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Schnitker, Rainer
🇩🇪FIDE 1271455· Male· Germany· Born in 1966
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Rainer Schnitker, a 60-year-old German player, is rated 2043 — his current career high and sitting in the top 10% of players worldwide. He plays occasionally (8 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 30 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included) and 26 months (2023–2025). Recent appearances: NRW-Klasse Gruppe 1 2025-2026 Maerz 2026 and NRW-Liga Gruppe 2 2025-2026 November 2025.
Current rating
2043
Standard
Rpd—·Blz—
All-time high
2043
at best
Apr 2026 · age 60
Apr 2026 · age 60
Activity
3
games / yr avg.
8 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
Top 10%
#21,613 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
9 entries2026
Best 12-month gain (+44 Elo)
1999 → 2043
Apr 2026
All-time peak 2043
at age 60
Apr 2026
Re-crossed 2000
at age 60
Jan 2026
2023
Inactive for 26 months
paused at 1998 → returned at 1982
Jul 2023
2020
Inactive for 30 months
paused at 2035 → returned at 2006
Mar 2020
2019
Crossed 2000
at age 53
Feb 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+44
1999 → 2043
Tournaments
7
8 games
Score
4.5/ 856.3%
3W3D2L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #35 | 2084 | +4.4 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 2/2 | #3 | 2741 | +33.2 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0/1 | #56 | 1329 | -14.0 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 1/1 | #8 | 2895 | +25.6 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/1 | #40 | 2032 | +2.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/1 | #36 | 2133 | +8.0 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 0/1 | #63 | 1250 | -17.2 |
Rankings
/
Germany
#2,511
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#15,885
in continent
World
#21,613
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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