Garcia, Jan Emmanuel

Jan Emmanuel Garcia, a 31-year-old Filipino International Master, is rated 2429 — just 15 short of his peak of 2444 (Feb 2017, age 22) and ranked 3rd among Filipino players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +26 Elo over the past 12 months. 37 rated games in the past year (≈32/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 10th Hanoi IM chess tournament January 2026, 1st Ninh Binh IM chess tournament 2025, and 6th ASEAN Individual Open Chess Championship Governor Henry S Oaminal Cup. Also played 2 rapid (including ASEAN Individual Open Rapid Chess Championship Governor Henry S Oaminal Cup) and 4 blitz events (including ASEAN Individual Open Blitz Chess Championship Governor Henry S Oaminal Cup) recently. He took a 12-month break between Jan 2022 and Feb 2023. He reached Filipino #2 in Oct 2025 and has been in Filipino top 5 for 12 months and counting.

Awarded IM in 2011 (age 16) and FM in 2010 (age 15). At junior level, he reached World #79 in U20, World #36 in U18, World #23 in U16, World #13 in U14 and World #4 in U12.