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Volkamer, Klaus

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FIDEFIDE 12913995· Male· Germany· Born in 1959

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Klaus Volkamer, a 67-year-old German player, is rated 1827. He plays occasionally (6 games in the last 12 months) and had 5 career breaks: 21 months (2011–2013), 30 months (2013–2015), 28 months (2015–2018), 61 months (2018–2023, COVID-19 included) and 23 months (2023–2025). Recent appearance: 33. Schweinfurt-Open 2025. His peak of 1952 was reached at age 52 (Jul 2011).

Current rating

1827

Standard

Rpd—·Blz—

All-time high

1952

−125 pts below
Jul 2011 · age 52

Activity

4

games / yr avg.

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

Signature stat

#68,087

#68,087 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

11 entries
2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 65
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 23 months
paused at 1741 → returned at 1827
Jul 2023
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 64
Jul 2023
2018
Inactive for 61 months
paused at 1838 → returned at 1741
May 2018
2015
Inactive for 28 months
paused at 1883 → returned at 1838
Dec 2015
2013
Inactive for 30 months
paused at 1919 → returned at 1883
May 2013

Standard rating history

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

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Lutz Sittinger 1,918
34. Schweinfurt-Open 2026 · Jun 2026 · +2.6 Elo
Evolution
0
1827 → 1827
Tournaments
1
14 games
Score
4/ 1428.6%
4W7D3L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsJohannes Klier1,698·33. Schweinfurt-Open 2025·R5·+6.4
2.[W]vsBernd Kuchenmeister1,678·34. Schweinfurt-Open 2026·R5·+6.0
3.[D]vsLutz Sittinger1,918·34. Schweinfurt-Open 2026·R6·+2.6
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsLaurens Laterveer1,630·33. Schweinfurt-Open 2025·R6·-15.1
2.[L]vsLukas Pilhoefer1,989·34. Schweinfurt-Open 2026·R7·-5.6
3.[L]vsMichael Schmid2,149·33. Schweinfurt-Open 2025·R2·-2.7

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
33. Schweinfurt-Open 2025
Open Swiss
Jun 20254/6#341846-17.6
Worst Elo result: 33. Schweinfurt-Open 2025 (-17.6 Elo, finished #34).

Rankings

/
Germany
#7,179
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#49,596
in continent
World
#68,086
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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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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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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World
1
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2,841
2
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6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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