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Babula, Matej
🇨🇿FIDE 398322· Male· Czech Republic· Born in 2009
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Matej Babula, a 17-year-old Czech player, is rated 2173 — his current career high and ranked 12th among Czech players under 18, and in the top 4% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +74 Elo over the past 12 months. 96 rated games in the past year (≈58/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Extraliga mladeze 2025-2026 - finale A, 1. liga vychod 2025-2026 r11, and Memorial Vratislava Hory 2026 - open A. Also played 1 rapid (including Mistrovstvi CR v rapidu druzstev 2025) and 3 blitz events (including Mistrovstvi CR v blesku 2025 - open) recently.
At junior level, he reached #12, #7, #3, #7, #15 and #2 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12, U10 and U8.
Current rating
2173
Standard
Rpd1913·Blz1968
All-time high
2173
at best
May 2026 · age 17
May 2026 · age 17
Activity
95
games / yr avg. · ≈8/mo
87 past 12 mo · ≈7/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#12
#12 · Czech players under 18 · of 330
Career timeline
19 entries2026
12th Czech U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2173
May 2026
Re-crossed 2100
at age 17
May 2026
All-time peak 2173
at age 17
May 2026
500 career games
at age 17
Apr 2026
Re-crossed 2100
at age 17
Feb 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2100
at age 16
Oct 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+93
2080 → 2173
Tournaments
27
87 games
Score
48/ 8755.2%
30W36D21L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
18 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 3/4 | #7 | 2255 | +37.2 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 0/1 | #68 | 1519 | -8.0 |
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5.5/7 | #2 | 2267 | +68.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #100 | 1370 | -18.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/2 | #22 | 2052 | -8.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #30 | 2980 | +22.4 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4.5/9 | #168 | 2016 | -58.4 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | #60 | 2045 | -5.2 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/2 | #42 | 2186 | +4.0 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 2/2 | #1 | 2675 | +17.6 |
Worst Elo result: PRAGUE INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL 2026 - D FIDE open (-58.4 Elo, finished #168).
Most-Played Opponents
vsPetr Kapusta
🇨🇿CZE·2142
+2 −6 =0
8 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsDavid Martirosyan
🇨🇿CZE·2153
+3 −1 =1
5 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsBayarjavkhlan DelgerdalaiFM
🇨🇿CZE·2385
+0 −2 =3
5 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsJaroslav Travnicek
🇨🇿CZE·1811
+2 −0 =3
5 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsTomas CagasikFM
🇨🇿CZE·2190
+0 −3 =2
5 games·last met Mar 2026
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Rankings
/
Czech Republic
#286
out of 6,361 players
Europe
#6,906
in continent
World
#9,741
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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