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Schmalfuss, Roman
🇩🇪FIDE 16299442· Male· Germany· Born in 1979
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Roman Schmalfuss, a 47-year-old German player, is rated 1771 — just 25 short of his peak of 1796 (Apr 2025, age 46). He has held steady between 1750 and 1800 for 14 months. 11 rated games in the past year (≈5/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Deutsche Schach-Amateurmeisterschaft 2025-2026 Q3 C, Berliner Pokal-Einzelmeisterschaft 2025, and Deutsche Schach-Amateurmeisterschaft 2024-2025 Finale D. He took a 35-month break between Feb 2020 and Feb 2023 (COVID-19 included).
Current rating
1771
Standard
Rpd—·Blz—
All-time high
1796
−25 pts below
Apr 2025 · age 46
Apr 2025 · age 46
Activity
8
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
11 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#85,424
#85,424 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
8 entries2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 47
Feb 2026
2025
All-time peak 1796
at age 46 · −25 from today
Apr 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+224 Elo)
1501 → 1725
Mar 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 45
Mar 2024
2023
Crossed 1500
at age 44
Feb 2023
2020
Crossed 1400
at age 41
Feb 2020
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Evolution
-25
1796 → 1771
Tournaments
3
11 games
Score
4/ 1136.4%
2W4D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsBadrinarayanan Raghavan1,825·Deutsche Schach-Amateurmeisterschaft 2024-2025 Finale D·R3·-16.7
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 2/5 | #73 | 1753 | -8.4 |
Knockout | Sep 2025 | 0.5/1 | R32 | 1976 | +10.8 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 1.5/5 | #37 | 1690 | -28.4 |
Worst Elo result: Deutsche Schach-Amateurmeisterschaft 2024-2025 Finale D (-28.4 Elo, finished #37).
Rankings
/
Germany
#8,517
out of 15,291 players
Europe
#61,380
in continent
World
#85,423
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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