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Szymaniak, Horst
🇩🇪INACTIVE · since October 2024FIDE 4654153· Male· Germany· Born in 1936
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Horst Szymaniak, a 90-year-old German player, is rated 1979. He plays around 6 rated games per year and had 4 career breaks: 23 months (2006–2008), 47 months (2009–2013), 21 months (2014–2016) and 13 months (2023–2024). His peak of 2190 was reached at age 68 (Jan 2004).
Current rating
1979
Standard
Rpd1973·Blz—
All-time high
2190
−211 pts below
Jan 2004 · age 68
Jan 2004 · age 68
Activity
6
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
Occasional
Signature stat
#30,971
#30,971 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
18 entries2024
Inactive for 19 months
paused at 1979 → still inactive
Oct 2024
2023
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 1993 → returned at 1979
Aug 2023
2021
42nd 80+ player worldwide
at age 85 · rated 2109
Oct 2021
2020
Re-crossed 2100
at age 84
Nov 2020
100 career games
at age 84
Nov 2020
2015
90th 75-80 player worldwide
at age 79 · rated 2124
Jun 2015
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
0
1979 → 1979
Score
0/ 90.0%
3W4D2L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Rankings
/
Germany
#3,618
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#23,098
in continent
World
#30,026
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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