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Kroeger, Dieter
🇩🇪FIDE 12986453· Male· Germany· Born in 1957
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Dieter Kroeger, a 69-year-old German player, is rated 1945 — just 19 short of his peak of 1964 (Apr 2026, age 69). He is on a steady climb with +50 Elo over the past 12 months. 22 rated games in the past year (≈10/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 15. Grenzturnering 2025-2026 Round 6-7, Sydjysk HK Team 2025-26 Jan-Feb, and 15. Grenzturnering 2025-2026 Round 4-5. He took a 51-month break between Jun 2015 and Oct 2019.
Current rating
1945
Standard
Rpd—·Blz—
All-time high
1964
−19 pts below
Apr 2026 · age 69
Apr 2026 · age 69
Activity
17
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
20 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#37,691
#37,691 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
9 entries2026
Best 12-month gain (+69 Elo)
1895 → 1964
Apr 2026
All-time peak 1964
at age 69 · −19 from today
Apr 2026
2025
100 career games
at age 68
Dec 2025
2022
7-month rising streak
+45 Elo
Apr 2022
2021
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 64
Dec 2021
2015
Crossed 1800
at age 58
Jun 2015
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+50
1895 → 1945
Tournaments
11
20 games
Score
13.5/ 2067.5%
9W9D2L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
11 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 0.5/2 | #12 | 1599 | -18.8 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3/3 | #2 | 2708 | +28.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1.5/2 | #48 | 1999 | +3.0 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 0.5/2 | #14 | 1765 | -9.8 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0.5/1 | #65 | 1992 | +1.4 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #1 | 2611 | +7.6 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #3 | 2834 | +14.2 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #109 | 2694 | +9.6 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 2.5/3 | #2 | 2183 | +20.6 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 0.5/1 | #12 | 1771 | -3.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsHans Valdemar Hansen
🇩🇰DEN·1992
+3 −5 =0
8 games·last met Feb 2026
View head-to-head →
vsHelge Andersen
🇩🇰DEN·2044
+1 −6 =1
8 games·last met Nov 2025
View head-to-head →
vsNiels Falsig
🇩🇰DEN·1832
+2 −2 =3
7 games·last met May 2026
View head-to-head →
vsSimon Fly-Petersen
🇩🇰DEN·1907
+3 −1 =1
5 games·last met Mar 2026
View head-to-head →
Rankings
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Germany
#4,279
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#27,856
in continent
World
#37,690
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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