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Sztojka, Sandor
🇺🇦FIDE 14117843· Male· Ukraine· Born in 1938
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Sandor Sztojka, a 88-year-old Ukrainian player, is rated 1873. He has slipped back 42 Elo over the past 12 months. 29 rated games in the past year (≈5/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include First Saturday 2026 April - U2250, Budapest Team Ch. Bilek Istvan Memorial Group 2025-26 R 10-11, and Budapest Team Ch. Szen Jozsef Memorial Group 2025-26 R 6-7. Also played 1 rapid event (including 1st City H8 Rapid Tournament) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 46 months (2005–2009) and 176 months (2009–2024). His peak of 2073 was reached at age 66 (Oct 2004).
Current rating
1873
Standard
Rpd1972·Blz1971
All-time high
2073
−200 pts below
Oct 2004 · age 66
Oct 2004 · age 66
Activity
29
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
29 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#55,025
#55,025 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2026
100 career games
at age 88
Jan 2026
2024
2nd Ukrainian 80+ player
at age 86 · rated 1976
Nov 2024
2009
5th Ukrainian 70-75 player
at age 71 · rated 2049
Sep 2009
Inactive for 176 months
paused at 2049 → returned at 1977
Sep 2009
2005
Inactive for 46 months
paused at 2048 → returned at 2049
Oct 2005
2004
16th Ukrainian 65-70 player
at age 66 · rated 2073
Oct 2004
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-42
1915 → 1873
Tournaments
10
29 games
Score
13/ 2944.8%
11W4D14L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | Apr 2026 | 2.5/9 | #9 | 1732 | -43.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/2 | #5 | 2731 | +22.0 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 2/2 | #5 | 2664 | +19.2 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0/1 | #215 | 1098 | -9.2 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #64 | 2930 | +16.4 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0/1 | #88 | 1269 | -6.4 |
Round-Robin | Dec 2025 | 2.5/9 | #9 | 1674 | -59.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1.5/2 | #11 | 2125 | +10.6 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1/1 | #25 | 2654 | +8.2 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 0.5/1 | #50 | 2002 | +2.4 |
Rankings
/
Ukraine
#550
out of 3,843 players
Europe
#40,396
in continent
World
#55,024
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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