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Koelz, Niklas
🇩🇪FIDE 12971758· Male· Germany· Born in 2001
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Niklas Koelz, a 25-year-old German player, is rated 1965 — his current career high. He plays occasionally (8 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 14 months (2013–2015), 42 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 15 months (2024–2025). Recent appearance: NRW-Klasse Gruppe 4 2025-2026 Maerz 2026.
At junior level, he reached #85 and #48 nationally in U14 and U12.
Current rating
1965
Standard
Rpd1908·Blz—
All-time high
1965
at best
Jun 2026 · age 25
Jun 2026 · age 25
Activity
5
games / yr avg.
8 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#33,644
#33,644 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2026
All-time peak 1965
at age 25
Jun 2026
2024
Best 12-month gain (+101 Elo)
1828 → 1929
Jun 2024
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 1929 → returned at 1925
Jun 2024
2020
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2020
2019
Inactive for 42 months
paused at 1814 → returned at 1844
May 2019
Re-crossed 1800
at age 18
Feb 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+36
1929 → 1965
Tournaments
7
8 games
Score
4.5/ 856.3%
3W3D2L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | May 2026 | 1/1 | #11 | 2846 | +12.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #18 | 2785 | +11.2 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1.5/2 | #14 | 2293 | +19.2 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/1 | #50 | 2104 | +4.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0/1 | #61 | 1312 | -5.0 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 0.5/1 | #38 | 1829 | -2.6 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 0/1 | #59 | 1363 | -4.2 |
Hot streak: 4 tournaments without losing Elo.
Rankings
/
Germany
#3,891
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#24,884
in continent
World
#33,643
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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