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Formanek, Edward

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FIDEFIDE 2001640· Male· United States of America· Born in 1942

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Edward Formanek, a 84-year-old American International Master, is rated 1938. He has fluctuated between 1938 and 1986 over the past 2 years. 10 rated games in the past year (≈22/year long-term). Recent appearances: 35th Annual North American Open - U2300 and 147th Annual New York State Championship America's Oldest Annual Tournament - Championship. He took a 23-month break between Feb 2023 and Feb 2025. His peak of 2319 was reached at age 61 (Apr 2003).

Awarded IM in 2001 (age 59).

Current rating

1938

Standard

Rpd—·Blz—

All-time high

2319

−381 pts below
Apr 2003 · age 61

Activity

5

games / yr avg.

10 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#39,212

#39,212 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

18 entries
2023
2nd American 80+ player
at age 81 · rated 1976
Dec 2023
Inactive for 23 months
paused at 1976 → returned at 1966
Feb 2023
2018
2nd American 75-80 player
at age 76 · rated 2090
Apr 2018
2017
500 career games
at age 75
Nov 2017
2014
4th American 70-75 player
at age 72 · rated 2177
May 2014
2009
94th 65-70 player worldwide
at age 67 · rated 2260
Jul 2009

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Wyatt Wong 1,856
147th Annual New York State Championship America's Oldest Annual Tournament - Championship · Aug 2025 · +3.7 Elo
Evolution
-28
1966 → 1938
Tournaments
2
10 games
Score
4/ 1040.0%
2W4D4L

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
35th Annual North American Open - U2300
Open Swiss
Dec 20251.5/4#1721717-12.4
147th Annual New York State Championship America's Oldest Annual Tournament - Championship
Open Swiss
Aug 20252.5/6#511772-15.8
Worst Elo result: 147th Annual New York State Championship America's Oldest Annual Tournament - Championship (-15.8 Elo, finished #51).

Rankings

/
United States of America
#1,096
out of 5,510 players
Americas
#4,262
in continent
World
#39,211
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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4
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6
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7
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7
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9
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10
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1096🇺🇸Formanek, Edward1,938
Americas
1
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2,792
1
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
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3
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2,753
4
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2,742
5
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2,732
6
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2,724
7
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2,696
7
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2,696
9
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2,656
10
🇺🇸Robson, RayFollow Ray RobsonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,653
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World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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4
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4
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6
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7
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8
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9
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9
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