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JN
Jurgensen, Niels
🇩🇰FIDE 1440543· Male· Denmark· Born in 1947
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Niels Jurgensen, a 79-year-old Danish player, is rated 1627 — just 28 short of his peak of 1655 (Oct 2025, age 78). He has fluctuated between 1622 and 1655 over the past 2 years. 12 rated games in the past year (≈11/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Viby Foraar 2026 - 2 Round 4-5, Viby Foraar 2026 - 2 Round 1-3, and Viby efteraar 2025 - 3 Round 6-7. He had 3 career breaks: 32 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included), 14 months (2023–2024) and 17 months (2024–2025).
Current rating
1627
Standard
Rpd—·Blz—
All-time high
1655
−28 pts below
Oct 2025 · age 78
Oct 2025 · age 78
Activity
4
games / yr avg.
12 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#136,777
#136,777 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2025
All-time peak 1655
at age 78 · −28 from today
Oct 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+230 Elo)
1415 → 1645
Apr 2024
Inactive for 17 months
paused at 1645 → returned at 1655
Apr 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 77
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1500
at age 77
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 1415 → returned at 1645
Jan 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-18
1645 → 1627
Tournaments
5
13 games
Score
4/ 1330.8%
3W2D8L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | Apr 2026 | 1/2 | #5 | 1721 | +4.6 |
Round-Robin | Mar 2026 | 0/2 | #8 | 994 | -12.8 |
Round-Robin | Feb 2026 | 0/3 | #8 | 997 | -18.0 |
Round-Robin | Nov 2025 | 1/2 | #4 | 1817 | -2.0 |
Round-Robin | Sep 2025 | 2/3 | #1 | 1761 | +10.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsBrian Kristensen
🇩🇰DEN·1746
+1 −7 =0
8 games·last met May 2019
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vsSoren Graugaard Christensen
🇩🇰DEN·1805
+0 −4 =2
6 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsOle Bro
🇩🇰DEN·1759
+2 −3 =1
6 games·last met Feb 2015
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vsFinn Geneser
🇩🇰DEN·1714
+1 −3 =1
5 games·last met May 2017
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vsLeif Norholm Jensen
🇩🇰DEN·1822
+0 −3 =2
5 games·last met Nov 2015
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Rankings
/
Denmark
#2,195
out of 2,627 players
Europe
#92,772
in continent
World
#136,769
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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