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Zenker, Stefan
🇸🇪FIDE 1719947· Male· Sweden· Born in 1940
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Stefan Zenker, a 86-year-old Swedish player, is rated 1733. He has held steady between 1700 and 1750 for 7 months. 17 rated games in the past year (≈10/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Oskarshamnstraffen 2026 std grp 1, OSS KM 2026 R345, and Allsvenskan 2025-2026: III:8 r2. Also played 4 rapid (including Smaland Snabb-DM ind 2025) and 3 blitz events (including Oskarshamnstraffen 2026 blitz gr 1) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 12 months (2017–2018) and 18 months (2018–2020). His peak of 1784 was reached at age 84 (Apr 2024).
Current rating
1733
Standard
Rpd1756·Blz1765
All-time high
1784
−51 pts below
Apr 2024 · age 84
Apr 2024 · age 84
Activity
13
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
15 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#98,440
#98,440 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2024
Best 12-month gain (+199 Elo)
1585 → 1784
Apr 2024
All-time peak 1784
at age 84 · −51 from today
Apr 2024
2023
Re-crossed 1600
at age 83
Jun 2023
2022
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 82
Jun 2022
28th Swedish 80+ player
at age 82 · rated 1693
Apr 2022
2020
41st Swedish 75-80 player
at age 80 · rated 1748
May 2020
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-23
1756 → 1733
Tournaments
8
18 games
Score
7/ 1838.9%
8W2D8L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | Apr 2026 | 0.5/3 | #4 | 1654 | -5.8 |
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 0/1 | #7 | 1012 | -8.0 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 1/2 | #4 | 1746 | -1.2 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 2/2 | #1 | 2508 | +18.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0/1 | #26 | 905 | -11.4 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 1/3 | #4 | 1604 | -12.6 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 0.5/1 | #10 | 1695 | -1.8 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 2/2 | #4 | 2491 | -2.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsLukas Spang
🇸🇪SWE·1994
+2 −23 =1
26 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsStefan Fransson
🇸🇪SWE·1817
+7 −15 =0
22 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsSasa Milojevic
🇸🇪SWE·1840
+5 −9 =0
14 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsMagnus Spang
🇸🇪SWE·1817
+1 −11 =2
14 games·last met Mar 2025
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vsRobert 1996 Johansson
🇸🇪SWE·1714
+7 −1 =2
10 games·last met Feb 2026
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Rankings
/
Sweden
#1,838
out of 3,410 players
Europe
#69,900
in continent
World
#98,438
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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