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Gerdau, Niklas

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FIDEFIDE 12913391· Male· Germany· Born in 1997

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Niklas Gerdau, a 29-year-old German player, is rated 1942 — his current career high. He plays occasionally (4 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 63 months (2014–2019), 34 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 20 months (2024–2026). Recent appearance: HSK-Weihnachtsopen 2025.

At junior level, he reached #88 nationally in U14.

Current rating

1942

Standard

Rpd1878·Blz—

All-time high

1942

at best
Feb 2026 · age 29

Activity

9

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

4 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#38,328

#38,328 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

10 entries
2026
All-time peak 1942
at age 29
Feb 2026
2024
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 1937 → returned at 1942
May 2024
Best 12-month gain (+135 Elo)
1804 → 1939
Mar 2024
2023
Crossed 1800
at age 26
Mar 2023
2019
Inactive for 34 months
paused at 1738 → returned at 1782
Sep 2019
2016
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2016

Standard rating history

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

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Alexander Grillmaier 1,715
HSK-Weihnachtsopen 2025 · Dec 2025 · +4.4 Elo
Evolution
+5
1937 → 1942
Tournaments
1
5 games
Score
3.5/ 570.0%
3W1D1L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsAlexander Grillmaier1,715·HSK-Weihnachtsopen 2025·R3·+4.4
2.[W]vsEshwar Vakeel1,702·HSK-Weihnachtsopen 2025·R1·+4.1
3.[W]vsMotoki Ogawa1,477·HSK-Weihnachtsopen 2025·R5·+1.3
Top 1 loss
1.[L]vsMalek KoniahliFM2,337·HSK-Weihnachtsopen 2025·R2·-1.8

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
HSK-Weihnachtsopen 2025
Open Swiss
Dec 20253.5/4#422160+5.4

Rankings

/
Germany
#4,344
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#28,321
in continent
World
#38,327
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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3
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2,657
4
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2,640
5
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2,634
6
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2,620
7
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2,593
8
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2,591
9
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10
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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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World
1
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2,841
2
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2
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4
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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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