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Stijve, Niels
🇨🇭FIDE 1331124· Male· Switzerland· Born in 2005
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Niels Stijve, a 21-year-old Swiss player, is rated 2047 and sitting in the top 10% of players worldwide. He has slipped back 81 Elo over the past 12 months. 61 rated games in the past year (≈59/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include SMM Ligen 1-4 2026 round 3, SMM Ligen 1-4 2026 round 2, and grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open. Also played 3 rapid (including Swiss Rapid Championship 2025) and 1 blitz events (including Swiss Blitz Championship 2025) recently. His peak of 2148 was reached at age 18 (Apr 2023).
At junior level, he reached #4, #5, #1, #2, #2 and #2 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2047
Standard
Rpd2036·Blz2023
All-time high
2148
−101 pts below
Apr 2023 · age 18
Apr 2023 · age 18
Activity
64
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
46 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 10%
#21,147 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
21 entries2026
38th Swiss 20-35 player
at age 21 · rated 2132
Feb 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2100
at age 20
Apr 2025
2024
4th Swiss U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2144
Jun 2024
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2024
2023
Re-crossed 2100
at age 18
Nov 2023
500 career games
at age 18
Oct 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-62
2109 → 2047
Tournaments
14
37 games
Score
15.5/ 3741.9%
11W9D17L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
14 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | May 2026 | 0/1 | #1387 | 1206 | -11.4 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 0.5/1 | #541 | 2020 | -2.8 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 3/9 | #841 | 1928 | -47.6 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 1.5/4 | #27 | 1981 | -15.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #386 | 2881 | +8.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #1413 | 1334 | -9.8 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/2 | #785 | 1921 | -11.0 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #637 | 2648 | +3.2 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3/8 | #141 | 2209 | +16.6 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0/1 | #929 | 1582 | -3.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsNoe Python
🇨🇭SUI·2193
+6 −1 =1
8 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsOlivier Tschopp
🇨🇭SUI·2077
+2 −2 =3
7 games·last met Jul 2021
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vsNicos Doetsch-Thaler
🇨🇭SUI·2031
+3 −2 =1
6 games·last met Jun 2023
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vsIgor SchlegelFM
🇨🇭SUI·2228
+2 −2 =2
6 games·last met Jul 2020
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vsNicola Ramseyer
🇨🇭SUI·2144
+0 −2 =3
5 games·last met Feb 2025
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Rankings
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Switzerland
#301
out of 3,528 players
Europe
#15,528
in continent
World
#21,147
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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