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Nies, Peter
🇩🇪FIDE 24628662· Male· Germany· Born in 1987
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Peter Nies, a 39-year-old German player, is rated 2104 — just 13 short of his peak of 2117 (Nov 2010, age 23) and sitting in the top 7% of players worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +51 Elo over the past 12 months. 33 rated games in the past year (≈17/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open, Deutsche Pokalmannschaftsmeisterschaft 2026 Januar, and Sparkassen Open Lautertal 2025 A-Gruppe. Also played 1 rapid event (including 29. Active Chess Open Bensheim 2025) recently. He took a 15-month break between Jul 2009 and Nov 2010.
At junior level, he reached #62 nationally in U20.
Current rating
2104
Standard
Rpd2103·Blz2099
All-time high
2117
−13 pts below
Nov 2010 · age 23
Nov 2010 · age 23
Activity
25
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
33 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 7%
#15,051 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2026
Re-crossed 2100
at age 39
Jun 2026
2011
100 career games
at age 24
May 2011
2010
All-time peak 2117
at age 23 · −13 from today
Nov 2010
2009
Re-crossed 2100
at age 22
Jul 2009
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 2110 → returned at 2117
Jul 2009
2007
62nd German U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2105
Oct 2007
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+51
2053 → 2104
Tournaments
6
33 games
Score
19/ 3357.6%
14W10D9L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 5/7 | #2 | 2163 | +15.2 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5/9 | #262 | 2236 | +44.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/2 | #64 | 1985 | -3.6 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 1/3 | #45 | 1744 | -26.2 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4.5/7 | #18 | 2068 | -0.6 |
Knockout | Jul 2025 | 3/5 | QF | 2227 | +22.6 |
Rankings
/
Germany
#1,695
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#10,923
in continent
World
#15,051
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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