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Jares, Michal
FM🇨🇿FIDE 386839· Male· Czech Republic· Born in 2005
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Michal Jares, a 21-year-old Czech FIDE Master, is rated 2310 and sitting in the top 2% of Czech players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +74 Elo over the past 12 months. 56 rated games in the past year (≈58/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 1. liga vychod 2025-2026 r11, 2. liga D 2025-2026 r10-11, and PRAGUE INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL 2026 - D FIDE open. Also played 2 rapid (including CZECH OPEN 2025 - G1 - rapid tournament) and 2 blitz events (including Mistrovstvi CR v blesku 2025 - open) recently. His peak of 2390 was reached at age 19 (Apr 2024, Czech #44 at the time).
Awarded FM in 2023 (age 18) and CM in 2017 (age 12). Earned IM norms at Teplice Open 2023 and CZECH OPEN 2025 - A - GM open. At junior level, he reached World #89 in U20 and #7, #7, #14, #3 and #5 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2310
Standard
Rpd2274·Blz2247
All-time high
2390
−80 pts below
Apr 2024 · age 19
Apr 2024 · age 19
Activity
66
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
56 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 2%
#102 · Czech players · of 5,624
Career timeline
22 entries2025
Re-crossed 2300
at age 20
Sep 2025
2024
500 career games
at age 19
Jun 2024
Peak Czech rank: #44
at age 19 · rated 2390
Apr 2024
89th U20 player worldwide
at age 19 · rated 2390
Apr 2024
All-time peak 2390
at age 19 · −80 from today
Apr 2024
2023
Re-crossed 2300
at age 18
Dec 2023
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+74
2236 → 2310
Tournaments
17
56 games
Score
37.5/ 5667.0%
25W25D6L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
17 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 0/1 | #90 | 1343 | -14.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/2 | #83 | 1926 | -21.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #74 | 2200 | -3.6 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 6/9 | #54 | 2370 | +17.6 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1.5/2 | #15 | 2290 | -0.4 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 2/2 | #8 | 2868 | +8.0 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 2/2 | #3 | 2957 | +11.2 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/1 | #87 | 2227 | -2.8 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5.5/9 | #20 | 2246 | -17.6 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 1/1 | #16 | 2798 | +2.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsPetr GnojekIM
🇨🇿CZE·2400
+1 −6 =3
10 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsRudolf JunFM
🇨🇿CZE·2311
+3 −2 =5
10 games·last met Mar 2024
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vsAles JedlickaFM
🇨🇿CZE·2144
+2 −1 =4
7 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsRichard StalmachIM
🇨🇿CZE·2433
+3 −3 =1
7 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsJakub KusaIM
🇨🇿CZE·2420
+1 −4 =2
7 games·last met Jul 2025
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Rankings
/
Czech Republic
#102
out of 6,368 players
Europe
#2,493
in continent
World
#3,779
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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