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Hirtsgaard, Niels

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FIDEFIDE 1401351· Male· Denmark· Born in 1955

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Niels Hirtsgaard, a 71-year-old Danish player, is rated 2129 and sitting in the top 6% of players worldwide. He plays occasionally (3 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 23 months (2007–2009), 100 months (2009–2017) and 22 months (2024–2026). Recent appearances: Danish Team Ch. 2025-26 Jan-Feb and Danish Team Ch. 2025-26 December. His peak of 2295 was reached at age 46 (Jan 2001).

Current rating

2129

Standard

Rpd—·Blz—

All-time high

2295

−166 pts below
Jan 2001 · age 46

Activity

2

games / yr avg.

3 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

Top 6%

#12,868 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

15 entries
2026
9th Danish 70-75 player
at age 71 · rated 2129
May 2026
2024
Inactive for 22 months
paused at 2142 → returned at 2132
Feb 2024
2021
6th Danish 65-70 player
at age 66 · rated 2218
Nov 2021
2019
9th Danish 60-65 player
at age 64 · rated 2223
Sep 2019
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 64
Apr 2019
2018
Re-crossed 2200
at age 63
Dec 2018

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Jan Mose Nielsen 2,076
Danish Team Ch. 2025-26 Jan-Feb · Jan 2026 · +8.5 Elo
Evolution
-13
2142 → 2129
Tournaments
2
3 games
Score
1/ 333.3%
1W0D2L
Top 1 win
1.[W]vsJan Mose Nielsen2,076·Danish Team Ch. 2025-26 Jan-Feb·R1·+8.5

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Danish Team Ch. 2025-26 Jan-Feb
Team
Jan 20261/2#1172085-2.6
Danish Team Ch. 2025-26 December
Team
Dec 20250/1#2691330-10.4

Rankings

/
Denmark
#192
out of 2,627 players
Europe
#9,297
in continent
World
#12,868
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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Denmark
1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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2,490
8
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2,482
9
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2,478
10
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2,475
...
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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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9297🇩🇰Hirtsgaard, Niels2,129
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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2,777
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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2,753
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