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Rau, Nikita
🇩🇪FIDE 12902543· Male· Germany· Born in 1995
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Nikita Rau, a 31-year-old German player, is rated 2063 — just 12 short of his peak of 2075 (Jan 2026, age 31) and sitting in the top 9% of players worldwide. He has held steady between 2050 and 2100 for 22 months. 28 rated games in the past year (≈17/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include NRW-Liga Gruppe 2 2025-2026 Januar 2026, 36. Staufer Open A, and NRW-Klasse Gruppe 4 2025-2026 November 2025. He had 4 career breaks: 14 months (2014–2015), 14 months (2015–2016), 28 months (2017–2019) and 31 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included).
At junior level, he reached #86 and #93 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
2063
Standard
Rpd1970·Blz—
All-time high
2075
−12 pts below
Jan 2026 · age 31
Jan 2026 · age 31
Activity
24
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
27 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 9%
#19,208 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
14 entries2026
All-time peak 2075
at age 31 · −12 from today
Jan 2026
2020
Re-crossed 2000
at age 25
Feb 2020
Inactive for 31 months
paused at 2048 → returned at 2050
Feb 2020
2017
Crossed 2000
at age 22
May 2017
Inactive for 28 months
paused at 2032 → returned at 2022
May 2017
2015
86th German U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1989
Sep 2015
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+12
2051 → 2063
Tournaments
9
28 games
Score
15.5/ 2855.4%
13W5D10L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Jan 2026 | 0/1 | #67 | 1165 | -13.0 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4.5/9 | #157 | 2086 | +1.8 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 2/2 | #1 | 2830 | +18.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0/1 | #63 | 1627 | -2.0 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1/1 | #21 | 2825 | +9.2 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 0/1 | #67 | 1370 | -6.8 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 0/1 | #61 | 1326 | -8.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3.5/4 | #44 | 2418 | +12.4 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 4.5/7 | #41 | 1986 | -9.6 |
Rankings
/
Germany
#2,224
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#14,057
in continent
World
#19,208
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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