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Ponomarenko, Olexandr
🇺🇦FIDE 14142546· Male· Ukraine· Born in 1948
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Olexandr Ponomarenko, a 78-year-old Ukrainian player, is rated 1621. He has slipped back 100 Elo over the past 12 months. 23 rated games in the past year (≈8/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include "Kyiv Spring - 2026 (open A)" Memory Shystarov Serhii, "The path to mastery", group B, and "The path to mastery", group A. Also played 26 rapid (including 1 Cup of the VRCF President (Rapid)) and 19 blitz events (including 1 Cup of the VRCF President (Blitz)) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 25 months (2013–2015), 38 months (2015–2018) and 18 months (2022–2024). His peak of 1734 was reached at age 76 (Mar 2024).
Current rating
1621
Standard
Rpd1609·Blz1584
All-time high
1734
−113 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 76
Mar 2024 · age 76
Activity
13
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
23 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#139,001
#139,001 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
18 entries2026
100 career games
at age 78
Mar 2026
2024
15th Ukrainian 75-80 player
at age 76 · rated 1727
Dec 2024
Best 12-month gain (+172 Elo)
1556 → 1728
Apr 2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 76
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1734
at age 76 · −113 from today
Mar 2024
2022
Inactive for 18 months
paused at 1556 → returned at 1728
Sep 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-100
1721 → 1621
Tournaments
6
39 games
Score
12.5/ 3932.1%
9W7D23L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | Mar 2026 | 3/4 | #88 | 1947 | -29.2 |
Round-Robin | Feb 2026 | 0.5/4 | #5 | 1367 | -30.8 |
Round-Robin | Feb 2026 | 0.5/4 | #5 | 1367 | -30.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsPavlo Khomenko
🇺🇦UKR·1632
+12 −20 =3
35 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsAndrei Levenko
🇺🇦UKR·1759
+15 −5 =4
24 games·last met Feb 2020
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vsVladimir ChubarIM
🇺🇦UKR·1874
+4 −19 =0
23 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsOleksiy Novosad
🇺🇦UKR·1842
+7 −12 =4
23 games·last met Jun 2023
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vsViktor Bychkov
🇺🇦UKR·1863
+9 −12 =1
22 games·last met Jun 2021
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Rankings
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Ukraine
#1,087
out of 3,843 players
Europe
#94,016
in continent
World
#138,993
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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