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Meckel, Helmut
🇩🇪FIDE 12966029· Male· Germany· Born in 1941
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Helmut Meckel, a 85-year-old German player, is rated 1819. He has slipped back 77 Elo over the past 12 months. 16 rated games in the past year (≈20/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 15. Solinger Karnevals-Open, Offene Solinger Stadtmeisterschaft 2025 Dezember, and Offene Solinger Stadtmeisterschaft 2025 November. He had 2 career breaks: 30 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included) and 14 months (2022–2024). His peak of 1921 was reached at age 84 (Jan 2025).
Current rating
1819
Standard
Rpd1867·Blz1782
All-time high
1921
−102 pts below
Jan 2025 · age 84
Jan 2025 · age 84
Activity
10
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
16 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#70,405
#70,405 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
13 entries2025
All-time peak 1921
at age 84 · −102 from today
Jan 2025
2024
71st German 80+ player
at age 83 · rated 1913
Dec 2024
2022
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 1846 → returned at 1899
Dec 2022
2020
Inactive for 30 months
paused at 1837 → returned at 1834
Apr 2020
2019
Best 12-month gain (+77 Elo)
1780 → 1857
Sep 2019
Re-crossed 1800
at age 78
Jul 2019
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-77
1896 → 1819
Tournaments
6
17 games
Score
8/ 1747.1%
7W2D8L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 2/5 | #44 | 1734 | -19.2 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 0/1 | #24 | 1084 | -9.0 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 2/2 | #3 | 2357 | +7.0 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 0/2 | #31 | 866 | -30.6 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 1/1 | #30 | 2834 | -5.8 |
Rankings
/
Germany
#7,319
out of 15,291 players
Europe
#51,153
in continent
World
#70,405
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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