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Sontag, Bruno
🇭🇷FIDE 14514974· Male· Croatia· Born in 1941
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Bruno Sontag, a 85-year-old Croatian player, is rated 1784. He has fluctuated between 1784 and 1847 over the past 2 years. 16 rated games in the past year (≈11/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include S: Sahovski serijal - Hrvatski branitelj 2026., S: 4.A liga SZZ Centar 2026 3-4, and S: New Zagreb Classic 2026 - Open B. Also played 7 rapid (including R: Memorijalni turnir Anton Tus) and 14 blitz events (including B: DAN ANTIFASISTICKE BORBE 2025.) recently. He took a 22-month break between Nov 2023 and Oct 2025. His peak of 1935 was reached at age 66 (Apr 2007).
Current rating
1784
Standard
Rpd1650·Blz1612
All-time high
1935
−151 pts below
Apr 2007 · age 66
Apr 2007 · age 66
Activity
6
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
16 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#81,386
#81,386 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2026
27th Croatian 80+ player
at age 85 · rated 1847
May 2026
2025
Re-crossed 1800
at age 84
Oct 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+139 Elo)
1658 → 1797
Oct 2024
2023
Inactive for 22 months
paused at 1662 → returned at 1804
Nov 2023
2017
36th Croatian 75-80 player
at age 76 · rated 1768
Dec 2017
2013
100 career games
at age 72
Jun 2013
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-13
1797 → 1784
Tournaments
5
20 games
Score
10/ 2050.0%
8W4D8L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | May 2026 | 0/1 | #48 | 1183 | -6.4 |
Round-Robin | May 2026 | 4.5/7 | #11 | 1914 | -56.8 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 1/1 | #21 | 2678 | +11.2 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3.5/5 | #10 | 2036 | +31.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMira Srebro
🇭🇷CRO·1703
+12 −12 =1
25 games·last met May 2026
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vsBozo Jurisic
🇭🇷CRO·1734
+13 −5 =1
19 games·last met May 2026
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vsDenis Jakupec
🇭🇷CRO·1935
+0 −9 =8
17 games·last met May 2026
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vsTvrtko Golemovic
🇭🇷CRO·1792
+8 −8 =1
17 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsVojislav Poljak
🇭🇷CRO·1771
+1 −13 =0
14 games·last met May 2026
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Rankings
/
Croatia
#1,362
out of 2,918 players
Europe
#58,690
in continent
World
#81,384
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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