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Nelson, Jacob

Standard: 1944 Rapid: 1790 Blitz: 1732 (last updated 2026-11-02)

FIDE ID: 2520320 (view FIDE profile)

Federation: IRL Sex: M Birth Year: 2005 Age: 21

Title: — Women's title: — Other title: — FOA title: —

Games: 13 Wins: 8 (62%) Draws: 3 (23%) Losses: 2 (15%)

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13 of 13 games analyzed.

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Openings

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As White 6 games 4W 1D 1L

French Defense 2 games 1W 0D 1L

Tarrasch Variation 2 games 1W 0D 1L

Morozevich Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L

Closed Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L

Catalan Opening 2 games 2W 0D 0L

Open Defense 2 games 2W 0D 0L

Classical Line 1 game 1W 0D 0L

(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L

Slav Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L

Modern Line 1 game 0W 1D 0L

(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L

Indian Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L

Budapest Gambit Accepted 1 game 1W 0D 0L

Main Line, Rubinstein Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L

As Black 7 games 4W 2D 1L

Sicilian Defense 2 games 1W 1D 0L

French Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L

Normal 1 game 0W 1D 0L

Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted 1 game 1W 0D 0L

(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L

English Opening 2 games 1W 0D 1L

Great Snake Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L

(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L

Anglo-Indian Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L

Queen's Knight Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L

Polish Opening 1 game 1W 0D 0L

Outflank Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L

(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L

Grünfeld Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L

Botvinnik Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L

(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L

Rapport-Jobava System 1 game 1W 0D 0L

(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L

Blunders Top 4 of 51

This player's costliest moves in analyzed games. Can you find the winning move?

2026.05.28 · 58. Bb4 (−43.1% win chance) 1/2-1/2

Buckley, Gerard

Nelson, Jacob

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2025.01.31 · 32... Rxf2+ (−33.5% win chance) 1-0

Nelson, Jacob

Daly, Colm

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2024.02.04 · 12. Rc1 (−27.2% win chance) 1-0

Joe O'Hanlon

Jacob Nelson

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2024.02.03 · 13... Nf5 (−23.7% win chance) 0-1

Jacob Nelson

Vitaliy Salmin

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Games Showing all 13 games

Date	Event	Round	Opponent	Result	Accuracy %	First moves
2026.05.31	Round 3: Nelson, Jacob - Boyle, Bernard	3.2	2026.05.31 Boyle, Bernard (2501830) (1888)	1	94.60%	1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7
2026.05.30	Round 2: O`Boyle, Donal - Nelson, Jacob	2.5	2026.05.30 O`Boyle, Donal (2505096) (1847)	1	92.90%	1. b4 c6 2. Bb2 a5 3. a3 axb4
2026.05.28	Round 6: White, George - Nelson, Jacob	6.1	2026.05.28 White, George (2520354) (1882)	½	95.40%	1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4
2026.05.28	Round 5: Smoliarenko, Illia - Nelson, Jacob	5.1	2026.05.28 Smoliarenko, Illia (34150900) (1881)	½	94.30%	1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5
2026.05.28	Round 4: Nelson, Jacob - Kavanagh, James	4.1	2026.05.28 Kavanagh, James (2510006) (1874)	1	99.50%	1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5
2026.05.28	Round 1: Nelson, Jacob - Buckley, Gerard	1.1	2026.05.28 Buckley, Gerard (2503239) (1807)	½	85.90%	1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6
2025.01.31	The Sligo Tournament 2025 - Masters	1.3	2025.01.31 Daly, Colm (2500434) (2191)	0	87.20%	1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7
2024.06.03	Round 6: Mohammad Mahbub Parouare - Nelson, Jacob		2024.06.03 Mohammad Mahbub Parouare (10206558) (1872)	1	92.50%	1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c5
2024.02.04	Round 5: Jacob Nelson - Joe O'Hanlon		2024.02.04 Joe O'Hanlon	1	85.60%	1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4
2024.02.04	Round 4: Edward Khanzharov - Andrew Campbell		2024.02.04 Oliver Barnes	1	83.60%	1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7
2024.02.03	Round 1: Jacob Nelson - Tiernan Ryan		2024.02.03 Tiernan Ryan	1	93.70%	1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5
2024.02.03	Round 3: Jacob Nelson - Nitish Arun		2024.02.03 Nitish Arun	0	85.20%	1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6
2024.02.03	Round 2: Vitaliy Salmin - Jacob Nelson		2024.02.03 Vitaliy Salmin	1	93.00%	1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3