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Havelka, Josef
FM🇨🇿FIDE 361097· Male· Czech Republic· Born in 1999
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Josef Havelka, a 27-year-old Czech FIDE Master, is rated 2346 and sitting in the top 1% of Czech players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He is currently in the 2300–2350 range. 20 rated games in the past year (≈42/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Extraliga 2025-2026 r9-11, 2. liga D 2025-2026 r10-11, and CZECH OPEN 2025 - E - 4-member team tournament. Also played 1 blitz event (including Mistrovstvi CR v blesku 2025 - open) recently. His peak of 2419 was reached at age 22 (Aug 2021, Czech #33 at the time).
Awarded FM in 2015 (age 16). Earned IM norms at Karel Opocensky Memorial 2017 - IM and Extraliga 2024-2025 r9-11. At junior level, he reached World #90 in U16 and #3, #5, #5 and #8 nationally in U20, U18, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2346
Standard
Rpd2291·Blz2267
All-time high
2419
−73 pts below
Aug 2021 · age 22
Aug 2021 · age 22
Activity
30
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
20 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 1%
#64 · Czech players · of 5,635
Career timeline
22 entries2022
Re-crossed 2400
at age 23
Jan 2022
2021
Peak Czech rank: #33
at age 22 · rated 2419
Aug 2021
Crossed 2400
at age 22
Aug 2021
All-time peak 2419
at age 22 · −73 from today
Aug 2021
K-factor lowered to 10
at age 22
Aug 2021
500 career games
at age 22
Aug 2021
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-24
2370 → 2346
Tournaments
10
20 games
Score
7.5/ 2037.5%
3W9D8L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/3 | #75 | 2435 | +3.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #80 | 2300 | -0.6 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/2 | #74 | 2289 | -1.4 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #30 | 2975 | +2.8 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/2 | #60 | 2397 | +1.5 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0/2 | #103 | 1672 | -6.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/2 | #67 | 2229 | -3.0 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1.5/2 | #19 | 2405 | +1.6 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 0/1 | #85 | 1509 | -5.6 |
Team | Jul 2025 | 1.5/4 | #608 | 2075 | -14.5 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsJan VykoukIM
🇨🇿CZE·2487
+4 −5 =4
13 games·last met Jul 2024
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vsDaniel KozusekFM
🇬🇧WLS·2345
+3 −4 =5
12 games·last met Mar 2018
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vsJiri LiskaFM
🇨🇿CZE·2267
+5 −3 =2
10 games·last met Dec 2023
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vsJakub PulpanIM
🇨🇿CZE·2413
+0 −5 =5
10 games·last met Dec 2023
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vsAles JedlickaFM
🇨🇿CZE·2136
+4 −2 =1
7 games·last met Dec 2025
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Rankings
/
Czech Republic
#64
out of 6,361 players
Europe
#1,812
in continent
World
#2,794
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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