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Fasching, Markus
🇦🇹FIDE 1633678· Male· Austria· Born in 1998
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Markus Fasching, a 28-year-old Austrian player, is rated 2072 — just 7 short of his peak of 2079 (Aug 2016, age 18) and sitting in the top 8% of players worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +27 Elo over the past 12 months. 16 rated games in the past year (≈11/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2. Bundesliga Mitte AUT 2025-2026 Round 6-8, Kaerntner Unterliga 2025-2026 Round 5-6, and 2. Bundesliga Mitte AUT 2025-2026 Round 1-3. He had 3 career breaks: 25 months (2017–2019), 33 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included) and 14 months (2023–2024).
At junior level, he reached #14, #11, #25 and #17 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2072
Standard
Rpd1960·Blz2018
All-time high
2079
−7 pts below
Aug 2016 · age 18
Aug 2016 · age 18
Activity
12
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
16 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 8%
#18,193 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
16 entries2026
89th Austrian 20-35 player
at age 28 · rated 2072
Jun 2026
2023
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 2029 → returned at 2036
Aug 2023
2020
Inactive for 33 months
paused at 2009 → returned at 2029
Oct 2020
2017
Inactive for 25 months
paused at 2029 → returned at 2020
Aug 2017
100 career games
at age 19
Apr 2017
14th Austrian U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2056
Feb 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+27
2045 → 2072
Tournaments
4
16 games
Score
8/ 1650.0%
6W4D6L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/3 | #46 | 2132 | +4.0 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 1/1 | #15 | 2729 | +4.8 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1/3 | #45 | 2143 | +5.6 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5/9 | #40 | 2094 | +11.6 |
Hot streak: 4 tournaments without losing Elo.
Rankings
/
Austria
#389
out of 3,405 players
Europe
#13,311
in continent
World
#18,193
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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