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Schoonmaker, Nicholas

CM🇺🇸

FIDEFIDE 2022680· Male· United States of America· Born in 1962

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Nicholas Schoonmaker, a 64-year-old American Candidate Master, is rated 1988. He plays occasionally (8 games in the last 12 months) and had 4 career breaks: 14 months (2006–2007), 12 months (2015–2016), 20 months (2016–2018) and 44 months (2019–2023, COVID-19 included). Recent appearances: 2026 Dreaming King Open and 2025 National Open - Under 2300. His peak of 2261 was reached at age 42 (Oct 2004).

Awarded CM in 2007 (age 45).

Current rating

1988

Standard

Rpd—·Blz—

All-time high

2261

−273 pts below
Oct 2004 · age 42

Activity

9

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

8 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#29,457

#29,457 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

18 entries
2023
23rd American 60-65 player
at age 61 · rated 2050
Oct 2023
2019
Inactive for 44 months
paused at 2028 → returned at 2044
May 2019
29th American 55-60 player
at age 57 · rated 2069
Apr 2019
2016
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 2091 → returned at 2047
Oct 2016
2015
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 2111 → returned at 2109
Jun 2015
2013
41st American 50-55 player
at age 51 · rated 2156
Apr 2013

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Evolution
-46
2034 → 1988
Tournaments
1
4 games
Score
0/ 40.0%
0W0D4L
Top wins
No standard wins or draws in the last 12 months.
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsRobert Akopian1,871·2026 Dreaming King Open·R1·-13.2
2.[L]vsLeo Q Wang1,978·2026 Dreaming King Open·R3·-10.3
3.[L]vsReynaldo Del Pilar2,022·2026 Dreaming King Open·R4·-9.0

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2026 Dreaming King Open
Open Swiss
Jan 20260/4#451176-46.2
Worst Elo result: 2026 Dreaming King Open (-46.2 Elo, finished #45).

Rankings

/
United States of America
#814
out of 5,510 players
Americas
#3,110
in continent
World
#29,456
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
United States of America
1
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2,792
1
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2,792
3
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2,753
4
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2,742
5
🇺🇸Dominguez Perez, LeinierFollow Leinier Dominguez PerezTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,732
6
🇺🇸Aronian, LevonFollow Levon AronianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,724
7
🇺🇸Liang, AwonderFollow Awonder LiangTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,696
7
🇺🇸Sevian, SamuelFollow Samuel SevianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,696
9
🇺🇸Xiong, JefferyFollow Jeffery XiongTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,656
10
🇺🇸Robson, RayFollow Ray RobsonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,653
...
814🇺🇸Schoonmaker, Nicholas1,988
Americas
1
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
1
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
3
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
4
🇺🇸Niemann, Hans MokeFollow Hans Moke NiemannTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,742
5
🇺🇸Dominguez Perez, LeinierFollow Leinier Dominguez PerezTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,732
6
🇺🇸Aronian, LevonFollow Levon AronianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,724
7
🇺🇸Liang, AwonderFollow Awonder LiangTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,696
7
🇺🇸Sevian, SamuelFollow Samuel SevianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,696
9
🇺🇸Xiong, JefferyFollow Jeffery XiongTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,656
10
🇺🇸Robson, RayFollow Ray RobsonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,653
...
3110🇺🇸Schoonmaker, Nicholas1,988
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
2
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
4
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
6
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
8
🇮🇳Erigaisi ArjunFollow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,761
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
9
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
29456🇺🇸Schoonmaker, Nicholas1,988