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Rusek, Walter
🇦🇹FIDE 1612700· Male· Austria· Born in 1969
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Walter Rusek, a 57-year-old Austrian player, is rated 1906. He is on a steady climb with +21 Elo over the past 12 months. 59 rated games in the past year (≈36/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Burgenland Landesliga 2025-2026 Round 10, Wiener Vereinsmeisterschaft 2025-2026 1. Klasse B Round 9, and Wiener Betriebsmeisterschaft 2025-2026 1. Klasse Round 9. Also played 1 rapid (including Grand Prix PlusCity - Open Austrian Team Rapid Championship 2025) and 1 blitz events (including Blitzturnier-Serie 2025-26 im Schachklub Ottakring Turnier 1) recently. His peak of 1949 was reached at age 57 (Mar 2026).
Current rating
1906
Standard
Rpd1775·Blz1783
All-time high
1949
−43 pts below
Mar 2026 · age 57
Mar 2026 · age 57
Activity
71
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
57 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#46,659
#46,659 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2026
All-time peak 1949
at age 57 · −43 from today
Mar 2026
2024
500 career games
at age 55
Sep 2024
2023
Best 12-month gain (+133 Elo)
1729 → 1862
Aug 2023
9-month rising streak
+124 Elo
Apr 2023
2022
Re-crossed 1800
at age 53
Dec 2022
2014
Re-crossed 1800
at age 45
Dec 2014
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+27
1879 → 1906
Tournaments
24
53 games
Score
30/ 5356.6%
23W14D16L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
3.[L]vsIlija Orec1,852·Offene Oesterreichische Senioren- und Nestorenmeisterschaft 2026 - S50 u. S65·R7·-11.5
Last 12 months — tournaments
20 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 3/7 | #17 | 1845 | -15.0 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 0/1 | #23 | 1202 | -8.4 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 0/1 | #43 | 1214 | -8.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #14 | 2662 | +7.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #87 | 1104 | -11.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #62 | 1871 | -2.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/2 | #28 | 1867 | -3.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #30 | 1132 | -10.8 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #44 | 2609 | +9.8 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4.5/7 | #5 | 2081 | +31.2 |
Worst Elo result: Offene Oesterreichische Senioren- und Nestorenmeisterschaft 2026 - S50 u. S65 (-15.0 Elo, finished #17).
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