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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 1818. He has slipped back 78 Elo over the past 12 months. 20 rated games in the past year (≈21/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
1818
Standard
Rpd1867·Blz1782
All-time high
1921
−103 pts below
Jan 2025 · age 84
Jan 2025 · age 84
Activity
12
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
20 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#70,754
#70,754 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2025
All-time peak 1921
at age 84 · −103 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
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-58
1876 → 1818
Tournaments
6
17 games
Score
8/ 1747.1%
8W0D9L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 3/4 | #83 | 1987 | -0.8 |
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 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMarius, Dr. Fraenzel
🇩🇪GER·1841
+2 −2 =1
5 games·last met Mar 2025
View head-to-head →
vsStefan Schubert
🇩🇪GER·1703
+5 −0 =0
5 games·last met Sep 2024
View head-to-head →
vsKevin Zolfagharian
🇩🇪GER·2222
+1 −4 =0
5 games·last met Nov 2022
View head-to-head →
vsStefan Speck
🇩🇪GER·1911
+2 −3 =0
5 games·last met Oct 2022
View head-to-head →
Rankings
/
Germany
#7,440
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#51,410
in continent
World
#70,753
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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