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Messerschmidt, Nicolas
🇩🇪FIDE 34628770· Male· Germany· Born in 2003
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Nicolas Messerschmidt, a 23-year-old German player, is rated 1934 — his current career high. He is progressing steadily with +24 Elo over the past 12 months. 23 rated games in the past year (≈15/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include grenke Chess Open 2026 B-Open, 36. Staufer Open B, and 6. Internationale Unterlaender Schachtage A-Turnier. Also played 1 rapid (including Baden-Wuerttembergische Schnellschacheinzelmeisterschaft 2025) and 1 blitz events (including 16. Heuchelberg-Cup 2025) recently. He took a 12-month break between Aug 2024 and Sep 2025.
Current rating
1934
Standard
Rpd1932·Blz1961
All-time high
1934
at best
May 2026 · age 23
May 2026 · age 23
Activity
12
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
23 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#40,105
#40,105 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
6 entries2026
All-time peak 1934
at age 23
May 2026
2024
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1910 → returned at 1903
Aug 2024
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 21
Aug 2024
Crossed 1800
at age 21
Mar 2024
2023
Best 12-month gain (+217 Elo)
1559 → 1776
Sep 2023
2022
First FIDE rating
1559 · at age 19
Sep 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+24
1910 → 1934
Tournaments
3
24 games
Score
17.5/ 2472.9%
13W9D2L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 7/9 | #39 | 2022 | +24.0 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 6/8 | #28 | 1928 | +7.0 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4.5/6 | #36 | 1996 | -6.8 |
Rankings
/
Germany
#4,521
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#29,616
in continent
World
#40,104
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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