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Watson, Jacob
🇬🇧FIDE 445037· Male· England· Born in 2001
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Jacob Watson, a 25-year-old English player, is rated 1931 — his current career high. He has held steady between 1900 and 1950 for 2 years. 13 rated games in the past year (≈22/year long-term). Recent appearances: 6th 4NCL Easter Congress Under 2000 and 2025 English Championships. Also played 5 rapid (including 2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic Super Rapidplay) and 7 blitz events (including 2025 UK Open Blitz: London 3 (Golders Green) Qualifier) recently. He took a 39-month break between Feb 2019 and Jun 2022 (COVID-19 included).
At junior level, he reached #15, #24, #29 and #54 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
1931
Standard
Rpd1901·Blz1956
All-time high
1931
at best
May 2026 · age 25
May 2026 · age 25
Activity
18
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
13 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#40,727
#40,727 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
15 entries2026
All-time peak 1931
at age 25
May 2026
2020
15th English U20 player
at age 19 · rated 1922
Jan 2020
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2020
2019
24th English U18 player
at age 18 · rated 1922
Jul 2019
Inactive for 39 months
paused at 1922 → returned at 1910
Feb 2019
2018
6-month rising streak
+47 Elo
Apr 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+13
1918 → 1931
Tournaments
2
14 games
Score
7/ 1450.0%
5W4D5L
Top 2 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5/6 | #9 | — | +18.4 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 2/7 | #72 | 1901 | -4.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMikey J Watson
🇬🇧ENG·1984
+1 −1 =5
7 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsStanley BadacsonyiFM
🇬🇧ENG·2325
+1 −3 =2
6 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsRobert Akeya-Price
🇬🇧ENG·1937
+3 −2 =1
6 games·last met Oct 2018
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vsRobin W Haldane
🇬🇧ENG·1982
+1 −5 =0
6 games·last met Sep 2017
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vsIlya Iyengar
🇬🇧ENG·1976
+1 −3 =1
5 games·last met Dec 2022
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Rankings
/
England
#651
out of 3,855 players
Europe
#30,065
in continent
World
#40,726
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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