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ZM
Ziems, Michael
🇩🇪FIDE 24678490· Male· Germany· Born in 1976
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Michael Ziems, a 50-year-old German player, is rated 1887 — just 18 short of his peak of 1905 (Mar 2024, age 48). He plays occasionally (4 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 34 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included), 21 months (2022–2024) and 13 months (2024–2025). Recent appearance: Oranienburger Chess Open 2025 Gruppe B. Also played 8 rapid (including 2025 FIDE World Rapid Team Championship) and 9 blitz events (including 2025 FIDE World Blitz Team Championship Pool C) recently.
Current rating
1887
Standard
Rpd1865·Blz1931
All-time high
1905
−18 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 48
Mar 2024 · age 48
Activity
5
games / yr avg.
4 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#51,326
#51,326 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2024
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 1904 → returned at 1887
Aug 2024
All-time peak 1905
at age 48 · −18 from today
Mar 2024
2022
Inactive for 21 months
paused at 1841 → returned at 1899
Aug 2022
2019
Inactive for 34 months
paused at 1829 → returned at 1841
Sep 2019
Re-crossed 1800
at age 43
Aug 2019
2018
Re-crossed 1800
at age 42
Aug 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-17
1904 → 1887
Tournaments
1
5 games
Score
3/ 560.0%
2W2D1L
Top 1 win
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 3/4 | #16 | 1933 | -17.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMatthias Bolk
🇩🇪GER·2036
+2 −9 =1
12 games·last met Jan 2025
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vsAndre KunzCM
🇩🇪GER·2103
+1 −10 =1
12 games·last met Nov 2021
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vsMarkus Zelanti
🇩🇪GER·1733
+9 −2 =0
11 games·last met Nov 2019
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vsVincent Schubert
🇩🇪GER·1619
+10 −0 =0
10 games·last met Oct 2022
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vsJirawat WierzbickiCM
🇩🇪GER·2142
+3 −7 =0
10 games·last met Sep 2022
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Rankings
/
Germany
#5,631
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#37,772
in continent
World
#51,325
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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