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Marsalek, Zdenek
🇨🇿FIDE 305715· Male· Czech Republic· Born in 1966
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Zdenek Marsalek, a 60-year-old Czech player, is rated 2189 and sitting in the top 4% of Czech players, and in the top 4% worldwide. He has fluctuated between 2149 and 2213 over the past 2 years. 28 rated games in the past year (≈24/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include SSLK - Krajsky prebor 2025-2026 r9, 2. liga C 2025-2026 r10-11, and Oberliga Ost 2025-2026 Januar 2026. Also played 2 rapid (including Mistrovstvi CR v rapidu druzstev 2025) and 3 blitz events (including Mistrovstvi CR v blesku 2025 - open) recently. His peak of 2288 was reached at age 35 (Jul 2001).
Current rating
2189
Standard
Rpd2220·Blz2217
All-time high
2288
−99 pts below
Jul 2001 · age 35
Jul 2001 · age 35
Activity
28
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
28 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#254 · Czech players · of 5,635
Career timeline
19 entries2026
12th Czech 55-60 player
at age 60 · rated 2213
Feb 2026
Re-crossed 2200
at age 60
Jan 2026
2024
Re-crossed 2200
at age 58
May 2024
2022
Re-crossed 2200
at age 56
Aug 2022
2021
500 career games
at age 55
Aug 2021
2020
Re-crossed 2200
at age 54
Oct 2020
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+2
2187 → 2189
Tournaments
12
19 games
Score
15.5/ 1981.6%
14W3D2L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
12 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 1/1 | #19 | 2841 | +6.2 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #52 | 2658 | +2.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1.5/2 | #6 | 2227 | +2.2 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0/2 | #107 | 1204 | -30.8 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | #54 | 2069 | -3.8 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #25 | 2977 | +9.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #54 | 2744 | +3.8 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 1/1 | #11 | 2765 | +4.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 2/2 | #5 | 2815 | +12.0 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 2/2 | #2 | 2836 | +13.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsZdenek Joukl
🇨🇿CZE·2013
+6 −2 =2
10 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsVladimir Vltavsky
🇨🇿CZE·2114
+3 −1 =4
8 games·last met Sep 2023
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vsZdenek Janda
🇨🇿CZE·2070
+5 −1 =2
8 games·last met Sep 2023
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vsPetr NeumanGM
🇨🇿CZE·2393
+0 −7 =1
8 games·last met Sep 2022
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vsJiri Jares
🇨🇿CZE·1964
+4 −1 =2
7 games·last met Apr 2026
View head-to-head →
Rankings
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Czech Republic
#254
out of 6,361 players
Europe
#6,178
in continent
World
#8,776
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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