (age 21). At junior level, he reached World #93 in U20, World #88 in U18 and #1, #4 and #14 nationally in U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2313
Standard
Rpd2221·Blz2221
All-time high
2408
−95 pts below
Oct 2016 · age 19
Oct 2016 · age 19
Activity
13
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
11 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 2%
#94 · Czech players · of 5,624
Career timeline
21 entries2025
Re-crossed 2300
at age 28
Mar 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2300
at age 27
Nov 2024
2018
IM title awardedIM
at age 21 · 4th quarter Presidential Board 2018
Nov 2018
2016
Peak Czech rank: #45
at age 19 · rated 2408
Oct 2016
All-time peak 2408
at age 19 · −95 from today
Oct 2016
93rd U20 player worldwide
at age 19 · rated 2406
Aug 2016
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+11
2302 → 2313
Tournaments
6
11 games
Score
7.5/ 1168.2%
5W5D1L
Top 3 wins
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #22 | 3070 | +4.5 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/2 | #68 | 2392 | +2.4 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #46 | 2998 | +3.8 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/1 | #93 | 2373 | +1.0 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/1 | #101 | 2319 | +0.3 |
Team | Jul 2025 | 3.5/5 | #211 | 2243 | -0.6 |
Hot streak: 5 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsMartin BlahynkaIM
🇨🇿CZE·2366
+2 −2 =7
11 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsJakub PulpanIM
🇨🇿CZE·2434
+4 −3 =3
10 games·last met Oct 2023
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vsJan MachanFM
🇨🇿CZE·2257
+0 −3 =7
10 games·last met Mar 2017
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vsMatyas MarekIM
🇨🇿CZE·2325
+4 −1 =3
8 games·last met May 2016
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vsTomas PolakGM
🇨🇿CZE·2443
+0 −4 =2
6 games·last met Feb 2026
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Rankings
/
Czech Republic
#94
out of 6,368 players
Europe
#2,420
in continent
World
#3,682
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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