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Minarcak, Pavol
🇸🇰FIDE 14930854· Male· Slovakia· Born in 1983
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Pavol Minarcak, a 43-year-old Slovak player, is rated 1852. He has fluctuated between 1838 and 1908 over the past 2 years. 41 rated games in the past year (≈25/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include IBCA World Team Chess Championship 2026, 3. liga D1 2025 2026 R9-11, and Mestska liga Cassovia 2025 2026 R7. Also played 2 rapid (including Pohar primatora mesta Liptovsky Hradok 2025) and 1 blitz events (including Tatrafest 2026 - SeniorBlesk) recently. His peak of 1908 was reached at age 41 (Dec 2024).
Current rating
1852
Standard
Rpd1804·Blz1864
All-time high
1908
−56 pts below
Dec 2024 · age 41
Dec 2024 · age 41
Activity
31
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
41 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#60,858
#60,858 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
14 entries2025
Best 12-month gain (+121 Elo)
1777 → 1898
Jan 2025
2024
73rd Slovak 40-45 player
at age 41 · rated 1908
Dec 2024
All-time peak 1908
at age 41 · −56 from today
Dec 2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 41
Mar 2024
2022
82nd Slovak 35-40 player
at age 39 · rated 1816
Apr 2022
2020
Inactive for 19 months
paused at 1821 → returned at 1816
Aug 2020
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+2
1850 → 1852
Tournaments
15
33 games
Score
17.5/ 3353.0%
13W9D11L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
15 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4/8 | #35 | 1898 | +12.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/3 | #50 | 1768 | -6.6 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | #12 | 1889 | +1.4 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 2/2 | #12 | 2583 | +16.8 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0/1 | #25 | 1061 | -9.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #5 | 2393 | +3.6 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/2 | #72 | 1716 | -6.4 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 1/2 | #36 | 1745 | -5.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0/1 | #59 | 1130 | -8.0 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #4 | 2510 | +6.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsNorbert Recky
🇸🇰SVK·1730
+3 −3 =3
9 games·last met Nov 2023
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vsJozef Horbal
🇸🇰SVK·1814
+2 −0 =5
7 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsDominik Nandrazi
🇸🇰SVK·2008
+1 −6 =0
7 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsVasil Slivka
🇸🇰SVK·1593
+4 −1 =1
6 games·last met Nov 2023
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vsRadovan Hurtuk
🇸🇰SVK·1984
+0 −6 =0
6 games·last met Nov 2023
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Rankings
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Slovakia
#1,053
out of 3,199 players
Europe
#44,534
in continent
World
#60,857
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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