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Geiser, Marcellus

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FIDEFIDE 1324667· Male· Switzerland· Born in 1939

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Marcellus Geiser, a 87-year-old Swiss player, is rated 1731. He plays occasionally (8 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 35 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included) and 24 months (2023–2025). Recent appearance: SSS Adelboden 2025. His peak of 1762 was reached at age 85 (Mar 2024).

Current rating

1731

Standard

Rpd—·Blz—

All-time high

1762

−31 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 85

Activity

5

games / yr avg.

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

Signature stat

#99,142

#99,142 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

15 entries
2024
Best 12-month gain (+139 Elo)
1623 → 1762
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1762
at age 85 · −31 from today
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 24 months
paused at 1604 → returned at 1731
Aug 2023
2022
13th Swiss 80+ player
at age 83 · rated 1623
Apr 2022
2020
Inactive for 35 months
paused at 1623 → returned at 1604
Aug 2020
100 career games
at age 81
Aug 2020

Standard rating history

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

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Roland Enderli 1,723
SSS Adelboden 2025 · Aug 2025 · +9.8 Elo
Evolution
-31
1762 → 1731
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
3.5/ 938.9%
3W1D5L
Top 2 wins
1.[W]vsRoland Enderli1,723·SSS Adelboden 2025·R5·+9.8
2.[W]vsClaude Filli1,467·SSS Adelboden 2025·R4·+3.6
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsArthur Rudolf1,805·SSS Adelboden 2025·R7·-7.9
2.[L]vsBodo Liphardt1,827·SSS Adelboden 2025·R8·-7.3
3.[L]vsHubert Eschle1,835·SSS Adelboden 2025·R2·-7.1

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
SSS Adelboden 2025
Swiss
Aug 20253.5/8#251715-31.4
Worst Elo result: SSS Adelboden 2025 (-31.4 Elo, finished #25).

Rankings

/
Switzerland
#1,898
out of 3,528 players
Europe
#70,359
in continent
World
#99,140
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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1898🇨🇭Geiser, Marcellus1,731
Europe
1
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2
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7
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8
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9
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10
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70359🇨🇭Geiser, Marcellus1,731
World
1
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2,841
2
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6
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2,767
7
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8
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