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Schmitz, Paul

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FIDEFIDE 4628748· Male· Germany· Born in 1957

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Paul Schmitz, a 69-year-old German player, is rated 1746. He has slipped back 36 Elo over the past 12 months. 15 rated games in the past year (≈9/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Deutsche Schach-Amateurmeisterschaft 2025-2026 Q2 E, Hennefer ELO-Sommeropen 2025, and Deutsche Senioreneinzelmeisterschaft 2025 over 65. He had 3 career breaks: 12 months (2018–2020), 27 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included) and 15 months (2022–2023). His peak of 1799 was reached at age 67 (Sep 2024).

Current rating

1746

Standard

Rpd—·Blz—

All-time high

1799

−53 pts below
Sep 2024 · age 67

Activity

10

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

15 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#93,904

#93,904 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

11 entries
2024
Best 12-month gain (+140 Elo)
1659 → 1799
Sep 2024
All-time peak 1799
at age 67 · −53 from today
Sep 2024
2022
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 1666 → returned at 1659
May 2022
2020
Inactive for 27 months
paused at 1672 → returned at 1666
Jan 2020
2018
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1695 → returned at 1672
Dec 2018
2017
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 60
May 2017

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Ewald Heck 1,851
Hennefer ELO-Sommeropen 2025 · Aug 2025 · +12.5 Elo
Evolution
-16
1762 → 1746
Tournaments
2
10 games
Score
4/ 1040.0%
4W0D6L

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Deutsche Schach-Amateurmeisterschaft 2025-2026 Q2 E
Open Swiss
Dec 20252/4#551619-14.8
Hennefer ELO-Sommeropen 2025
Open Swiss
Aug 20252/3#1201999-0.8

Rankings

/
Germany
#9,282
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#66,997
in continent
World
#93,902
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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2,587
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9282🇩🇪Schmitz, Paul1,746
Europe
1
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2,841
2
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2,767
3
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2,764
4
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5
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6
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2,729
7
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8
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2,721
9
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10
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2,713
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66997🇩🇪Schmitz, Paul1,746
World
1
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2,841
2
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2
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4
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4
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2,777
6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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9
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9
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93902🇩🇪Schmitz, Paul1,746