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Kovats, Zoltan

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FIDEFIDE 743887· Male· Hungary· Born in 1959

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Zoltan Kovats, a 67-year-old Hungarian player, is rated 1516. He has slipped back 35 Elo over the past 12 months. 16 rated games in the past year (≈7/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Veszprem County Team Ch. 2025-26 R 7, HUN Team Ch. Szechenyi Memorial Group 2025-26 R 4, and 29th Veszprem Summer. Also played 2 rapid events (including Veszprem Rapid Open) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 25 months (2012–2014) and 14 months (2023–2024). His peak of 1576 was reached at age 65 (Mar 2024).

Current rating

1516

Standard

Rpd1552·Blz—

All-time high

1576

−60 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 65

Activity

8

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

16 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#179,484

#179,484 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

11 entries
2024
Best 12-month gain (+278 Elo)
1293 → 1571
Apr 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 65
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1400
at age 65
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1576
at age 65 · −60 from today
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 1293 → returned at 1571
Jan 2023
2016
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 57
Sep 2016

Standard rating history

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

Activity & highlights

Best result
29th Veszprem Summer
perf 1789 (+242) · 3/6 · #37
Top opponent
vs Istvan HajduCM 1,784
29th Veszprem Summer · Jul 2025 · +15.9 Elo
Evolution
-35
1551 → 1516
Tournaments
9
21 games
Score
5.5/ 2126.2%
5W1D15L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsIstvan HajduCM1,784·29th Veszprem Summer·R4·+15.9
2.[W]vsZalan Lauko1,760·29th Veszprem Summer·R5·+15.5
3.[D]vsAndrea Gyimesi1,753·Veszprem County Team Ch. 2025-26 R 2·R2·+5.2

Last 12 months — tournaments

9 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
HUN Team Ch. Szechenyi Memorial Group 2025-26 R 11
Team
May 20260/1#111968-3.8
Veszprem County Team Ch. 2025-26 R 7
Team
Apr 20260/1#47899-5.4
Veszprem County Team Ch. 2025-26 R 5-6
Team
Mar 20260/1#67819-7.6
Veszprem County Team Ch. 2025-26 R 4
Team
Feb 20260/1#461075-2.4
Veszprem County Team Ch. 2025-26 R 3
Team
Jan 20260/1#56907-5.6
HUN Team Ch. Szechenyi Memorial Group 2025-26 R 4
Team
Nov 20250/1#98721-10.8
Veszprem County Team Ch. 2025-26 R 2
Team
Nov 20250.5/1#381753+5.2
29th Veszprem Summer
Open Swiss
Jul 20253/6#371789+15.2
28th Pannonia Cup U2000
Swiss
Jul 20252/3#361818-18.6
Worst Elo result: 28th Pannonia Cup U2000 (-18.6 Elo, finished #36).

Rankings

/
Hungary
#2,994
out of 3,402 players
Europe
#114,343
in continent
World
#179,442
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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Hungary
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3
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4
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5
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2,598
6
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2,577
7
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8
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2,561
9
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2,556
9
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2994🇭🇺Kovats, Zoltan1,516
Europe
1
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2,841
2
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2,767
3
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2,764
4
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2,744
5
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2,739
6
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2,729
7
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2,728
8
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2,721
9
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2,717
10
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2,713
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114343🇭🇺Kovats, Zoltan1,516
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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4
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2,777
4
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2,777
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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2,753
9
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179442🇭🇺Kovats, Zoltan1,516