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Kniest, Oliver

FM🇩🇪

FIDEFIDE 4620887· Male· Germany· Born in 1975

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Oliver Kniest, a 51-year-old German FIDE Master, is rated 2128 and sitting in the top 6% of players worldwide. He has slipped back 56 Elo over the past 12 months. 49 rated games in the past year (≈30/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include NRW-Liga Gruppe 2 2025-2026 April 2026, grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open, and 29. Wertheraner Schloss-Open 2026 Gruppe A. His peak of 2330 was reached at age 41 (Apr 2016).

Awarded FM in 2001 (age 26). Earned a IM norm at Sparkassen Open A 2000.

Current rating

2128

Standard

Rpd2237·Blz2306

All-time high

2330

202 pts below
Apr 2016 · age 41

Activity

40

games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo

47 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

Top 6%

#12,947 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

26 entries
2025
Re-crossed 2200
at age 50
Mar 2025
2023
30th German 45-50 player
at age 48 · rated 2309
Mar 2023
2022
Re-crossed 2300
at age 47
Dec 2022
2020
Inactive for 17 months
paused at 2273 → returned at 2282
Mar 2020
2019
35th German 40-45 player
at age 44 · rated 2313
Dec 2019
Re-crossed 2300
at age 44
Nov 2019

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Best result
29. Wertheraner Schloss-Open 2026 Gruppe A
perf 2313 (+151) · 5/7 · #2
Top opponent
Evolution
-56
21842128
Tournaments
15
47 games
Score
26/ 4755.3%
18W16D13L

Last 12 months — tournaments

15 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Team
Apr 20261/1#92744+4.4
Open Swiss
Apr 20264/9#5832007-38.0
Swiss
Mar 20265/7#22313+36.6
Team
Mar 20261/2#282176+3.0
Team
Feb 20261/1#52817+7.4
Team
Jan 20260.5/1#462184+1.8
Team
Jan 20260.5/1#841976-3.8
Team
Dec 20250.5/1#332200+2.4
Swiss
Nov 20251/2#141857-10.6
Team
Nov 20250.5/1#282150+0.4
Worst Elo result: grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open (-38.0 Elo, finished #583).

Most-Played Opponents

Rankings

/
Germany
#1,435
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#9,355
in continent
World
#12,947
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Germany
1
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2,767
2
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2,694
3
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2,657
4
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2,640
5
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2,634
6
🇩🇪Svane, RasmusFollow Rasmus SvaneTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,620
7
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2,593
8
🇩🇪Wagner, DennisFollow Dennis WagnerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,591
9
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2,588
10
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2,587
...
1435🇩🇪Kniest, Oliver2,128
Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
3
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2,764
4
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,744
5
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2,739
6
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2,729
7
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2,728
8
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2,721
9
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2,717
10
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2,713
...
9355🇩🇪Kniest, Oliver2,128
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
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2,792
2
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2,792
4
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2,777
4
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
6
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
8
🇮🇳Erigaisi ArjunFollow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,761
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
9
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2,753
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12947🇩🇪Kniest, Oliver2,128