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Markou, Victor
🇦🇺FIDE 3228231· Male· Australia· Born in 1942
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Victor Markou, a 84-year-old Australian player. He has not played a rated game since April 2025. Recent standard appearances include 2026 Perth Club Championship Rounds 3-6, 2026 Perth Club Championship Rounds 1-2, and 2025 Norbert Muller Cup Group G Rounds 3-6. Also played 2 rapid events recently. His peak of 1536 was reached at age 82 (Mar 2024).
Current rating
—
unranked
Rpd—·Blz—
All-time high
1536
−1536 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 82
Mar 2024 · age 82
Activity
19
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
Moderately active
Signature stat
#1,708
Australia
Career timeline
12 entries2025
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1411 → still inactive
Apr 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+279 Elo)
1257 → 1536
Mar 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 82
Mar 2024
Crossed 1400
at age 82
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1536
at age 82 · −125 from today
Mar 2024
2023
16th Australian 80+ player
at age 81 · rated 1216
Dec 2023
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Evolution
—
Tournaments
8
16 games
Score
0/ 160.0%
1W0D15L
Top wins
No noteworthy wins (no Elo gained on any game).
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 0/2 | #53 | 713 | 0.0 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #48 | 823 | 0.0 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 0/2 | #9 | 755 | 0.0 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 0/1 | #9 | 711 | 0.0 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 0/1 | #22 | 757 | 0.0 |
Hot streak: 8 tournaments without losing Elo.
Rankings
/
Australia
#1,708
out of 2,392 players
Asia-Pacific
#2,178
in continent
World
#195,062
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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