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Pielawa, Martin

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FIDEFIDE 24600059· Male· Germany· Born in 1984

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Martin Pielawa, a 42-year-old German player, is rated 1977 — his current career high. He is on a steady climb with +36 Elo over the past 12 months. 25 rated games in the past year (≈3/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open, 41. Internationales Boeblinger Open A, and 9. Int. Bodenseeopen 2025. Also played 1 rapid (including 2. Metzinger-Weinberg Rapid-Turnier) and 3 blitz events (including Plochinger Winter-Blitz 2025) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 153 months (2011–2024) and 12 months (2024–2025).

Current rating

1977

Standard

Rpd1991·Blz1936

All-time high

1977

at best
May 2026 · age 42

Activity

8

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

25 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#31,333

#31,333 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

8 entries
2026
All-time peak 1977
at age 42
May 2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 42
Feb 2026
2024
Best 12-month gain (+75 Elo)
1866 → 1941
Jun 2024
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1941 → returned at 1929
Jun 2024
2011
Inactive for 153 months
paused at 1866 → returned at 1920
May 2011
Crossed 1800
at age 27
Mar 2011

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Best result
9. Int. Bodenseeopen 2025
perf 2009 (+80) · 5/7 · #53
Top opponent
vs Elmar Wachsmann 2,080
grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open · Apr 2026 · +12.9 Elo
Evolution
+36
1941 → 1977
Tournaments
3
26 games
Score
12.5/ 2648.1%
11W3D12L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsElmar Wachsmann2,080·grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open·R6·+12.9
2.[W]vsVolker Novak2,067·grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open·R2·+12.5
3.[W]vsReinhard Arlt2,066·grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open·R4·+12.5
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsLibeilei Xie1,743·9. Int. Bodenseeopen 2025·R2·-29.8
2.[L]vsPeter DittmarFM2,127·9. Int. Bodenseeopen 2025·R1·-9.7
3.[L]vsArno BezemerFM2,150·9. Int. Bodenseeopen 2025·R8·-8.8

Last 12 months — tournaments

3 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open
Open Swiss
Apr 20263.5/9#6732023+12.8
41. Internationales Boeblinger Open A
Open Swiss
Dec 20254/9#632005+34.8
9. Int. Bodenseeopen 2025
Open Swiss
May 20255/7#532009-12.4

Rankings

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Germany
#3,640
out of 15,291 players
Europe
#23,161
in continent
World
#31,333
out of 400,000+

National ranking

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3
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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Europe
1
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2,840
2
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3
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2,759
3
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2,759
5
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6
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7
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8
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2,717
8
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10
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23161🇩🇪Pielawa, Martin1,977
World
1
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2,840
2
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3
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2,776
6
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2,767
7
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2,759
7
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2,759
9
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10
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31333🇩🇪Pielawa, Martin1,977