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Bauer, Claus, Dr.

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FIDEFIDE 4628292· Male· Germany· Born in 1967

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Claus, Dr. Bauer, a 59-year-old German player, is rated 2093 and sitting in the top 7% of players worldwide. He has slipped back 52 Elo over the past 12 months. 12 rated games in the past year (≈7/year long-term). Recent appearance: 34. Wiesbadener Schlosspark-Open 2025. Also played 2 blitz events (including RLP-Einzel-Blitzmeisterschaft 2025) recently. He had 6 career breaks: 20 months (2006–2008), 49 months (2008–2012), 12 months (2015–2016), 12 months (2016–2017), 47 months (2019–2023, COVID-19 included) and 15 months (2024–2025). His peak of 2225 was reached at age 37 (Oct 2004).

Current rating

2093

Standard

Rpd—·Blz2124

All-time high

2225

−132 pts below
Oct 2004 · age 37

Activity

6

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

12 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

Top 7%

#16,064 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

17 entries
2024
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 2145 → returned at 2132
Jun 2024
2019
Inactive for 47 months
paused at 2136 → returned at 2149
Sep 2019
2016
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 2102 → returned at 2102
Jul 2016
2015
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 2133 → returned at 2102
Jun 2015
100 career games
at age 48
Jun 2015
2008
Inactive for 49 months
paused at 2183 → returned at 2172
Jul 2008

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Theo Hendriks 1,987
34. Wiesbadener Schlosspark-Open 2025 · Aug 2025 · +6.1 Elo
Evolution
-52
2145 → 2093
Tournaments
2
12 games
Score
7/ 1258.3%
6W2D4L

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Salzkammergut Schachopen 2026 Group A
Open Swiss
May 20262/5#561821-38.8
34. Wiesbadener Schlosspark-Open 2025
Open Swiss
Aug 20255/7#172048-13.2
Worst Elo result: Salzkammergut Schachopen 2026 Group A (-38.8 Elo, finished #56).

Rankings

/
Germany
#1,827
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#11,684
in continent
World
#16,064
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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