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Forster, Rudolf
🇩🇪FIDE 24667048· Male· Germany· Born in 1959
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Rudolf Forster, a 67-year-old German player, is rated 1916 — just 9 short of his peak of 1925 (Mar 2024, age 65). He has fluctuated between 1883 and 1916 over the past 2 years. 13 rated games in the past year (≈10/year long-term). Recent appearances: 5. Augsburger Zirbel-Cup Masters April 2026 and 12. Weihnachts-Open des SK Kriegshaber. Also played 1 rapid event (including Schwaebische Schnellschach-Einzelmeisterschaft 2025) recently. He took a 14-month break between Nov 2021 and Feb 2023.
Current rating
1916
Standard
Rpd1895·Blz1885
All-time high
1925
−9 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 65
Mar 2024 · age 65
Activity
11
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
13 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#44,191
#44,191 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
8 entries2024
All-time peak 1925
at age 65 · −9 from today
Mar 2024
2023
100 career games
at age 64
Apr 2023
2021
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 1910 → returned at 1900
Nov 2021
2014
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 55
Dec 2014
Best 12-month gain (+76 Elo)
1790 → 1866
May 2014
Crossed 1800
at age 55
Apr 2014
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+16
1900 → 1916
Tournaments
5
14 games
Score
8/ 1457.1%
6W4D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | May 2026 | 1/1 | #2 | 2740 | +11.0 |
Round-Robin | Apr 2026 | 2/2 | #1 | 2719 | +21.8 |
Round-Robin | Mar 2026 | 0/2 | #8 | 1026 | -24.4 |
Round-Robin | Feb 2026 | 0.5/2 | #5 | 1780 | -6.8 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4.5/6 | #18 | 2113 | +13.8 |
Rankings
/
Germany
#4,912
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#32,596
in continent
World
#44,190
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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