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Hartstock, Elmar, Dr.

🇩🇪INACTIVE · since August 2023

FIDEFIDE 12933740· Male· Germany· Born in 1951

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Elmar, Dr. Hartstock, a 75-year-old German player, is rated 1885 — his current career high. He plays around 4 rated games per year and had 2 career breaks: 34 months (2015–2018) and 48 months (2018–2022, COVID-19 included).

Current rating

1885

Standard

Rpd1906·Blz—

All-time high

1885

at best
Mar 2024 · age 73

Activity

3

games / yr avg.

classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#51,810

#51,810 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

10 entries
2024
Best 12-month gain (+54 Elo)
1831 → 1885
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1885
at age 73
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 33 months
paused at 1809 → still inactive
Aug 2023
2022
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 71
Sep 2022
2018
Inactive for 48 months
paused at 1853 → returned at 1831
Aug 2018
2015
Inactive for 34 months
paused at 1865 → returned at 1853
Sep 2015

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Barbara Jacob 1,800
Chess Classics 2026 75 plus · May 2026 · +7.6 Elo
Evolution
0
1885 → 1885
Score
0/ 90.0%
4W1D4L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsBarbara Jacob1,800·Chess Classics 2026 75 plus·R5·+7.6
2.[W]vsHelmut Brahn1,732·Chess Classics 2026 75 plus·R9·+5.9
3.[W]vsUrsula Schumacher1,542·Chess Classics 2026 75 plus·R1·+2.4
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsJoachim Thielemann1,741·Chess Classics 2026 75 plus·R3·-13.9
2.[L]vsErwin Bilgen1,798·Chess Classics 2026 75 plus·R8·-12.5
3.[L]vsHorst Szymaniak1,979·Chess Classics 2026 75 plus·R7·-7.4

Rankings

/
Germany
#5,681
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#37,978
in continent
World
#49,140
out of 400,000+

National ranking

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