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Walpen, Peter

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FIDEFIDE 1305794· Male· Switzerland· Born in 1949

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Peter Walpen, a 77-year-old Swiss player, is rated 2010. He has slipped back 48 Elo over the past 12 months. 10 rated games in the past year (≈2/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include SGM 2025-2026 (all leagues) Round 4, SMM 2025 3. Liga promotion round, and SSS Gstaad 2025. He had 6 career breaks: 41 months (2003–2006), 20 months (2006–2008), 33 months (2010–2012), 17 months (2012–2014), 53 months (2014–2018) and 27 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included). His peak of 2085 was reached at age 65 (Jun 2014).

Current rating

2010

Standard

Rpd—·Blz—

All-time high

2085

−75 pts below
Jun 2014 · age 65

Activity

5

games / yr avg.

9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#25,969

#25,969 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

18 entries
2025
3rd Swiss 75-80 player
at age 76 · rated 2058
Sep 2025
2022
7th Swiss 70-75 player
at age 73 · rated 2075
May 2022
2020
Inactive for 27 months
paused at 2066 → returned at 2075
Jan 2020
2015
9th Swiss 65-70 player
at age 66 · rated 2085
May 2015
2014
All-time peak 2085
at age 65 · −75 from today
Jun 2014
Inactive for 53 months
paused at 2085 → returned at 2078
Jun 2014

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Herbert Bornand 1,810
SSS Gstaad 2025 · Oct 2025 · +4.7 Elo
Evolution
-48
2058 → 2010
Tournaments
3
11 games
Score
5/ 1145.5%
2W7D2L
Top 2 wins
1.[W]vsHerbert Bornand1,810·SSS Gstaad 2025·R5·+4.7
2.[W]vsHeinz Fankhauser1,711·SSS Gstaad 2025·R4·+2.9
Top 1 loss
1.[L]vsMartin Forster1,778·SSS Gstaad 2025·R2·-16.0

Last 12 months — tournaments

3 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
SGM 2025-2026 (all leagues) Round 4
Team
Jan 20260.5/1#6351715-7.0
SMM 2025 3. Liga promotion round
Team
Oct 20250.5/1#661916-3.8
SSS Gstaad 2025
Swiss
Oct 20254/7#81825-37.0
Worst Elo result: SSS Gstaad 2025 (-37.0 Elo, finished #8).

Rankings

/
Switzerland
#401
out of 3,528 players
Europe
#19,182
in continent
World
#25,969
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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Switzerland
1
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3
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4
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5
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2,520
6
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2,514
7
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2,496
8
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2,483
9
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2,465
10
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2,462
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401🇨🇭Walpen, Peter2,010
Europe
1
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2,841
2
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2,767
3
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2,764
4
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2,744
5
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2,739
6
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2,729
7
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2,728
8
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2,721
9
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2,717
10
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2,713
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19182🇨🇭Walpen, Peter2,010
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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4
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4
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2,777
6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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2,761
9
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2,753
9
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25969🇨🇭Walpen, Peter2,010