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HV
Hovad, Vaclav
🇨🇿FIDE 336670· Male· Czech Republic· Born in 1955
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Vaclav Hovad, a 71-year-old Czech player, is rated 1625. He has slipped back 74 Elo over the past 12 months. 19 rated games in the past year (≈11/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include KHSS - Krajska soutez vychod 2025-2026 r9, Valasska Bystrice Open 2025, and CZECH OPEN 2025 - 30 plus - open rating tournament. Also played 1 rapid event (including Memorial Jary Masopusta 2025) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 19 months (2009–2010) and 16 months (2011–2013). His peak of 1768 was reached at age 53 (Apr 2008).
Current rating
1625
Standard
Rpd1670·Blz1751
All-time high
1768
−143 pts below
Apr 2008 · age 53
Apr 2008 · age 53
Activity
14
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
19 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#137,521
#137,521 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2024
Best 12-month gain (+223 Elo)
1476 → 1699
Aug 2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 69
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1500
at age 69
Mar 2024
2022
Re-crossed 1500
at age 67
Oct 2022
2019
100 career games
at age 64
Sep 2019
2011
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 1696 → returned at 1698
Nov 2011
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-74
1699 → 1625
Tournaments
6
21 games
Score
6.5/ 2131.0%
2W10D9L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #39 | 1824 | +5.2 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/1 | #45 | 1806 | +5.0 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #33 | 2201 | +4.6 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/1 | #60 | 1630 | +0.6 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 1.5/7 | #68 | 1400 | -45.6 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 2.5/8 | #98 | 1595 | -43.8 |
Rankings
/
Czech Republic
#4,688
out of 6,361 players
Europe
#93,184
in continent
World
#137,513
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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World
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