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Flugel, Stefan
🇳🇴FIDE 1514130· Male· Norway· Born in 1981
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Stefan Flugel, a 45-year-old Norwegian player, is rated 1875 — his current career high. He is on a steady climb with +24 Elo over the past 12 months. 18 rated games in the past year (≈7/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Ostlandsserien div 4 B 2025-2026 R 5, Porsgrunn Grand Prix TOUR 2025 A, and Landsturneringen 2025 Kl 1. Also played 2 rapid (including Porsgrunn Grand Prix TOUR 2025 A hurtigrunder) and 1 blitz events (including NM i lynsjakk 2025 Klasse 1 gr 2) recently. He had 4 career breaks: 12 months (2016–2017), 19 months (2017–2018), 23 months (2021–2023) and 30 months (2023–2025).
Current rating
1875
Standard
Rpd1828·Blz1855
All-time high
1875
at best
Apr 2026 · age 45
Apr 2026 · age 45
Activity
6
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
18 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#54,478
#54,478 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
14 entries2026
29th Norwegian 40-45 player
at age 45 · rated 1875
May 2026
All-time peak 1875
at age 45
Apr 2026
2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 43
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 30 months
paused at 1751 → returned at 1868
Jan 2023
2021
Inactive for 23 months
paused at 1769 → returned at 1751
Jan 2021
2020
42nd Norwegian 35-40 player
at age 39 · rated 1783
Oct 2020
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+24
1851 → 1875
Tournaments
6
9 games
Score
6/ 966.7%
5W2D2L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #13 | 1953 | +2.2 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #10 | 2606 | +8.0 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #1 | 2339 | +2.8 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 1/1 | #1 | 2387 | +3.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/1 | #7 | 1601 | -6.8 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 2/4 | #16 | 1848 | -2.4 |
Hot streak: 4 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsEirik Strom Austad
🇳🇴NOR·2197
+4 −6 =1
11 games·last met Mar 2023
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vsJonatan Espeland
🇳🇴NOR·1888
+3 −5 =2
10 games·last met Oct 2020
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vsPer Lea
🇳🇴NOR·1799
+5 −2 =3
10 games·last met Apr 2016
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vsJan Ove Lorentzen
🇳🇴NOR·1585
+7 −2 =0
9 games·last met Dec 2023
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vsTorstein Furnes
🇳🇴NOR·1806
+5 −2 =2
9 games·last met Apr 2016
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Rankings
/
Norway
#508
out of 2,669 players
Europe
#39,996
in continent
World
#54,477
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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