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Stark, Sven
🇩🇪FIDE 4670124· Male· Germany· Born in 1988
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Sven Stark, a 38-year-old German player, is rated 1883 — his current career high. He is progressing steadily with +20 Elo over the past 12 months. 27 rated games in the past year (≈9/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2. Schwaigern Open 2026 A-Turnier, 16. Neckarsulmer Vereinsmeisterschaft Februar 2026, and 70. Neckarsulmer Stadtmeisterschaft 2025 Dezember 2025. Also played 2 rapid (including Wuerttembergische Mannschaftsmeisterschaft - Schnell 2026) and 8 blitz events (including 11. Neckarsulmer Blitz-Cup Oktober 2025) recently. He had 4 career breaks: 23 months (2011–2013), 17 months (2014–2016), 22 months (2016–2018) and 36 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included).
Current rating
1883
Standard
Rpd1859·Blz1946
All-time high
1883
at best
Jun 2026 · age 38
Jun 2026 · age 38
Activity
14
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
27 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#52,375
#52,375 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2026
All-time peak 1883
at age 38
Jun 2026
2024
Best 12-month gain (+100 Elo)
1778 → 1878
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 36
Mar 2024
2022
100 career games
at age 34
Sep 2022
2019
Inactive for 36 months
paused at 1837 → returned at 1822
Aug 2019
2016
Inactive for 22 months
paused at 1822 → returned at 1820
Jun 2016
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+2
1881 → 1883
Tournaments
7
28 games
Score
12/ 2842.9%
11W9D8L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 3/7 | #30 | 1910 | +7.2 |
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 1.5/2 | #1 | 2074 | +11.0 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 1.5/1 | #3 | 2753 | +2.6 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 0.5/1 | #1 | 1788 | -2.0 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 1.5/1 | #3 | 2749 | +2.0 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 1/1 | #5 | 2535 | -13.8 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 3/7 | #51 | 1861 | -5.2 |
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsYannik Weber
🇩🇪GER·1710
+8 −3 =2
13 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsThomas Maedler
🇩🇪GER·1929
+2 −2 =6
10 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsTimo Stark
🇩🇪GER·1915
+1 −1 =8
10 games·last met May 2026
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vsFatos Uka
🇩🇪GER
+5 −2 =0
7 games·last met May 2026
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vsDavid Damian Zahn
🇩🇪GER
+6 −1 =0
7 games·last met Apr 2026
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Rankings
/
Germany
#5,730
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#38,532
in continent
World
#52,374
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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