GMBrandon Jacobson

USA Born 2003 (Age ≈23) Male
FIDE ID
30901561
USCF ID
14160065

About Brandon Jacobson

Brandon Jacobson grew up in New Jersey in a chess-playing family; his older brother Aaron also became an international master. Brandon progressed from FIDE master in 2017 to international master in 2018. His victory at the 2020 Charlotte Open secured his final grandmaster norm. Show more

Brandon Jacobson grew up in New Jersey in a chess-playing family; his older brother Aaron also became an international master. Brandon progressed from FIDE master in 2017 to international master in 2018. His victory at the 2020 Charlotte Open secured his final grandmaster norm. He finished ahead of several established grandmasters with seven points from nine games. Later that year he placed fourth in the U.S. Junior Championship and received the grandmaster title at sixteen.

Ratings

Classical

2633.5 +6.5

Live estimate

Rapid

2502

Published FIDE

Blitz

2527

Published FIDE

USCF Regular

2694

Published US Chess

Official classical ranks

World rank
#95
National rank · USA
#17

Active players · Nov 2026 FIDE list ⓘ

Rating milestones

Highest recorded rating
2644 Sep 2026
Recorded years
2014–2026
Archived games
760

Based on available monthly lists and saved games.

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Rating history

USCF rating history

Published rating lists through Nov 2026.

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FIDE rating history

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Games

Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-11 (UTC).

Online games are identified from known tournament names, playing sites and PGN mode. Other games are listed as OTB (over-the-board).

# Date Event Site Round White Black Result Moves View
101 2022-07-26 Titled Tue 26th Jul Late chess.com INT 3 Brandon Jacobson Damir Ismagilov Won: 1-0 40 Open
102 2022-07-26 Titled Tue 26th Jul Early chess.com INT 3 Brandon Jacobson Dmitry Tatarinov Lost: 0-1 95 Open
103 2022-07-26 Titled Tue 26th Jul Early chess.com INT 2 Jakub Seemann Brandon Jacobson Won: 0-1 39 Open
104 2022-07-26 Titled Tue 26th Jul Late chess.com INT 2 Dawid Janaszak Brandon Jacobson Won: 0-1 79 Open
105 2022-07-26 Titled Tue 26th Jul Early chess.com INT 1 Brandon Jacobson Aleksandar Savanovic Won: 1-0 29 Open
106 2022-07-26 Titled Tue 26th Jul Late chess.com INT 1 Brandon Jacobson Daniil Manelyuk Won: 1-0 39 Open
107 2022-07-26 Titled Tue 26th Jul Late chess.com INT 11 Alexander Grischuk Brandon Jacobson Lost: 1-0 37 Open
108 2022-07-26 Titled Tue 26th Jul Late chess.com INT 10 Brandon Jacobson Jegor Lashkin Won: 1-0 69 Open
109 2022-07-23 Chess.com RCC Wk22 Swiss chess.com INT 4 Grigoriy Oparin Brandon Jacobson Lost: 1-0 31 Open
110 2022-07-23 Chess.com RCC Wk22 Swiss chess.com INT 3 Brandon Jacobson Gata Kamsky Lost: 0-1 36 Open
111 2022-07-23 Chess.com RCC Wk22 Swiss chess.com INT 2 Brandon Jacobson Dariusz Swiercz Won: 1-0 47 Open
112 2022-07-23 Chess.com RCC Wk22 Swiss chess.com INT 1 Samvel Ter-Sahakyan Brandon Jacobson Draw: 1/2-1/2 78 Open
113 2022-06-11 Chess.com RCC Wk18 Swiss chess.com INT 3 Anton Demchenko Brandon Jacobson Lost: 1-0 37 Open
114 2022-06-11 Chess.com RCC Wk18 Swiss chess.com INT 2 Mahammad Muradli Brandon Jacobson Lost: 1-0 32 Open
115 2022-06-11 Chess.com RCC Wk18 Swiss chess.com INT 1 Brandon Jacobson Sanan Sjugirov Draw: 1/2-1/2 51 Open
116 2022-05-24 Titled Tue 24th May Late chess.com INT 7 Brandon Jacobson Nitzan Steinberg Lost: 0-1 71 Open
117 2022-05-24 Titled Tue 24th May Late chess.com INT 6 Mikhail Bryakin Brandon Jacobson Draw: 1/2-1/2 71 Open
118 2022-05-24 Titled Tue 24th May Late chess.com INT 5 Denis Pershin Brandon Jacobson Won: 0-1 34 Open
119 2022-05-24 Titled Tue 24th May Late chess.com INT 4 Brandon Jacobson Vladimir Zakhartsov Lost: 0-1 26 Open
120 2022-05-24 Titled Tue 24th May Late chess.com INT 3 Brandon Jacobson Oskar Wieczorek Won: 1-0 68 Open
121 2022-05-24 Titled Tue 24th May Late chess.com INT 2 Kaiqi Yang Brandon Jacobson Won: 0-1 40 Open
122 2022-05-24 Titled Tue 24th May Late chess.com INT 1 Brandon Jacobson Hector Luis Gil Alba Won: 1-0 44 Open
123 2022-05-21 Chess.com RCC Wk15 Swiss chess.com INT 4 Aleksey Dreev Brandon Jacobson Lost: 1-0 30 Open
124 2022-05-21 Chess.com RCC Wk15 Swiss chess.com INT 3 Brandon Jacobson Dennis Wagner Won: 1-0 29 Open
125 2022-05-21 Chess.com RCC Wk15 Swiss chess.com INT 2 Brandon Jacobson David Paravyan Lost: 0-1 92 Open
126 2022-05-21 Chess.com RCC Wk15 Swiss chess.com INT 1 Parham Maghsoodloo Brandon Jacobson Lost: 1-0 30 Open
127 2022-05-14 Chess.com RCC Wk14 Swiss chess.com INT 8 Alexander Motylev Brandon Jacobson Lost: 1-0 33 Open
128 2022-05-14 Chess.com RCC Wk14 Swiss chess.com INT 7 Robert Hovhannisyan Brandon Jacobson Won: 0-1 77 Open
129 2022-05-14 Chess.com RCC Wk14 Swiss chess.com INT 6 Brandon Jacobson Mikhail Kobalia Won: 1-0 38 Open
130 2022-05-14 Chess.com RCC Wk14 Swiss chess.com INT 5 Pa Iniyan Brandon Jacobson Lost: 1-0 40 Open
131 2022-05-14 Chess.com RCC Wk14 Swiss chess.com INT 4 Brandon Jacobson Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Lost: 0-1 27 Open
132 2022-05-14 Chess.com RCC Wk14 Swiss chess.com INT 3 Brandon Jacobson Evgeny Postny Lost: 0-1 31 Open
133 2022-05-14 Chess.com RCC Wk14 Swiss chess.com INT 2 Praggnanandhaa R Brandon Jacobson Won: 0-1 32 Open
134 2022-05-14 Chess.com RCC Wk14 Swiss chess.com INT 1 M. Amin Tabatabaei Brandon Jacobson Lost: 1-0 37 Open
135 2022-05-10 Titled Tue 10th May Late chess.com INT 3 Brandon Jacobson Marco Riehle Lost: 0-1 22 Open
136 2022-05-10 Titled Tue 10th May Late chess.com INT 2 Meri Arabidze Brandon Jacobson Won: 0-1 36 Open
137 2022-05-10 Titled Tue 10th May Late chess.com INT 1 Brandon Jacobson Michael Song Won: 1-0 26 Open
138 2022-05-03 Titled Tue 3rd May Late chess.com INT 9 Brandon Jacobson Aman Hambleton Won: 1-0 32 Open
139 2022-05-03 Titled Tue 3rd May Late chess.com INT 8 Viacheslav Mikhailov Brandon Jacobson Won: 0-1 50 Open
140 2022-05-03 Titled Tue 3rd May Late chess.com INT 7 Brandon Jacobson Aleksandr Shimanov Lost: 0-1 30 Open
141 2022-05-03 Titled Tue 3rd May Late chess.com INT 6 Leonardo Tristan Brandon Jacobson Won: 0-1 53 Open
142 2022-05-03 Titled Tue 3rd May Late chess.com INT 5 Brandon Jacobson Vugar Rasulov Lost: 0-1 37 Open
143 2022-05-03 Titled Tue 3rd May Late chess.com INT 4 Alexander Rustemov Brandon Jacobson Won: 0-1 57 Open
144 2022-05-03 Titled Tue 3rd May Late chess.com INT 3 Brandon Jacobson Asylbek Abdyzhapar Won: 1-0 52 Open
145 2022-05-03 Titled Tue 3rd May Late chess.com INT 2 Kevin Bordi Brandon Jacobson Won: 0-1 31 Open
146 2022-05-03 Titled Tue 3rd May Late chess.com INT 1 Brandon Jacobson Dinara Wagner Won: 1-0 87 Open
147 2022-05-03 Titled Tue 3rd May Late chess.com INT 10 David Paravyan Brandon Jacobson Lost: 1-0 37 Open
148 2022-05-02 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 2.39 Awonder Liang Brandon Jacobson Lost: 1-0 39 Open
149 2022-05-02 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 2.38 Brandon Jacobson Awonder Liang Lost: 0-1 33 Open
150 2022-05-02 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 2.37 Awonder Liang Brandon Jacobson Lost: 1-0 21 Open
  1. vs Damir IsmagilovWon · 1-0White · 2022-07-26 · Round 3Titled Tue 26th Jul Late
  2. vs Dmitry TatarinovLost · 0-1White · 2022-07-26 · Round 3Titled Tue 26th Jul Early
  3. vs Jakub SeemannWon · 0-1Black · 2022-07-26 · Round 2Titled Tue 26th Jul Early
  4. vs Dawid JanaszakWon · 0-1Black · 2022-07-26 · Round 2Titled Tue 26th Jul Late
  5. vs Aleksandar SavanovicWon · 1-0White · 2022-07-26 · Round 1Titled Tue 26th Jul Early
  6. vs Daniil ManelyukWon · 1-0White · 2022-07-26 · Round 1Titled Tue 26th Jul Late
  7. vs Alexander GrischukLost · 1-0Black · 2022-07-26 · Round 11Titled Tue 26th Jul Late
  8. vs Jegor LashkinWon · 1-0White · 2022-07-26 · Round 10Titled Tue 26th Jul Late
  9. vs Grigoriy OparinLost · 1-0Black · 2022-07-23 · Round 4Chess.com RCC Wk22 Swiss
  10. vs Gata KamskyLost · 0-1White · 2022-07-23 · Round 3Chess.com RCC Wk22 Swiss
  11. vs Dariusz SwierczWon · 1-0White · 2022-07-23 · Round 2Chess.com RCC Wk22 Swiss
  12. vs Samvel Ter-SahakyanDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-07-23 · Round 1Chess.com RCC Wk22 Swiss
  13. vs Anton DemchenkoLost · 1-0Black · 2022-06-11 · Round 3Chess.com RCC Wk18 Swiss
  14. vs Mahammad MuradliLost · 1-0Black · 2022-06-11 · Round 2Chess.com RCC Wk18 Swiss
  15. vs Sanan SjugirovDraw · ½–½White · 2022-06-11 · Round 1Chess.com RCC Wk18 Swiss
  16. vs Nitzan SteinbergLost · 0-1White · 2022-05-24 · Round 7Titled Tue 24th May Late
  17. vs Mikhail BryakinDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-05-24 · Round 6Titled Tue 24th May Late
  18. vs Denis PershinWon · 0-1Black · 2022-05-24 · Round 5Titled Tue 24th May Late
  19. vs Vladimir ZakhartsovLost · 0-1White · 2022-05-24 · Round 4Titled Tue 24th May Late
  20. vs Oskar WieczorekWon · 1-0White · 2022-05-24 · Round 3Titled Tue 24th May Late
  21. vs Kaiqi YangWon · 0-1Black · 2022-05-24 · Round 2Titled Tue 24th May Late
  22. vs Hector Luis Gil AlbaWon · 1-0White · 2022-05-24 · Round 1Titled Tue 24th May Late
  23. vs Aleksey DreevLost · 1-0Black · 2022-05-21 · Round 4Chess.com RCC Wk15 Swiss
  24. vs Dennis WagnerWon · 1-0White · 2022-05-21 · Round 3Chess.com RCC Wk15 Swiss
  25. vs David ParavyanLost · 0-1White · 2022-05-21 · Round 2Chess.com RCC Wk15 Swiss
  26. vs Parham MaghsoodlooLost · 1-0Black · 2022-05-21 · Round 1Chess.com RCC Wk15 Swiss
  27. vs Alexander MotylevLost · 1-0Black · 2022-05-14 · Round 8Chess.com RCC Wk14 Swiss
  28. vs Robert HovhannisyanWon · 0-1Black · 2022-05-14 · Round 7Chess.com RCC Wk14 Swiss
  29. vs Mikhail KobaliaWon · 1-0White · 2022-05-14 · Round 6Chess.com RCC Wk14 Swiss
  30. vs Pa IniyanLost · 1-0Black · 2022-05-14 · Round 5Chess.com RCC Wk14 Swiss
  31. vs Santosh Gujrathi ViditLost · 0-1White · 2022-05-14 · Round 4Chess.com RCC Wk14 Swiss
  32. vs Evgeny PostnyLost · 0-1White · 2022-05-14 · Round 3Chess.com RCC Wk14 Swiss
  33. vs Praggnanandhaa RWon · 0-1Black · 2022-05-14 · Round 2Chess.com RCC Wk14 Swiss
  34. vs M. Amin TabatabaeiLost · 1-0Black · 2022-05-14 · Round 1Chess.com RCC Wk14 Swiss
  35. vs Marco RiehleLost · 0-1White · 2022-05-10 · Round 3Titled Tue 10th May Late
  36. vs Meri ArabidzeWon · 0-1Black · 2022-05-10 · Round 2Titled Tue 10th May Late
  37. vs Michael SongWon · 1-0White · 2022-05-10 · Round 1Titled Tue 10th May Late
  38. vs Aman HambletonWon · 1-0White · 2022-05-03 · Round 9Titled Tue 3rd May Late
  39. vs Viacheslav MikhailovWon · 0-1Black · 2022-05-03 · Round 8Titled Tue 3rd May Late
  40. vs Aleksandr ShimanovLost · 0-1White · 2022-05-03 · Round 7Titled Tue 3rd May Late
  41. vs Leonardo TristanWon · 0-1Black · 2022-05-03 · Round 6Titled Tue 3rd May Late
  42. vs Vugar RasulovLost · 0-1White · 2022-05-03 · Round 5Titled Tue 3rd May Late
  43. vs Alexander RustemovWon · 0-1Black · 2022-05-03 · Round 4Titled Tue 3rd May Late
  44. vs Asylbek AbdyzhaparWon · 1-0White · 2022-05-03 · Round 3Titled Tue 3rd May Late
  45. vs Kevin BordiWon · 0-1Black · 2022-05-03 · Round 2Titled Tue 3rd May Late
  46. vs Dinara WagnerWon · 1-0White · 2022-05-03 · Round 1Titled Tue 3rd May Late
  47. vs David ParavyanLost · 1-0Black · 2022-05-03 · Round 10Titled Tue 3rd May Late
  48. vs Awonder LiangLost · 1-0Black · 2022-05-02 · Round 2.39chess.com Junior Speed
  49. vs Awonder LiangLost · 0-1White · 2022-05-02 · Round 2.38chess.com Junior Speed
  50. vs Awonder LiangLost · 1-0Black · 2022-05-02 · Round 2.37chess.com Junior Speed

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