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Scharff, Klaus

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FIDEFIDE 24613851· Male· Germany· Born in 1947

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Klaus Scharff, a 79-year-old German player, is rated 1932. He has held steady between 1900 and 1950 for 6 years. 14 rated games in the past year. Recent appearances: 9. Bayer Sommeropen 2025 and Deutsche Senioreneinzelmeisterschaft 2025 over 65. Also played 1 blitz event (including Deutsche Senioren-Blitzeinzelmeisterschaft 2025 over 65) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 14 months (2006–2007) and 12 months (2023–2024). His peak of 2068 was reached at age 58 (Jul 2005).

Current rating

1932

Standard

Rpd1943·Blz2018

All-time high

2068

−136 pts below
Jul 2005 · age 58

Activity

9

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

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

Signature stat

#40,527

#40,527 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

11 entries
2023
67th German 75-80 player
at age 76 · rated 1915
Dec 2023
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1915 → returned at 1930
Sep 2023
2017
Best 12-month gain (+44 Elo)
1931 → 1975
May 2017
2013
Re-crossed 2000
at age 66
Jan 2013
2012
100 career games
at age 65
Sep 2012
2006
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 2052 → returned at 2064
Jul 2006

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Florian Trevisan 1,812
9. Bayer Sommeropen 2025 · Aug 2025 · +6.7 Elo
Evolution
+4
1928 → 1932
Tournaments
1
5 games
Score
3/ 560.0%
3W0D2L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsFlorian Trevisan1,812·9. Bayer Sommeropen 2025·R2·+6.7
2.[W]vsReimar Heider1,634·9. Bayer Sommeropen 2025·R3·+3.0
3.[W]vsYuke Mao1,531·9. Bayer Sommeropen 2025·R4·+1.8

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
9. Bayer Sommeropen 2025
Open Swiss
Aug 20253/5#241940+3.8

Rankings

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Germany
#4,558
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#29,922
in continent
World
#40,526
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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4
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5
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2,634
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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2,841
2
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3
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4
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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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World
1
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2,841
2
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4
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6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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9
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9
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