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Ziegler, Alfons
🇦🇹FIDE 1627147· Male· Austria· Born in 1931
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Alfons Ziegler, a 95-year-old Austrian player, is rated 1822 — just 25 short of his peak of 1847 (Nov 2025, age 94). He has held steady between 1800 and 1850 for 2 years. 11 rated games in the past year (≈4/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include OOE Kreisliga Ost 2025-2026 Round 9-10, OOE Kreisliga Ost 2025-2026 Round 7-8, and OOE Kreisliga Ost 2025-2026 Round 5-6. Also played 1 rapid event (including Grand Prix PlusCity - Open Austrian Team Rapid Championship 2025) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 25 months (2016–2018) and 17 months (2024–2025).
Current rating
1822
Standard
Rpd1808·Blz—
All-time high
1847
−25 pts below
Nov 2025 · age 94
Nov 2025 · age 94
Activity
4
games / yr avg.
11 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#69,558
#69,558 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2025
All-time peak 1847
at age 94 · −25 from today
Nov 2025
2024
Inactive for 17 months
paused at 1842 → returned at 1847
May 2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 93
Mar 2024
2019
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 88
Nov 2019
2018
Re-crossed 1800
at age 87
Apr 2018
2016
Inactive for 25 months
paused at 1788 → returned at 1804
Feb 2016
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-20
1842 → 1822
Tournaments
8
11 games
Score
5/ 1145.5%
4W2D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 0/1 | #57 | 1084 | -9.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/2 | #67 | 1609 | -13.2 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #19 | 2516 | +6.6 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/2 | #31 | 1708 | -7.6 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/1 | #33 | 1866 | +0.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0/1 | #77 | 1445 | -1.6 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1/1 | #12 | 2596 | +8.6 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1/2 | #18 | 1769 | -4.0 |
Rankings
/
Austria
#1,699
out of 3,405 players
Europe
#50,618
in continent
World
#69,557
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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