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Zilka, Stepan

GM🇨🇿

FIDEFIDE 315303· Male· Czech Republic· Born in 1988

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Stepan Zilka, a 38-year-old Czech Grandmaster, is rated 2516 and ranked 7th among Czech players, and 487th worldwide. He has fluctuated between 2496 and 2574 over the past 2 years. 44 rated games in the past year (≈52/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 1. Schachbundesliga 2025-2026 April 2026, Extraliga 2025-2026 r9-11, and 2. liga C 2025-2026 r10-11. Also played 2 rapid (including Mistrovstvi CR v rapidu druzstev 2025) and 4 blitz events (including Bundesliga-Blitzturnier des NSV 2026 Finalrunde) recently. His peak of 2615 was reached at age 35 (Dec 2023, World #152 at the time); he spent 51 months in Czech top 5, with a longest streak of 3 consecutive years.

Awarded GM in 2014 (age 26), IM in 2008 (age 20), and FM in 2003 (age 15). At junior level, he reached World #46 in U20, World #82 in U18, World #47 in U16 and World #11 in U14.

Current rating

2516

Standard

Rpd2426·Blz2462

All-time high

2615

99 pts below
Dec 2023 · age 35

Activity

59

games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo

44 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

#7

#7 · Czech players · of 5,624
51 months in National top 5 (2020–2025)

Career timeline

27 entries
2026
Re-crossed 2500
at age 38
Apr 2026
2025
51 months in national top 5
longest streak 40 months · since Oct 2020
Sep 2025
2023
Peak World rank: #152
at age 35 · rated 2615
Dec 2023
All-time peak 2615
at age 35 · −99 from today
Dec 2023
Re-crossed 2600
at age 35
Nov 2023
Re-crossed 2600
at age 35
Jun 2023

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
Evolution
-8
25242516
Tournaments
21
44 games
Score
27/ 4461.4%
15W24D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsJiri VitakFM2,344·2. liga C 2025-2026 r1·R1·-7.1
2.[L]vsJachym NemecIM2,444·Mistrovstvi CR muzu 2025·R6·-6.0
3.[L]vsJan KrejciGM2,509·Mistrovstvi CR muzu 2025·R5·-5.1

Last 12 months — tournaments

17 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Team
Apr 20261.5/3#682605+3.9
Team
Mar 20262.5/3#52656+5.2
Team
Mar 20261/1#263183+3.5
Team
Mar 20262/3#272664+7.0
Team
Feb 20260.5/1#862432-1.0
Team
Feb 20261/2#282283-5.7
Team
Feb 20260.5/1#1482539+0.5
Team
Feb 20260.5/1#812318-2.4
Team
Jan 20260.5/1#372112-4.2
Team
Jan 20261.5/2#92607+2.5
Hot streak: 4 tournaments without losing Elo.

Most-Played Opponents

Rankings

/
Czech Republic
#7
out of 6,368 players
Europe
#281
in continent
World
#487
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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1
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1
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