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Schaefer, Ruediger

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FIDEFIDE 1271080· Male· Germany· Born in 1955

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Ruediger Schaefer, a 71-year-old German player, is rated 1904 — just 23 short of his peak of 1927 (Jan 2026, age 71). He is on a steady climb with +36 Elo over the past 12 months. 20 rated games in the past year (≈12/year long-term). Recent appearances: LEM Schleswig-Holstein 2026 Senioren and 1. Binzer Senioren-Open 2025. He had 2 career breaks: 23 months (2012–2014) and 14 months (2018–2019).

Current rating

1904

Standard

Rpd1860·Blz1886

All-time high

1927

−23 pts below
Jan 2026 · age 71

Activity

28

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

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

Signature stat

#47,148

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

Career timeline

13 entries
2026
All-time peak 1927
at age 71 · −23 from today
Jan 2026
2024
Best 12-month gain (+110 Elo)
1792 → 1902
Jun 2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 69
Jan 2024
2023
Re-crossed 1800
at age 68
Sep 2023
2022
100 career games
at age 67
Nov 2022
2018
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 1851 → returned at 1806
Aug 2018

Standard rating history

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

Activity & highlights

Best result
1. Binzer Senioren-Open 2025
perf 2120 (+193) · 5.5/9 · #29
Top opponent
vs Andreas Bauer 2,169
1. Binzer Senioren-Open 2025 · Nov 2025 · +6.0 Elo
Evolution
+36
1868 → 1904
Tournaments
3
25 games
Score
13.5/ 2554.0%
5W17D3L

Last 12 months — tournaments

3 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
33. Seniorenopen BRB
Open Swiss
Jun 20265/9#301861-8.4
LEM Schleswig-Holstein 2026 Senioren
Swiss
Mar 20263/5#121890-23.0
1. Binzer Senioren-Open 2025
Open Swiss
Nov 20255.5/9#292120+58.8
Worst Elo result: LEM Schleswig-Holstein 2026 Senioren (-23.0 Elo, finished #12).

Rankings

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Germany
#5,187
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#34,738
in continent
World
#47,147
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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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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5187🇩🇪Schaefer, Ruediger1,904
Europe
1
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2,841
2
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3
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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🇩🇪Schaefer, Ruediger1,904
World
1
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2
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6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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9
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9
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47147🇩🇪Schaefer, Ruediger1,904