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Nickel, Jonas
🇩🇪FIDE 12916323· Male· Germany· Born in 1994
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Jonas Nickel, a 32-year-old German player, is rated 1921 — just 29 short of his peak of 1950 (Jun 2024, age 30). He has held steady between 1900 and 1950 for 18 months. 13 rated games in the past year (≈10/year long-term). Recent appearances: Heusenstamm Sparkassen Open 2025 A and XXVII. Rhein-Main-Open 2025 Gruppe A. Also played 1 rapid event (including Int. Hessische Schnellschach-Einzelmeisterschaft 2025) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 54 months (2012–2016) and 33 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included).
Current rating
1921
Standard
Rpd1920·Blz—
All-time high
1950
−29 pts below
Jun 2024 · age 30
Jun 2024 · age 30
Activity
18
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
13 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#43,080
#43,080 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
9 entries2024
Best 12-month gain (+153 Elo)
1797 → 1950
Jun 2024
All-time peak 1950
at age 30 · −29 from today
Jun 2024
2023
100 career games
at age 29
Dec 2023
Re-crossed 1800
at age 29
Sep 2023
2020
Inactive for 33 months
paused at 1771 → returned at 1797
Feb 2020
2012
Inactive for 54 months
paused at 1777 → returned at 1776
May 2012
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Evolution
-5
1926 → 1921
Tournaments
2
13 games
Score
5.5/ 1342.3%
4W3D6L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 2.5/6 | #168 | 1934 | +0.6 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 3/7 | #53 | 1894 | -7.0 |
Rankings
/
Germany
#4,798
out of 15,291 players
Europe
#31,784
in continent
World
#43,080
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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