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Nielsen, Poul Erik
🇩🇰FIDE 1406892· Male· Denmark· Born in 1948
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Poul Erik Nielsen, a 78-year-old Danish player, is rated 1978. He has slipped back 43 Elo over the past 12 months. 26 rated games in the past year (≈24/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Holstebro Klub Foraar 2026 - 1 Round 6-7, Holstebro Klub Foraar 2026 - 1 Round 4-5, and Danish Team Ch. 2025-26 March. Also played 1 rapid event (including DM Hurtigskak Hold 2025 - Senior) recently. He took a 32-month break between Oct 2002 and Jul 2005. His peak of 2145 was reached at age 53 (Jan 2001).
Current rating
1978
Standard
Rpd1978·Blz—
All-time high
2145
−167 pts below
Jan 2001 · age 53
Jan 2001 · age 53
Activity
20
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
18 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#31,128
#31,128 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
26 entries2024
10th Danish 75-80 player
at age 76 · rated 2031
May 2024
2023
24th Danish 70-75 player
at age 75 · rated 2023
Dec 2023
Re-crossed 2000
at age 75
Jul 2023
6-month rising streak
+39 Elo
May 2023
2019
Re-crossed 2000
at age 71
Jun 2019
500 career games
at age 71
Mar 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-37
2015 → 1978
Tournaments
9
23 games
Score
11/ 2347.8%
6W10D7L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | May 2026 | 3.5/5 | #2 | 2210 | +31.4 |
Round-Robin | Apr 2026 | 1/2 | #4 | 2038 | +3.0 |
Round-Robin | Mar 2026 | 0/2 | #7 | 1309 | -12.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/2 | #131 | 1960 | -1.6 |
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 1/2 | #5 | 1966 | -1.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/2 | #206 | 1996 | +0.4 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0.5/1 | #144 | 1979 | -0.4 |
Round-Robin | Nov 2025 | 1.5/5 | #4 | 1814 | -27.2 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1.5/2 | #67 | 2063 | +2.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsThomas Stausholm Jepsen
🇩🇰DEN·2126
+9 −24 =3
36 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsErling Hoiberg
🇩🇰DEN·2071
+3 −3 =12
18 games·last met May 2016
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vsOle Ostergaard
🇩🇰DEN·2074
+4 −3 =6
13 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsNiels Jorgen Fries-NielsenFM
🇩🇰DEN·2276
+0 −8 =5
13 games·last met Feb 2016
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vsClaus Rossen
🇩🇰DEN·2148
+1 −7 =3
11 games·last met Jun 2022
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Rankings
/
Denmark
#545
out of 2,627 players
Europe
#23,008
in continent
World
#31,127
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Denmark
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Europe
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World
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