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Widner, Stefan
🇦🇹FIDE 1615424· Male· Austria· Born in 1981
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Stefan Widner, a 45-year-old Austrian player, is rated 1999 — just 21 short of his peak of 2020 (Oct 2008, age 27). He has held steady between 1950 and 2000 for 4 years. 18 rated games in the past year (≈7/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Tiroler Landesliga 2025-2026 Round 9, Tiroler Landesliga 2025-2026 Round 7-8, and Tiroler Landesliga 2025-2026 Round 5-6. Also played 1 rapid (including Austrian Rapid Championship 2025) and 2 blitz events (including Tiroler Einzelmeisterschaft im Blitzschach 2026 - Finale Gruppe B) recently. He took a 41-month break between Apr 2016 and Oct 2019.
Current rating
1999
Standard
Rpd1939·Blz1933
All-time high
2020
−21 pts below
Oct 2008 · age 27
Oct 2008 · age 27
Activity
14
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
17 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#27,679
#27,679 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2026
47th Austrian 40-45 player
at age 45 · rated 1999
May 2026
2025
Best 12-month gain (+32 Elo)
1963 → 1995
Feb 2025
2024
100 career games
at age 43
Feb 2024
2020
58th Austrian 35-40 player
at age 39 · rated 1949
Oct 2020
2016
Inactive for 41 months
paused at 1963 → returned at 1950
Apr 2016
2014
Re-crossed 2000
at age 33
Apr 2014
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+19
1980 → 1999
Tournaments
7
17 games
Score
8.5/ 1750.0%
5W7D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 1/1 | #5 | 2838 | +11.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/2 | #24 | 1895 | -4.4 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/2 | #18 | 1974 | +1.2 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/1 | #55 | 1984 | +0.4 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3/7 | #40 | 2056 | +10.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/2 | #27 | 2021 | +2.2 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1/2 | #36 | 1941 | -1.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMarco Schranzhofer
🇦🇹AUT·1942
+2 −4 =7
13 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsZeljko Kuzmanovic
🇦🇹AUT·1855
+8 −1 =0
9 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsMatthias Tafertshofer
🇩🇪GER·2017
+0 −6 =3
9 games·last met Jan 2025
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vsJakob Erhard
🇦🇹AUT·2046
+2 −4 =1
7 games·last met Jan 2025
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vsHelmut Angerer
🇦🇹AUT·2061
+2 −4 =1
7 games·last met Jan 2024
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Rankings
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Austria
#655
out of 3,405 players
Europe
#20,453
in continent
World
#27,679
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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