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Waltner, Herbert

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FIDEFIDE 24659215· Male· Germany· Born in 1952

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Herbert Waltner, a 74-year-old German player, is rated 1697. He has slipped back 45 Elo over the past 12 months. 16 rated games in the past year (≈7/year long-term). Recent appearances: 12. Weihnachts-Open des SK Kriegshaber and 22. RLP-Senioren-Open. He had 2 career breaks: 35 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included) and 13 months (2024–2025). His peak of 1749 was reached at age 72 (Mar 2024).

Current rating

1697

Standard

Rpd—·Blz—

All-time high

1749

−52 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 72

Activity

14

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

16 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#111,029

#111,029 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

12 entries
2025
Best 12-month gain (+160 Elo)
1582 → 1742
Feb 2025
2024
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 1742 → returned at 1726
Jul 2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 72
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1749
at age 72 · −52 from today
Mar 2024
2020
Re-crossed 1600
at age 68
Feb 2020
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 68
Feb 2020

Standard rating history

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

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Hans-Juergen Fleuch 1,967
22. RLP-Senioren-Open · Aug 2025 · +6.0 Elo
Evolution
-45
1742 → 1697
Tournaments
2
16 games
Score
5.5/ 1634.4%
2W7D7L
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsChristian Hilfrich1,602·12. Weihnachts-Open des SK Kriegshaber·R6·-12.7
2.[L]vsWaldemar Schmidt1,804·22. RLP-Senioren-Open·R9·-7.8
3.[L]vsRutger Hesse1,883·22. RLP-Senioren-Open·R6·-5.8

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
12. Weihnachts-Open des SK Kriegshaber
Open Swiss
Dec 20252.5/7#341576-29.4
22. RLP-Senioren-Open
Open Swiss
Aug 20253/9#741683-15.8
Worst Elo result: 12. Weihnachts-Open des SK Kriegshaber (-29.4 Elo, finished #34).

Rankings

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Germany
#10,528
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#77,855
in continent
World
#111,026
out of 400,000+

National ranking

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Europe
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