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

Published rating lists through Nov 2026.

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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
151 2022-05-02 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 2.36 Brandon Jacobson Awonder Liang Won: 1-0 44 Open
152 2022-05-02 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 2.35 Awonder Liang Brandon Jacobson Won: 0-1 90 Open
153 2022-05-02 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 2.34 Brandon Jacobson Awonder Liang Lost: 0-1 63 Open
154 2022-05-02 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 2.33 Awonder Liang Brandon Jacobson Won: 0-1 28 Open
155 2022-05-02 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 2.32 Brandon Jacobson Awonder Liang Lost: 0-1 31 Open
156 2022-05-02 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 2.31 Awonder Liang Brandon Jacobson Lost: 1-0 28 Open
157 2022-05-02 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 2.313 Awonder Liang Brandon Jacobson Lost: 1-0 27 Open
158 2022-05-02 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 2.312 Brandon Jacobson Awonder Liang Lost: 0-1 34 Open
159 2022-05-02 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 2.311 Awonder Liang Brandon Jacobson Lost: 1-0 30 Open
160 2022-05-02 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 2.31 Brandon Jacobson Awonder Liang Lost: 0-1 33 Open
161 2022-05-02 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 2.29 Brandon Jacobson Awonder Liang Draw: 1/2-1/2 54 Open
162 2022-05-02 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 2.28 Awonder Liang Brandon Jacobson Lost: 1-0 42 Open
163 2022-05-02 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 2.27 Brandon Jacobson Awonder Liang Draw: 1/2-1/2 64 Open
164 2022-05-02 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 2.26 Awonder Liang Brandon Jacobson Won: 0-1 42 Open
165 2022-05-02 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 2.25 Brandon Jacobson Awonder Liang Draw: 1/2-1/2 50 Open
166 2022-05-02 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 2.24 Awonder Liang Brandon Jacobson Lost: 1-0 52 Open
167 2022-05-02 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 2.23 Brandon Jacobson Awonder Liang Draw: 1/2-1/2 32 Open
168 2022-05-02 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 2.22 Awonder Liang Brandon Jacobson Won: 0-1 26 Open
169 2022-05-02 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 2.21 Brandon Jacobson Awonder Liang Won: 1-0 24 Open
170 2022-05-02 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 2.19 Brandon Jacobson Awonder Liang Won: 1-0 35 Open
171 2022-05-02 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 2.18 Awonder Liang Brandon Jacobson Won: 0-1 44 Open
172 2022-05-02 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 2.17 Brandon Jacobson Awonder Liang Lost: 0-1 38 Open
173 2022-05-02 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 2.16 Awonder Liang Brandon Jacobson Lost: 1-0 30 Open
174 2022-05-02 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 2.15 Brandon Jacobson Awonder Liang Won: 1-0 34 Open
175 2022-05-02 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 2.14 Awonder Liang Brandon Jacobson Won: 0-1 92 Open
176 2022-05-02 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 2.13 Brandon Jacobson Awonder Liang Won: 1-0 11 Open
177 2022-05-02 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 2.12 Awonder Liang Brandon Jacobson Draw: 1/2-1/2 41 Open
178 2022-05-02 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 2.11 Brandon Jacobson Awonder Liang Won: 1-0 30 Open
179 2022-05-02 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 2.11 Awonder Liang Brandon Jacobson Lost: 1-0 46 Open
180 2022-04-19 Titled Tue 19th Apr Late chess.com INT 9 Fabiano Caruana Brandon Jacobson Lost: 1-0 79 Open
181 2022-04-19 Titled Tue 19th Apr Late chess.com INT 8 Etienne Bacrot Brandon Jacobson Won: 0-1 38 Open
182 2022-04-19 Titled Tue 19th Apr Late chess.com INT 7 Brandon Jacobson Rasmus Svane Won: 1-0 30 Open
183 2022-04-19 Titled Tue 19th Apr Late chess.com INT 6 Dachey Lin Brandon Jacobson Lost: 1-0 40 Open
184 2022-04-19 Titled Tue 19th Apr Late chess.com INT 5 Brandon Jacobson Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara Draw: 1/2-1/2 50 Open
185 2022-04-19 Titled Tue 19th Apr Late chess.com INT 4 Kevin Bordi Brandon Jacobson Won: 0-1 31 Open
186 2022-04-19 Titled Tue 19th Apr Late chess.com INT 3 Oleksii Bilych Brandon Jacobson Won: 0-1 54 Open
187 2022-04-19 Titled Tue 19th Apr Late chess.com INT 2 Brandon Jacobson Daniel Yedidia Won: 1-0 28 Open
188 2022-04-19 Titled Tue 19th Apr Late chess.com INT 1 Ali Mortazavi Brandon Jacobson Won: 0-1 22 Open
189 2022-04-11 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.39 Brandon Jacobson Arseniy Nesterov Draw: 1/2-1/2 68 Open
190 2022-04-11 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.38 Arseniy Nesterov Brandon Jacobson Lost: 1-0 68 Open
191 2022-04-11 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.37 Brandon Jacobson Arseniy Nesterov Lost: 0-1 72 Open
192 2022-04-11 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.36 Arseniy Nesterov Brandon Jacobson Won: 0-1 34 Open
193 2022-04-11 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.35 Brandon Jacobson Arseniy Nesterov Won: 1-0 41 Open
194 2022-04-11 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.34 Arseniy Nesterov Brandon Jacobson Won: 0-1 46 Open
195 2022-04-11 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.33 Brandon Jacobson Arseniy Nesterov Won: 1-0 42 Open
196 2022-04-11 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.32 Arseniy Nesterov Brandon Jacobson Lost: 1-0 53 Open
197 2022-04-11 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.31 Brandon Jacobson Arseniy Nesterov Draw: 1/2-1/2 62 Open
198 2022-04-11 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.29 Arseniy Nesterov Brandon Jacobson Won: 0-1 95 Open
199 2022-04-11 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.28 Brandon Jacobson Arseniy Nesterov Draw: 1/2-1/2 29 Open
200 2022-04-11 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.27 Arseniy Nesterov Brandon Jacobson Lost: 1-0 37 Open
  1. vs Awonder LiangWon · 1-0White · 2022-05-02 · Round 2.36chess.com Junior Speed
  2. vs Awonder LiangWon · 0-1Black · 2022-05-02 · Round 2.35chess.com Junior Speed
  3. vs Awonder LiangLost · 0-1White · 2022-05-02 · Round 2.34chess.com Junior Speed
  4. vs Awonder LiangWon · 0-1Black · 2022-05-02 · Round 2.33chess.com Junior Speed
  5. vs Awonder LiangLost · 0-1White · 2022-05-02 · Round 2.32chess.com Junior Speed
  6. vs Awonder LiangLost · 1-0Black · 2022-05-02 · Round 2.31chess.com Junior Speed
  7. vs Awonder LiangLost · 1-0Black · 2022-05-02 · Round 2.313chess.com Junior Speed
  8. vs Awonder LiangLost · 0-1White · 2022-05-02 · Round 2.312chess.com Junior Speed
  9. vs Awonder LiangLost · 1-0Black · 2022-05-02 · Round 2.311chess.com Junior Speed
  10. vs Awonder LiangLost · 0-1White · 2022-05-02 · Round 2.31chess.com Junior Speed
  11. vs Awonder LiangDraw · ½–½White · 2022-05-02 · Round 2.29chess.com Junior Speed
  12. vs Awonder LiangLost · 1-0Black · 2022-05-02 · Round 2.28chess.com Junior Speed
  13. vs Awonder LiangDraw · ½–½White · 2022-05-02 · Round 2.27chess.com Junior Speed
  14. vs Awonder LiangWon · 0-1Black · 2022-05-02 · Round 2.26chess.com Junior Speed
  15. vs Awonder LiangDraw · ½–½White · 2022-05-02 · Round 2.25chess.com Junior Speed
  16. vs Awonder LiangLost · 1-0Black · 2022-05-02 · Round 2.24chess.com Junior Speed
  17. vs Awonder LiangDraw · ½–½White · 2022-05-02 · Round 2.23chess.com Junior Speed
  18. vs Awonder LiangWon · 0-1Black · 2022-05-02 · Round 2.22chess.com Junior Speed
  19. vs Awonder LiangWon · 1-0White · 2022-05-02 · Round 2.21chess.com Junior Speed
  20. vs Awonder LiangWon · 1-0White · 2022-05-02 · Round 2.19chess.com Junior Speed
  21. vs Awonder LiangWon · 0-1Black · 2022-05-02 · Round 2.18chess.com Junior Speed
  22. vs Awonder LiangLost · 0-1White · 2022-05-02 · Round 2.17chess.com Junior Speed
  23. vs Awonder LiangLost · 1-0Black · 2022-05-02 · Round 2.16chess.com Junior Speed
  24. vs Awonder LiangWon · 1-0White · 2022-05-02 · Round 2.15chess.com Junior Speed
  25. vs Awonder LiangWon · 0-1Black · 2022-05-02 · Round 2.14chess.com Junior Speed
  26. vs Awonder LiangWon · 1-0White · 2022-05-02 · Round 2.13chess.com Junior Speed
  27. vs Awonder LiangDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-05-02 · Round 2.12chess.com Junior Speed
  28. vs Awonder LiangWon · 1-0White · 2022-05-02 · Round 2.11chess.com Junior Speed
  29. vs Awonder LiangLost · 1-0Black · 2022-05-02 · Round 2.11chess.com Junior Speed
  30. vs Fabiano CaruanaLost · 1-0Black · 2022-04-19 · Round 9Titled Tue 19th Apr Late
  31. vs Etienne BacrotWon · 0-1Black · 2022-04-19 · Round 8Titled Tue 19th Apr Late
  32. vs Rasmus SvaneWon · 1-0White · 2022-04-19 · Round 7Titled Tue 19th Apr Late
  33. vs Dachey LinLost · 1-0Black · 2022-04-19 · Round 6Titled Tue 19th Apr Late
  34. vs Jose Eduardo Martinez AlcantaraDraw · ½–½White · 2022-04-19 · Round 5Titled Tue 19th Apr Late
  35. vs Kevin BordiWon · 0-1Black · 2022-04-19 · Round 4Titled Tue 19th Apr Late
  36. vs Oleksii BilychWon · 0-1Black · 2022-04-19 · Round 3Titled Tue 19th Apr Late
  37. vs Daniel YedidiaWon · 1-0White · 2022-04-19 · Round 2Titled Tue 19th Apr Late
  38. vs Ali MortazaviWon · 0-1Black · 2022-04-19 · Round 1Titled Tue 19th Apr Late
  39. vs Arseniy NesterovDraw · ½–½White · 2022-04-11 · Round 1.39chess.com Junior Speed
  40. vs Arseniy NesterovLost · 1-0Black · 2022-04-11 · Round 1.38chess.com Junior Speed
  41. vs Arseniy NesterovLost · 0-1White · 2022-04-11 · Round 1.37chess.com Junior Speed
  42. vs Arseniy NesterovWon · 0-1Black · 2022-04-11 · Round 1.36chess.com Junior Speed
  43. vs Arseniy NesterovWon · 1-0White · 2022-04-11 · Round 1.35chess.com Junior Speed
  44. vs Arseniy NesterovWon · 0-1Black · 2022-04-11 · Round 1.34chess.com Junior Speed
  45. vs Arseniy NesterovWon · 1-0White · 2022-04-11 · Round 1.33chess.com Junior Speed
  46. vs Arseniy NesterovLost · 1-0Black · 2022-04-11 · Round 1.32chess.com Junior Speed
  47. vs Arseniy NesterovDraw · ½–½White · 2022-04-11 · Round 1.31chess.com Junior Speed
  48. vs Arseniy NesterovWon · 0-1Black · 2022-04-11 · Round 1.29chess.com Junior Speed
  49. vs Arseniy NesterovDraw · ½–½White · 2022-04-11 · Round 1.28chess.com Junior Speed
  50. vs Arseniy NesterovLost · 1-0Black · 2022-04-11 · Round 1.27chess.com Junior Speed

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