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HG
Hechl, Gerald
FM🇦🇹FIDE 1605674· Male· Austria· Born in 1976
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Gerald Hechl, a 50-year-old Austrian FIDE Master, is rated 2161 and sitting in the top 5% of players worldwide. He has fluctuated between 2125 and 2237 over the past 2 years. 30 rated games in the past year (≈27/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2. Bundesliga Ost AUT 2025-2026 Round 10-11, Wiener Vereinsmeisterschaft 2025-2026 Landesliga Round 7-9, and 2. Bundesliga Ost AUT 2025-2026 Round 8-9. Also played 1 rapid (including Grand Prix PlusCity - Open Austrian Team Rapid Championship 2025) and 2 blitz events (including Grand Prix PlusCity - Open Austrian Team Blitz Championship 2025) recently. His peak of 2372 was reached at age 43 (Mar 2019, Austrian #39 at the time).
Awarded FM in 2018 (age 42). Earned a IM norm at 1. Bundesliga AUT 2018/2019.
Current rating
2161
Standard
Rpd2210·Blz2118
All-time high
2372
−211 pts below
Mar 2019 · age 43
Mar 2019 · age 43
Activity
38
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
30 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#10,499 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
19 entries2025
Re-crossed 2200
at age 49
Jan 2025
2024
8th Austrian 45-50 player
at age 48 · rated 2237
Jul 2024
2023
Re-crossed 2200
at age 47
Feb 2023
2020
Re-crossed 2300
at age 44
Oct 2020
500 career games
at age 44
Aug 2020
2019
Peak Austrian rank: #39
at age 43 · rated 2372
Mar 2019
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-18
2179 → 2161
Tournaments
13
37 games
Score
15.5/ 3741.9%
13W17D7L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
13 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/2 | #27 | 2164 | -0.2 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/2 | #62 | 2174 | +1.4 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1.5/2 | #4 | 2415 | +15.4 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | #17 | 2081 | -1.0 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0/2 | #76 | 1437 | -13.6 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #25 | 3163 | +15.6 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 2/2 | #2 | 2901 | +19.0 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/2 | #74 | 2020 | -5.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/1 | #38 | 2130 | -0.4 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1.5/2 | #36 | 2413 | +13.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsRene Schwab
🇦🇹AUT·2131
+10 −9 =4
23 games·last met Jan 2023
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vsYuri Miazhynski
🇦🇹AUT·2132
+11 −3 =5
19 games·last met Jan 2024
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vsHelmut KummerIM
🇦🇹AUT·2163
+9 −3 =4
16 games·last met Jan 2025
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vsLudwig Komarek
🇦🇹AUT·1756
+13 −3 =0
16 games·last met Jan 2020
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vsClaudio Rojik
🇦🇹AUT·1894
+12 −0 =2
14 games·last met May 2018
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Rankings
/
Austria
#198
out of 3,385 players
Europe
#7,489
in continent
World
#10,499
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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