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Bauer, Thomas
CM🇦🇹FIDE 1639293· Male· Austria· Born in 1996
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Thomas Bauer, a 30-year-old Austrian Candidate Master, is rated 2203 and sitting in the top 4% of Austrian players, and in the top 4% worldwide. He has fluctuated between 2164 and 2270 over the past 2 years. 135 rated games in the past year (≈81/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 1. Bundesliga AUT 2025-2026 Round 6-11, Steirische Landesliga 2025-2026 Round 10-11, and V Open Chess Menorca 2026. Also played 1 rapid event (including Grand Prix PlusCity - Open Austrian Team Rapid Championship 2025) recently. He took a 19-month break between Sep 2012 and May 2014. His peak of 2270 was reached at age 30 (Jan 2026, Austrian #76 at the time).
Awarded CM in 2016 (age 20). At junior level, he reached #4, #12 and #20 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
2203
Standard
Rpd2066·Blz2189
All-time high
2270
−67 pts below
Jan 2026 · age 30
Jan 2026 · age 30
Activity
112
games / yr avg. · ≈9/mo
125 past 12 mo · ≈10/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#137 · Austrian players · of 3,043
Career timeline
30 entries2026
Re-crossed 2200
at age 30
Jun 2026
Peak Austrian rank: #76
at age 30 · rated 2270
Jan 2026
All-time peak 2270
at age 30 · −67 from today
Jan 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2200
at age 29
Nov 2025
1,000 career games
at age 29
Aug 2025
Re-crossed 2200
at age 29
Feb 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+14
2189 → 2203
Tournaments
41
125 games
Score
75.5/ 12560.4%
69W13D43L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
20 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 4.5/5 | #1 | 2390 | +16.8 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 1/1 | #73 | 3084 | +11.6 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 0/1 | #114 | 1313 | -13.0 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4.5/9 | #166 | 2030 | -38.2 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/2 | #48 | 2139 | -4.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #24 | 2974 | +9.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #13 | 2674 | +2.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #37 | 2823 | +4.2 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #46 | 2192 | -1.0 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | #76 | 2354 | +2.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAndreas DiermairGM
🇦🇹AUT·2441
+1 −9 =0
10 games·last met May 2025
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vsChristian Lovrinovic
🇦🇹AUT·2082
+5 −4 =1
10 games·last met Mar 2025
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vsGeorg DannerIM
🇦🇹AUT
+4 −3 =3
10 games·last met Sep 2018
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vsHannes GanausIM
🇦🇹AUT·2214
+4 −3 =2
9 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsPeter SadilekFM
🇦🇹AUT·2308
+3 −3 =3
9 games·last met Oct 2025
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Rankings
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Austria
#137
out of 3,405 players
Europe
#5,609
in continent
World
#8,022
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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