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Kouba, Libor

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FIDEFIDE 359297· Male· Czech Republic· Born in 1973

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Libor Kouba, a 53-year-old Czech player, is rated 1904 — just 17 short of his peak of 1921 (Mar 2024, age 51). He plays occasionally (5 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 17 months (2018–2019) and 40 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included). Recent appearances: 2. liga C 2025-2026 r6-7 and SSS - Krajsky prebor 2025-2026 r5-6.

Current rating

1904

Standard

Rpd1909·Blz1873

All-time high

1921

−17 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 51

Activity

8

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

5 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#47,148

#47,148 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

8 entries
2024
All-time peak 1921
at age 51 · −17 from today
Mar 2024
2020
Inactive for 40 months
paused at 1889 → returned at 1886
Jul 2020
2018
Inactive for 17 months
paused at 1895 → returned at 1884
Jan 2018
2015
Best 12-month gain (+63 Elo)
1813 → 1876
Jul 2015
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 42
Jan 2015
2012
Crossed 1800
at age 39
May 2012

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Igor Lintner 2,196
2. liga C 2025-2026 r6-7 · Jan 2026 · +6.9 Elo
Evolution
-5
1909 → 1904
Tournaments
4
5 games
Score
2/ 540.0%
0W4D1L
Top 2 wins
1.[D]vsIgor Lintner2,196·2. liga C 2025-2026 r6-7·R7·+6.9
2.[D]vsFrantisek Havlik1,960·SSS - Krajsky prebor 2025-2026 r2-3·R2·+1.4
Top 1 loss
1.[L]vsMichal Langmaier2,002·SSS - Krajsky prebor 2025-2026 r5-6·R5·-7.3

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2. liga C 2025-2026 r6-7
Team
Jan 20260.5/1#972196+6.8
SSS - Krajsky prebor 2025-2026 r5-6
Team
Jan 20260.5/2#921665-12.6
SSS - Krajsky prebor 2025-2026 r4
Team
Dec 20250.5/1#581903-0.2
SSS - Krajsky prebor 2025-2026 r2-3
Team
Nov 20250.5/1#701960+1.4

Most-Played Opponents

vsPetr SoucekFM
🇨🇿CZE·2273
+3 −4 =1
8 games·last met May 2019
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vsMiroslav Rada
🇨🇿CZE·1998
+4 −1 =2
7 games·last met Oct 2016
View head-to-head →
vsPetr Pokorny
🇨🇿CZE·2099
+0 −3 =3
6 games·last met Dec 2017
View head-to-head →
vsJan Hruska
🇨🇿CZE·2099
+0 −5 =1
6 games·last met Nov 2016
View head-to-head →
vsTomas Popper
🇨🇿CZE·2004
+0 −2 =3
5 games·last met Jan 2016
View head-to-head →

Rankings

/
Czech Republic
#1,965
out of 6,361 players
Europe
#34,738
in continent
World
#47,147
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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4
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5
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6
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7
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2,503
8
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9
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10
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Europe
1
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2
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2,767
3
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2,764
4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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34738🇨🇿Kouba, Libor1,904
World
1
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2,841
2
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4
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6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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2,761
9
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9
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