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Kalvach, Ladislav
🇨🇿FIDE 317284· Male· Czech Republic· Born in 1953
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Ladislav Kalvach, a 73-year-old Czech player, is rated 1823. He is progressing steadily with +75 Elo over the past 12 months. 77 rated games in the past year (≈30/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Jarni otevreny prebor SO SK OAZA Praha 2026 r1, FIDE Open Na Smetance 2026 r1-3, and O pohar Mistra Jana 2026 - B. Also played 2 rapid (including Prebor Prahy 4clennych druzstev v rapidu 2025) and 2 blitz events (including PSS - Krajsky prebor 2025 v blesku jednotlivcu) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 26 months (2006–2008) and 71 months (2008–2014). His peak of 2039 was reached at age 49 (Jan 2002).
Current rating
1823
Standard
Rpd1829·Blz1777
All-time high
2039
−216 pts below
Jan 2002 · age 49
Jan 2002 · age 49
Activity
75
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
59 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#69,258
#69,258 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
18 entries2026
Re-crossed 1800
at age 73
May 2026
2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 71
Mar 2024
2023
6-month rising streak
+82 Elo
Apr 2023
500 career games
at age 70
Apr 2023
2018
Re-crossed 1800
at age 65
Jul 2018
2017
Re-crossed 1800
at age 64
Jul 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+88
1735 → 1823
Tournaments
22
74 games
Score
32/ 7443.2%
26W21D27L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
18 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Jun 2026 | 0.5/2 | #42 | 1575 | -4.4 |
Swiss | Jun 2026 | 0/2 | #32 | 963 | -16.4 |
Swiss | May 2026 | 1/2 | #19 | 1842 | +2.2 |
Swiss | May 2026 | 3/4 | #8 | 1888 | +8.8 |
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 0.5/1 | #17 | 1758 | -1.2 |
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 0.5/1 | #16 | 1577 | -5.6 |
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 2/2 | #29 | 2282 | -13.2 |
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4/7 | #7 | 1956 | +30.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #28 | 2253 | +2.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #101 | 1139 | -6.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsStefan Koper
🇨🇿CZE·1878
+10 −7 =8
25 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsJan Veselsky
🇨🇿CZE·1618
+6 −2 =2
10 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsJirina Vavrova
🇨🇿CZE·1524
+9 −0 =0
9 games·last met Apr 2022
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vsZdenek Vit
🇨🇿CZE·1760
+2 −2 =4
8 games·last met May 2024
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vsJindrich Melich
🇨🇿CZE·1997
+1 −6 =1
8 games·last met Nov 2023
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Rankings
/
Czech Republic
#2,882
out of 6,361 players
Europe
#50,394
in continent
World
#69,257
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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