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Chovanec, Karel
🇨🇿FIDE 324442· Male· Czech Republic· Born in 1944
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Karel Chovanec, a 82-year-old Czech player, is rated 1702. He has held steady between 1700 and 1750 for 18 months. 24 rated games in the past year (≈11/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include MKSS - Krajska soutez A 2025-2026 r10-11, IPCA European Individual Chess Championship 2025, and Mistrovstvi CR telesne postizenych 2025. He had 4 career breaks: 20 months (2007–2008), 32 months (2008–2011), 20 months (2012–2013) and 12 months (2014–2015). His peak of 1937 was reached at age 64 (Oct 2008).
Current rating
1702
Standard
Rpd1796·Blz1732
All-time high
1937
−235 pts below
Oct 2008 · age 64
Oct 2008 · age 64
Activity
20
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
24 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#109,261
#109,261 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
17 entries2025
80th Czech 80+ player
at age 81 · rated 1721
Dec 2025
Best 12-month gain (+155 Elo)
1582 → 1737
Jan 2025
2020
73rd Czech 75-80 player
at age 76 · rated 1727
Oct 2020
2019
100 career games
at age 75
Mar 2019
2016
Re-crossed 1800
at age 72
Feb 2016
2015
77th Czech 70-75 player
at age 71 · rated 1825
Apr 2015
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-27
1729 → 1702
Tournaments
7
25 games
Score
10/ 2540.0%
8W4D13L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/2 | #66 | 1653 | -2.0 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | #71 | 1741 | +1.0 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0/2 | #84 | 1040 | -13.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/2 | #51 | 1594 | -5.0 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 2/2 | #3 | 2524 | +21.2 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4/8 | #28 | 1760 | -11.6 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 2.5/7 | #31 | 1649 | -17.0 |
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Rankings
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Czech Republic
#4,109
out of 6,361 players
Europe
#76,742
in continent
World
#109,258
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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