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Shtelmah, Olexandr
🇺🇦FIDE 14142139· Male· Ukraine· Born in 1963
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Olexandr Shtelmah, a 63-year-old Ukrainian player, is rated 1886. He plays occasionally (5 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 44 months (2015–2019), 54 months (2019–2023, COVID-19 included) and 17 months (2023–2025). Recent appearance: Dnister-2025. Also played 4 rapid (including 4 Memorial Anatoly Melnyk (Rapid)) and 2 blitz events (including Vinnytsia open December 25 (Blitz)) recently. His peak of 1997 was reached at age 49 (Sep 2012).
Current rating
1886
Standard
Rpd1740·Blz1683
All-time high
1997
−111 pts below
Sep 2012 · age 49
Sep 2012 · age 49
Activity
7
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
5 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#51,614
#51,614 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
12 entries2024
28th Ukrainian 60-65 player
at age 61 · rated 1905
Oct 2024
2023
Inactive for 17 months
paused at 1842 → returned at 1888
Nov 2023
2019
39th Ukrainian 55-60 player
at age 56 · rated 1906
Nov 2019
Inactive for 54 months
paused at 1906 → returned at 1842
Apr 2019
2015
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 52
Jul 2015
Inactive for 44 months
paused at 1927 → returned at 1906
Jul 2015
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-2
1888 → 1886
Tournaments
1
5 games
Score
2/ 540.0%
1W2D2L
Top 2 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Jun 2025 | 2/5 | #8 | 1883 | -1.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAnatoly Khoduk
🇺🇦UKR·2056
+2 −13 =0
15 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsDmytro Finoheev
🇺🇦UKR
+5 −6 =2
13 games·last met Sep 2021
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vsVolodymyr VusatiukIM
🇺🇦UKR·2286
+3 −8 =1
12 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsAndriy Horobets
🇺🇦UKR·2032
+1 −8 =3
12 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsAnatoly Spirin
🇺🇦UKR·1948
+5 −5 =2
12 games·last met Dec 2022
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Rankings
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Ukraine
#537
out of 3,788 players
Europe
#37,960
in continent
World
#51,614
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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