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Haffner, Alexander

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FIDEFIDE 4678974· Male· Germany· Born in 1955

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Alexander Haffner, a 71-year-old German player, is rated 2010. He has slipped back 39 Elo over the past 12 months. 15 rated games in the past year (≈13/year long-term). Recent appearances: Baltic Chess Open 2025 A and 37. Kieler Open 2025. Also played 1 rapid event (including 24. Schnellschach Neumuenster Open 2025) recently. He took a 45-month break between Nov 2019 and Sep 2023 (COVID-19 included). His peak of 2187 was reached at age 52 (Apr 2007).

Current rating

2010

Standard

Rpd1980·Blz—

All-time high

2187

−177 pts below
Apr 2007 · age 52

Activity

10

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

15 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#25,949

#25,949 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

10 entries
2019
Inactive for 45 months
paused at 2053 → returned at 2039
Nov 2019
2013
Re-crossed 2100
at age 58
Sep 2013
2011
88th German 55-60 player
at age 56 · rated 2171
Nov 2011
2008
100 career games
at age 53
Jul 2008
2007
All-time peak 2187
at age 52 · −177 from today
Apr 2007
2003
Best 12-month gain (+45 Elo)
2120 → 2165
Jul 2003

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Jan-Philipp Redder 2,025
Baltic Chess Open 2025 A · Oct 2025 · +0.4 Elo
Evolution
-39
2049 → 2010
Tournaments
2
16 games
Score
9.5/ 1659.4%
7W5D4L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsChristian Scharf1,902·Baltic Chess Open 2025 A·R5·+7.0
2.[W]vsJesse Magin1,876·Baltic Chess Open 2025 A·R4·+6.3
3.[W]vsChidera Aguike1,854·Baltic Chess Open 2025 A·R6·+5.8
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsBen Erk1,810·37. Kieler Open 2025·R7·-15.5
2.[L]vsMichael Strebel1,853·Baltic Chess Open 2025 A·R1·-14.2
3.[L]vsRichard Zeissig1,861·Baltic Chess Open 2025 A·R2·-14.0

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Baltic Chess Open 2025 A
Swiss
Oct 20254/7#111945-14.8
37. Kieler Open 2025
Open Swiss
Aug 20255.5/8#111885-24.0
Worst Elo result: 37. Kieler Open 2025 (-24.0 Elo, finished #11).

Rankings

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Germany
#3,023
out of 15,291 players
Europe
#19,159
in continent
World
#25,949
out of 400,000+

National ranking

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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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3023🇩🇪Haffner, Alexander2,010
Europe
1
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2
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3
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3
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7
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8
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10
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19159🇩🇪Haffner, Alexander2,010
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2,840
2
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7
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2,759
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