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Gansterer, Erik
🇦🇹FIDE 1696564· Male· Austria· Born in 2011
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Erik Gansterer, a 15-year-old Austrian player, is rated 1907 — his current career high. He is rising rapidly, having gained +243 Elo over the past 12 months. 38 rated games in the past year. Recent standard appearances include Wiener Vereinsmeisterschaft 2025-2026 A-Liga Round 11, Austria Open 2026 Herbert Titz Gedenkturnier, and Wiener Vereinsmeisterschaft 2025-2026 1. Klasse A Round 7-8. Also played 6 rapid (including Schach im Turm Duernstein-Schnellschach B-Turnier) and 8 blitz events (including WSV Semester Closing Blitzturnier) recently.
At junior level, he reached #27 and #23 nationally in U16 and U14.
Current rating
1907
Standard
Rpd1755·Blz1873
All-time high
1907
at best
Jun 2026 · age 15
Jun 2026 · age 15
Activity
38
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
38 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#46,408
#46,408 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
6 entries2026
27th Austrian U16 player
at age 15 · rated 1907
Jun 2026
Best 12-month gain (+243 Elo)
1664 → 1907
Jun 2026
All-time peak 1907
at age 15
Jun 2026
Crossed 1800
at age 15
Mar 2026
2025
23rd Austrian U14 player
at age 14 · rated 1787
Dec 2025
First FIDE rating
1664 · at age 14
Jul 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Best comeback
Wiener Vereinsmeisterschaft 2025-2026 1. Klasse A Round 7-8finished #2 (seeded #34 of 60)
Evolution
+243
1664 → 1907
Tournaments
16
42 games
Score
28/ 4266.7%
25W6D11L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 4.5/5 | #2 | 2167 | +64.0 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 0/1 | #60 | 1212 | -10.0 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4.5/4 | #64 | 2674 | -6.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/2 | #2 | 2485 | +26.8 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #24 | 2440 | +12.4 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | #102 | 1951 | +6.0 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #10 | 2468 | +15.6 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #4 | 2483 | +14.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0/1 | #41 | 982 | -21.6 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1.5/2 | #9 | 1968 | +18.8 |
Worst Elo result: Wiener Vereinsmeisterschaft 2025-2026 2. Klasse A Round 5 (-21.6 Elo, finished #41).
Rankings
/
Austria
#1,121
out of 3,405 players
Europe
#34,192
in continent
World
#46,407
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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