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Giger, Hanspeter

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FIDEFIDE 1323318· Male· Switzerland· Born in 1956

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Hanspeter Giger, a 70-year-old Swiss player, is rated 1816 — just 28 short of his peak of 1844 (Apr 2025, age 69). He has held steady between 1800 and 1850 for 2 years. 14 rated games in the past year (≈2/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include SMM Ligen 1-4 2026 round 3, SMM Ligen 1-4 2026 round 2, and SMM Ligen 1-4 2026 round 1. He took a 124-month break between Nov 2014 and Apr 2025.

Current rating

1816

Standard

Rpd—·Blz—

All-time high

1844

−28 pts below
Apr 2025 · age 69

Activity

5

games / yr avg.

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

Signature stat

#71,384

#71,384 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

7 entries
2025
All-time peak 1844
at age 69 · −28 from today
Apr 2025
2024
Crossed 1800
at age 68
Mar 2024
2014
100th Swiss 55-60 player
at age 58 · rated 1707
Nov 2014
Crossed 1600
at age 58
Nov 2014
Inactive for 124 months
paused at 1707 → returned at 1844
Nov 2014
First FIDE rating
1707 · at age 58
Nov 2014

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Beat Hunkeler 1,889
SSS Zurich 1 2026 · Jan 2026 · +3.5 Elo
Evolution
-25
1841 → 1816
Tournaments
6
15 games
Score
6.5/ 1543.3%
3W7D5L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsWalter Brandenberger1,744·SSS Zurich 1 2026·R8·+15.3
2.[W]vsRoland Enderli1,696·SSS Zurich 1 2026·R6·+12.7
3.[D]vsBeat Hunkeler1,889·SSS Zurich 1 2026·R9·+3.5
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsRyunosuke Fry1,928·SMM 2025 2. Liga round 7·R1·-14.3
2.[L]vsGrigor Gevorgyan1,921·SMM 2025 2. Liga promotion round·R1·-13.9
3.[L]vsGuido Schmid1,939·SMM Ligen 1-4 2026 round 2·R1·-13.2

Last 12 months — tournaments

6 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
SMM Ligen 1-4 2026 round 3
Team
May 20260.5/1#8361821+0.4
SMM Ligen 1-4 2026 round 2
Team
Apr 20260/1#9111139-14.0
SMM Ligen 1-4 2026 round 1
Team
Mar 20260.5/1#6801871+2.4
SSS Zurich 1 2026
Open Swiss
Jan 20265.5/9#161866+16.8
SMM 2025 2. Liga promotion round
Team
Oct 20250/1#571121-14.8
SMM 2025 2. Liga round 7
Team
Sep 20250/1#2561128-15.2
Worst Elo result: SMM 2025 2. Liga round 7 (-15.2 Elo, finished #256).

Rankings

/
Switzerland
#1,305
out of 3,528 players
Europe
#51,839
in continent
World
#71,383
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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1305🇨🇭Giger, Hanspeter1,816
Europe
1
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9
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51839🇨🇭Giger, Hanspeter1,816
World
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2
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2,764
8
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71383🇨🇭Giger, Hanspeter1,816