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Scheffknecht, Philipp
🇦🇹FIDE 1609190· Male· Austria· Born in 1981
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Philipp Scheffknecht, a 45-year-old Austrian player, is rated 2049 and sitting in the top 10% of players worldwide. He has fluctuated between 2036 and 2097 over the past 2 years. 22 rated games in the past year (≈29/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Wiener Vereinsmeisterschaft 2025-2026 A-Liga Round 11, 2. Bundesliga Ost AUT 2025-2026 Round 10-11, and Wiener Vereinsmeisterschaft 2025-2026 Landesliga Round 7-9. Also played 1 rapid (including Grand Prix PlusCity - Open Austrian Team Rapid Championship 2025) and 4 blitz events (including WSV Semester Closing Blitzturnier) recently. His peak of 2197 was reached at age 24 (Oct 2005).
At junior level, he reached #8 nationally in U20.
Current rating
2049
Standard
Rpd2060·Blz2138
All-time high
2197
−148 pts below
Oct 2005 · age 24
Oct 2005 · age 24
Activity
23
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
22 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 10%
#20,907 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
19 entries2023
25th Austrian 40-45 player
at age 42 · rated 2122
Apr 2023
Re-crossed 2100
at age 42
Jan 2023
2022
Best 12-month gain (+71 Elo)
2037 → 2108
Sep 2022
Re-crossed 2100
at age 41
Sep 2022
2020
41st Austrian 35-40 player
at age 39 · rated 2087
Oct 2020
2019
Re-crossed 2100
at age 38
May 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-10
2059 → 2049
Tournaments
12
22 games
Score
9.5/ 2243.2%
4W11D7L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
12 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 1/1 | #22 | 2700 | +6.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #86 | 1299 | -3.6 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | #77 | 2128 | +1.0 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | #31 | 1979 | -2.2 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 0.5/2 | #48 | 1834 | -12.2 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0/1 | #74 | 1187 | -11.2 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/1 | #33 | 1879 | -4.2 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/1 | #40 | 2037 | -0.8 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1/1 | #28 | 2731 | +6.2 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 0.5/2 | #39 | 1903 | -8.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAco AlvirIM
🇦🇹AUT·2257
+2 −11 =1
14 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsFlorian SchwabenederIM
🇦🇹AUT·2445
+1 −11 =0
12 games·last met Jul 2024
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vsKonstantin PeyrerIM
🇦🇹AUT·2496
+4 −8 =0
12 games·last met Mar 2024
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vsHeinz Reisinger
🇦🇹AUT·1840
+9 −0 =2
11 games·last met Oct 2023
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vsAnnika FroewisWFM
🇦🇹AUT·2051
+6 −3 =1
10 games·last met Jun 2022
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Rankings
/
Austria
#468
out of 3,405 players
Europe
#15,346
in continent
World
#20,907
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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