IM Josef Jurek Full name Josef Jurek Born 1954 (age 72) Place of birth Federation Czech Republic Profiles #4330 World Ranking 2164 Classical 2177 Rapid 2073 Blitz Rating Bio Most Played Openings White Pieces King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto, Debrecen, Classical Main Line (36 games) English Opening: Symmetrical Variation (31 games) King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation (26 games) Catalan Opening: Closed (20 games) English Opening: Caro-Kann Defensive System (18 games) Black Pieces French Defense: Tarrasch, Closed, Main Line (29 games) English Opening: Symmetrical, Hedgehog Defense (28 games) French Defense: Winawer, Advance, Poisoned Pawn Variation (27 games) French Defense: Tarrasch, Morozevich Variation (25 games) Indian Game: Yusupov-Rubinstein System (18 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Josef Jurek (2151) Zaur Gasanov (2309) 1-0 59 2026 Josef Jurek (2151) Timur Kocharin (2346) ½-½ 85 2026 Harsh Suresh (2440) Josef Jurek (2151) 1-0 22 2026 Josef Jurek (2196) Zarko Vuckovic (2344) 0-1 47 2025 Josef Jurek (2196) Daniel Prazak (2314) 0-1 35 2025 Josef Jurek (2196) Antoni Dylong (2217) 0-1 49 2025 Josef Jurek (2137) Honi Arora (2270) 0-1 35 2025 Josef Jurek (2137) Piotr Kejna (2363) 0-1 43 2025 Josef Jurek (2196) Angus J Dunnington (2259) ½-½ 16 2025 Josef Jurek (2160) Timothy F Binham (2250) ½-½ 14 2025 Show All Games