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Varley, Nicolas
🇨🇿FIDE 1519948· Male· Czech Republic· Born in 1989
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Nicolas Varley, a 37-year-old Czech player, is rated 2157 — just 12 short of his peak of 2169 (Apr 2026, age 37) and sitting in the top 5% of players worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +20 Elo over the past 12 months. 10 rated games in the past year (≈6/year long-term). Recent appearance: PSS - Krajska soutez 1.2 2025-2026 r11. Also played 1 rapid event (including Prebor Prahy 4clennych druzstev v rapidu 2025) recently. He took a 95-month break between Feb 2017 and Feb 2025.
Competes for Czech Republic since Oct 2024.
Current rating
2157
Standard
Rpd2138·Blz2098
All-time high
2169
−12 pts below
Apr 2026 · age 37
Apr 2026 · age 37
Activity
6
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
10 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
Top 5%
#10,768 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
11 entries2026
34th Czech 35-40 player
at age 37 · rated 2169
Apr 2026
All-time peak 2169
at age 37 · −12 from today
Apr 2026
2024
Switched federation: NOR → CZE
at age 35
Oct 2024
2017
Inactive for 95 months
paused at 2111 → returned at 2129
Feb 2017
2016
Re-crossed 2100
at age 27
Jul 2016
2015
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 26
Oct 2015
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+20
2137 → 2157
Tournaments
5
10 games
Score
7/ 1070.0%
6W2D2L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #78 | 1293 | -11.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1.5/2 | #10 | 2375 | +11.4 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 2/3 | #18 | 2044 | -7.8 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/1 | #33 | 2254 | +3.2 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 3/3 | #1 | 2875 | +25.6 |
Rankings
/
Czech Republic
#315
out of 6,368 players
Europe
#7,690
in continent
World
#10,768
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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