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Hennings, Dirk
🇩🇪FIDE 24668540· Male· Germany· Born in 1962
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Dirk Hennings, a 64-year-old German player, is rated 1820 — his current career high. He has held steady between 1800 and 1850 for 2 years. 11 rated games in the past year (≈2/year long-term). Recent appearances: 3. Internationales Schachopen Graal-Mueritz and 10. Offene Bezirkseinzelmeisterschaft SB Dessau 2025. He had 4 career breaks: 82 months (2010–2017), 16 months (2017–2018), 60 months (2019–2024, COVID-19 included) and 16 months (2024–2025).
Current rating
1820
Standard
Rpd—·Blz—
All-time high
1820
at best
Apr 2026 · age 64
Apr 2026 · age 64
Activity
5
games / yr avg.
11 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#70,155
#70,155 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2026
All-time peak 1820
at age 64
Apr 2026
2025
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 63
Jul 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+94 Elo)
1721 → 1815
Mar 2024
Crossed 1800
at age 62
Mar 2024
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 1692 → returned at 1811
Feb 2024
2019
Inactive for 60 months
paused at 1721 → returned at 1692
Jan 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+9
1811 → 1820
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
3/ 933.3%
1W4D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3/7 | #75 | 1866 | +9.2 |
Rankings
/
Germany
#7,380
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#51,005
in continent
World
#70,154
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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