Schwarhofer, Barbara

Barbara Schwarhofer, a 35-year-old Austrian player, is rated 1624. She has slipped back 97 Elo over the past 12 months. 40 rated games in the past year (≈10/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Austria Open 2026 Herbert Titz Gedenkturnier, tschaturanga Winter Cup 2026 Group H Round 5-7, and Wiener Vereinsmeisterschaft 2025-2026 2. Klasse A Round 7-9. Also played 2 rapid (including tschaturanga Open 2025 - Rapid) and 2 blitz events (including Wiener Blitzlandesmeisterschaft 2025) recently. She had 3 career breaks: 12 months (2014–2015), 37 months (2015–2018) and 34 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included). Her peak of 1738 was reached at age 33 (Aug 2024).

Previously known as Barbara Steininger (until Jun 2021). At junior level, she reached #29 and #22 nationally in U20 and U18.