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Niesel, Tobias
🇩🇪FIDE 12962155· Male· Germany· Born in 1999
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Tobias Niesel, a 27-year-old German player, is rated 1977 — just 24 short of his peak of 2001 (Sep 2025, age 26). He has held steady between 1950 and 2000 for 6 months. 20 rated games in the past year (≈12/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Deutsche Schach-Amateurmeisterschaft 2025-2026 Q2 B, Deutsche Schach-Amateurmeisterschaft 2025-2026 Q1 B, and Hennefer ELO-Sommeropen 2025. Also played 1 blitz event (including Deutsche Jugendmeisterschaft 2025 Blitzturnier UE14) recently. He took a 26-month break between May 2019 and Aug 2021 (COVID-19 included).
At junior level, he reached #67 and #62 nationally in U18 and U16.
Current rating
1977
Standard
Rpd—·Blz1961
All-time high
2001
−24 pts below
Sep 2025 · age 26
Sep 2025 · age 26
Activity
11
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
20 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#31,333
#31,333 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
12 entries2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 26
Sep 2025
All-time peak 2001
at age 26 · −24 from today
Sep 2025
2024
Crossed 2000
at age 25
Dec 2024
2019
Inactive for 26 months
paused at 1895 → returned at 1908
May 2019
2018
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2018
2017
100 career games
at age 18
Feb 2017
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Evolution
-16
1993 → 1977
Tournaments
4
20 games
Score
10/ 2050.0%
4W12D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 2/5 | #71 | 1854 | -19.4 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 2.5/5 | #30 | 1964 | -5.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3/5 | #31 | 2019 | +4.4 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 2.5/5 | #20 | 2023 | +3.8 |
Rankings
/
Germany
#3,640
out of 15,291 players
Europe
#23,161
in continent
World
#31,333
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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