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Vanek, Ladislav
🇨🇿FIDE 324647· Male· Czech Republic· Born in 1982
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Ladislav Vanek, a 44-year-old Czech player, is rated 2223 and sitting in the top 3% of Czech players, and in the top 3% worldwide. He has held steady between 2200 and 2250 for 16 months. 32 rated games in the past year (≈30/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 1. liga vychod 2025-2026 r9-10, 2. liga F 2025-2026 r8-9, and O zlate prasatko 2025. Also played 1 rapid (including Memorial Karla Osmancika 2025) and 1 blitz events (including Memorial Stanislava Juricka 2026) recently. He took a 14-month break between Jul 2005 and Oct 2006. His peak of 2271 was reached at age 36 (May 2018).
Current rating
2223
Standard
Rpd2207·Blz2158
All-time high
2271
−48 pts below
May 2018 · age 36
May 2018 · age 36
Activity
28
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
23 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 3%
#194 · Czech players · of 5,635
Career timeline
16 entries2026
20th Czech 40-45 player
at age 44 · rated 2237
Jan 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2200
at age 43
Mar 2025
2022
500 career games
at age 40
Apr 2022
2018
15th Czech 35-40 player
at age 36 · rated 2271
Jul 2018
All-time peak 2271
at age 36 · −48 from today
May 2018
2017
Re-crossed 2200
at age 35
May 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+16
2207 → 2223
Tournaments
12
23 games
Score
13.5/ 2358.7%
9W9D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
12 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/2 | #32 | 2205 | -1.0 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/2 | #44 | 2199 | -1.8 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0/1 | #125 | 1503 | -7.8 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/2 | #91 | 2046 | -10.0 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #41 | 2929 | +7.0 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5.5/7 | #2 | 2259 | +10.4 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0/1 | #92 | 1375 | -11.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1.5/2 | #25 | 2427 | +11.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #45 | 2868 | +6.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1.5/2 | #16 | 2515 | +16.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsVojtech PlatGM
🇸🇰SVK·2491
+2 −3 =2
7 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsVojtech ZwardonIM
🇨🇿CZE·2425
+0 −6 =0
6 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsRadomir CaletkaFM
🇨🇿CZE·2222
+3 −1 =2
6 games·last met Feb 2025
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vsPavel ZabystrzanFM
🇨🇿CZE·2079
+2 −1 =3
6 games·last met Oct 2022
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vsJaroslav BuresIM
🇸🇰SVK·2382
+0 −3 =3
6 games·last met Sep 2021
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Rankings
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Czech Republic
#194
out of 6,361 players
Europe
#4,853
in continent
World
#7,014
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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