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Nichols, Uwe

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FIDEFIDE 16278917· Male· Germany· Born in 1958

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Uwe Nichols, a 68-year-old German player, is rated 1689. He has slipped back 104 Elo over the past 12 months. 23 rated games in the past year (≈10/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include grenke Chess Open 2026 B-Open, 36. Staufer Open B, and XXVII. Rhein-Main-Open 2025 Gruppe B. He had 2 career breaks: 37 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 13 months (2022–2024). His peak of 1793 was reached at age 67 (May 2025).

Current rating

1689

Standard

Rpd—·Blz—

All-time high

1793

−104 pts below
May 2025 · age 67

Activity

15

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

23 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#113,684

#113,684 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

11 entries
2025
All-time peak 1793
at age 67 · −104 from today
May 2025
Best 12-month gain (+197 Elo)
1581 → 1778
Feb 2025
2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 66
Mar 2024
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 66
Feb 2024
2022
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 1605 → returned at 1581
Dec 2022
2019
Crossed 1600
at age 61
May 2019

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Johann Pichl 1,705
XXVII. Rhein-Main-Open 2025 Gruppe B · Jun 2025 · +7.7 Elo
Evolution
-104
1793 → 1689
Tournaments
3
25 games
Score
10.5/ 2542.0%
7W7D11L
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsJoanna Varbanova1,597·grenke Chess Open 2026 B-Open·R8·-12.6
2.[L]vsJan Wellenreich1,597·grenke Chess Open 2026 B-Open·R5·-12.6
3.[L]vsKevin Karaschewski1,671·36. Staufer Open B·R9·-11.6

Last 12 months — tournaments

3 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
grenke Chess Open 2026 B-Open
Open Swiss
Apr 20263/8#10491553-38.6
36. Staufer Open B
Open Swiss
Jan 20263.5/8#2171608-56.2
XXVII. Rhein-Main-Open 2025 Gruppe B
Open Swiss
Jun 20254/7#261743-7.6
Worst Elo result: 36. Staufer Open B (-56.2 Elo, finished #217).

Rankings

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Germany
#10,504
out of 15,291 players
Europe
#79,428
in continent
World
#113,681
out of 400,000+

National ranking

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1
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