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Paluch, Jozef

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FIDEFIDE 14910233· Male· Slovakia· Born in 1966

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Jozef Paluch, a 60-year-old Slovak player, is rated 1940. He has held steady between 1900 and 1950 for 2 years. 11 rated games in the past year (≈12/year long-term). Recent appearances: 4. liga C11 2025 2026 R9-11 and 3. liga C1 2025 2026 R8-9. His peak of 2022 was reached at age 45 (May 2011).

Current rating

1940

Standard

Rpd—·Blz—

All-time high

2022

−82 pts below
May 2011 · age 45

Activity

9

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

11 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#38,760

#38,760 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

15 entries
2025
6-month rising streak
+32 Elo
May 2025
Best 12-month gain (+44 Elo)
1873 → 1917
Feb 2025
2022
65th Slovak 55-60 player
at age 56 · rated 1924
May 2022
2020
Inactive for 19 months
paused at 1926 → returned at 1922
Jul 2020
2019
49th Slovak 50-55 player
at age 53 · rated 1997
Feb 2019
2016
Re-crossed 2000
at age 50
Nov 2016

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Matej Sivcak 1,953
3. liga C1 2025 2026 R1-2 · Nov 2025 · +10.4 Elo
Evolution
+5
1935 → 1940
Tournaments
9
12 games
Score
9/ 1275.0%
8W2D2L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsMatej Sivcak1,953·3. liga C1 2025 2026 R1-2·R1·+10.4
2.[W]vsJozef Seliga1,822·4. liga C11 2025 2026 R9-11·R10·+6.7
3.[W]vsDusan Cesnek1,741·3. liga C1 2025 2026 R8-9·R8·+5.0
Top 2 losses
1.[L]vsRoman Veselovsky1,881·3. liga C1 2025 2026 R3-4·R3·-11.4
2.[L]vsVladimir Lakatos1,983·3. liga C1 2025 2026 R5-7·R5·-8.4

Last 12 months — tournaments

9 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
4. liga C11 2025 2026 R9-11
Team
Mar 20261/1#602622+7.0
3. liga C1 2025 2026 R8-9
Open Swiss
Feb 20261/1#472541+5.2
4. liga C11 2025 2026 R8
Team
Feb 20261/1#212382+2.4
4. liga C11 2025 2026 R6-7
Team
Jan 20262/2#62471+7.4
3. liga C1 2025 2026 R5-7
Open Swiss
Jan 20260.5/2#981700-12.2
4. liga C11 2025 2026 R4-5
Team
Dec 20251/1#352316+1.6
3. liga C1 2025 2026 R3-4
Open Swiss
Nov 20250/1#1071081-11.4
3. liga C1 2025 2026 R1-2
Open Swiss
Nov 20251/1#362753+10.6
4. liga C11 2025 2026 R1-2
Team
Oct 20251.5/1#522514-5.6
Hot streak: 4 tournaments without losing Elo.

Most-Played Opponents

vsVladimir Saga
🇸🇰SVK·1955
+0 −4 =2
6 games·last met Dec 2017
View head-to-head →
vsMarian Baleja
🇸🇰SVK·1955
+3 −2 =0
5 games·last met Nov 2023
View head-to-head →
vsDusan Paur
🇸🇰SVK·1784
+3 −2 =0
5 games·last met Oct 2019
View head-to-head →

Rankings

/
Slovakia
#656
out of 3,199 players
Europe
#28,629
in continent
World
#38,759
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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4
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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656🇸🇰Paluch, Jozef1,940
Europe
1
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2,841
2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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28629🇸🇰Paluch, Jozef1,940
World
1
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2,841
2
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2
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4
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4
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6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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9
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9
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38759🇸🇰Paluch, Jozef1,940