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Buettner, Thomas
🇩🇪FIDE 34644024· Male· Germany· Born in 1975
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Thomas Buettner, a 51-year-old German player, is rated 1971 — just 10 short of his peak of 1981 (Sep 2024, age 49). He has held steady between 1950 and 2000 for 2 years. 15 rated games in the past year (≈18/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Deutsche Schach-Amateurmeisterschaft 2025-2026 Q4 B, Hans-Wild-Turnier 2025 Meistergruppe, and Deutsche Schach-Pokalmeisterschaft 2025 (Daehne-Pokal). Also played 2 blitz events (including 16. DSAM-Blitzturnier) recently.
Current rating
1971
Standard
Rpd1958·Blz2016
All-time high
1981
−10 pts below
Sep 2024 · age 49
Sep 2024 · age 49
Activity
16
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
15 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#32,466
#32,466 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
5 entries2024
Best 12-month gain (+154 Elo)
1827 → 1981
Sep 2024
All-time peak 1981
at age 49 · −10 from today
Sep 2024
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 49
Sep 2024
2023
Crossed 1800
at age 48
May 2023
First FIDE rating
1835 · at age 48
May 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-7
1978 → 1971
Tournaments
3
15 games
Score
5.5/ 1536.7%
3W5D7L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3/5 | #26 | 1995 | +4.2 |
Round-Robin | Sep 2025 | 1.5/5 | #5 | 1963 | -1.8 |
Knockout | Jul 2025 | 1/5 | R32 | 1918 | -8.6 |
Rankings
/
Germany
#3,770
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#24,010
in continent
World
#32,465
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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