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Thuerig, Catherine
🇨🇭FIDE 1304062· Female· Switzerland· Born in 1958
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Catherine Thuerig, a 68-year-old Swiss player, is rated 1889. She has slipped back 50 Elo over the past 12 months. 22 rated games in the past year (≈3/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include SGM 2025-2026 (all leagues) Round 7, SGM 2025-2026 (all leagues) Round 4, and SGM 2025-2026 (all leagues) Round 3. Also played 1 rapid event (including SSS Bad Ragaz 2025 Jahresschlussturnier) recently. She had 6 career breaks: 68 months (2004–2010), 15 months (2010–2011), 17 months (2013–2015), 25 months (2015–2017), 20 months (2017–2019) and 25 months (2022–2024). Her peak of 2065 was reached at age 45 (Oct 2003).
Current rating
1889
Standard
Rpd1923·Blz—
All-time high
2065
−176 pts below
Oct 2003 · age 45
Oct 2003 · age 45
Activity
8
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
22 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#50,821
#50,821 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
19 entries2025
54th Swiss 65-70 player
at age 67 · rated 1941
Sep 2025
Best 12-month gain (+36 Elo)
1905 → 1941
Feb 2025
2022
Inactive for 25 months
paused at 1905 → returned at 1929
Oct 2022
2020
49th Swiss 60-65 player
at age 62 · rated 1952
Oct 2020
2017
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 1967 → returned at 1970
Aug 2017
2015
Inactive for 25 months
paused at 1995 → returned at 1967
Jun 2015
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-52
1941 → 1889
Tournaments
7
22 games
Score
12/ 2254.5%
8W8D6L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #434 | 1632 | -6.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #112 | — | +5.0 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0/1 | #598 | 965 | -13.8 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4.5/8 | #19 | 1835 | -21.2 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0/1 | #1165 | 1120 | -10.4 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 5.5/9 | #5 | 1909 | -5.2 |
Team | Jun 2025 | 0.5/1 | #166 | 2016 | +2.2 |
Rankings
/
Switzerland
#883
out of 3,528 players
Europe
#37,407
in continent
World
#50,820
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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