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van der Valk, Niklas
🇩🇪FIDE 24651931· Male· Germany· Born in 1992
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Niklas Van Der Valk, a 34-year-old German player, is rated 2065 and sitting in the top 9% of players worldwide. He has slipped back 56 Elo over the past 12 months. 30 rated games in the past year (≈36/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include NRW-Klasse Gruppe 4 2025-2026 Januar 2026, XII International Sunway Sitges Chess Festival - Group A, and Dutch Team Competition - klasse 1 Round 4. He took a 17-month break between Sep 2010 and Mar 2012. His peak of 2208 was reached at age 30 (Jul 2022).
At junior level, he reached #50, #40 and #31 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
2065
Standard
Rpd2184·Blz2142
All-time high
2208
−143 pts below
Jul 2022 · age 30
Jul 2022 · age 30
Activity
44
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
22 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 9%
#18,981 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
18 entries2025
Re-crossed 2100
at age 33
May 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2100
at age 32
May 2024
Re-crossed 2100
at age 32
Jan 2024
2023
500 career games
at age 31
Jun 2023
2022
All-time peak 2208
at age 30 · −143 from today
Jul 2022
Crossed 2200
at age 30
May 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-88
2153 → 2065
Tournaments
10
22 games
Score
8/ 2236.4%
4W8D10L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Jan 2026 | 0/1 | #75 | 1337 | -8.2 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 2/9 | #226 | 1779 | -87.2 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0/1 | #141 | 1327 | -11.2 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #26 | 2905 | +8.2 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0/1 | #152 | 1535 | -5.6 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1/1 | #12 | 3069 | +13.4 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1/1 | #57 | 2937 | +9.8 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 1/1 | #14 | 2938 | +10.0 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 0.5/1 | #120 | 2075 | -1.8 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 1.5/5 | #35 | 2044 | -14.8 |
Worst Elo result: XII International Sunway Sitges Chess Festival - Group A (-87.2 Elo, finished #226).
Rankings
/
Germany
#2,190
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#13,895
in continent
World
#18,981
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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