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Horbal, Jozef
🇸🇰FIDE 14901269· Male· Slovakia· Born in 1984
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Jozef Horbal, a 42-year-old Slovak player, is rated 1814 — just 15 short of his peak of 1829 (Jul 2025, age 41). He has fluctuated between 1766 and 1829 over the past 2 years. 53 rated games in the past year (≈43/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include IBCA World Team Chess Championship 2026, Mestska liga Cassovia 2025 2026 R8-9, and 3. liga D1 2025 2026 R9-11. Also played 4 rapid events (including MSR v rapid sachu 2026) recently.
Current rating
1814
Standard
Rpd1797·Blz1735
All-time high
1829
−15 pts below
Jul 2025 · age 41
Jul 2025 · age 41
Activity
49
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
48 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#72,011
#72,011 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2026
Re-crossed 1800
at age 42
Apr 2026
2025
All-time peak 1829
at age 41 · −15 from today
Jul 2025
Re-crossed 1800
at age 41
May 2025
Re-crossed 1800
at age 41
Feb 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+186 Elo)
1596 → 1782
Jul 2024
2023
Re-crossed 1600
at age 39
Aug 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
IBCA World Individual Chess Championship for the Blind and Visually Impaired 2025 · Aug 2025 · +17.2 Elo
Evolution
-15
1829 → 1814
Tournaments
15
41 games
Score
20/ 4148.8%
12W16D13L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
15 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 3.5/6 | #61 | 1987 | +4.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1.5/2 | #5 | 1917 | +6.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1.5/3 | #38 | 1866 | +5.4 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/2 | #34 | 1804 | +0.8 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #8 | 2549 | +8.6 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/1 | #34 | 1689 | -3.0 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0/1 | #108 | 1074 | -8.0 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0/1 | #76 | 1044 | -9.2 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #1 | 2484 | +6.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/1 | #41 | 1796 | -0.6 |
Hot streak: 5 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsIvana Horbalova
🇸🇰SVK·1532
+20 −3 =3
26 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsMartin Mikulec
🇸🇰SVK·1898
+1 −11 =3
15 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsDominik Nandrazi
🇸🇰SVK·2008
+2 −6 =5
13 games·last met May 2026
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vsAnton Andras
🇸🇰SVK·1680
+5 −1 =6
12 games·last met Dec 2024
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vsRoman Juhar
🇸🇰SVK·2130
+1 −10 =0
11 games·last met Dec 2024
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Rankings
/
Slovakia
#1,268
out of 3,199 players
Europe
#52,268
in continent
World
#72,010
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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