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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

#29,444

#29,444 · players worldwide · of 216,808

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

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Jacob S Wang 1,891
2025 National Open - Under 2300 · Jun 2025 · +6.1 Elo
Evolution
-48
20361988
Tournaments
2
8 games
Score
2.5/ 831.3%
1W3D4L
Top 1 win
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

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Open Swiss
Jan 20260/4#451176-46.2
Open Swiss
Jun 20252.5/4#532016-1.6
Worst Elo result: 2026 Dreaming King Open (-46.2 Elo, finished #45).

Rankings

/
United States of America
#820
out of 5,412 players
Americas
#3,108
in continent
World
#29,444
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
United States of America
1
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2,792
2
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,788
3
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
4
🇺🇸Dominguez Perez, LeinierFollow Leinier Dominguez PerezTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,732
5
🇺🇸Niemann, Hans MokeFollow Hans Moke NiemannTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,728
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.
2,718
8
🇺🇸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
...
820🇺🇸Schoonmaker, Nicholas1,988
Americas
1
🇺🇸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.
2,788
3
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
4
🇺🇸Dominguez Perez, LeinierFollow Leinier Dominguez PerezTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,732
5
🇺🇸Niemann, Hans MokeFollow Hans Moke NiemannTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,728
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.
2,718
8
🇺🇸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
...
3108🇺🇸Schoonmaker, Nicholas1,988
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
3
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,788
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,780
5
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
29444🇺🇸Schoonmaker, Nicholas1,988