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Hofstetter, Hans-Joachim, Dr.
FM🇩🇪FIDE 4630017· Male· Germany· Born in 1958
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Hans-Joachim, Dr. Hofstetter, a 68-year-old German FIDE Master, is rated 2074 and sitting in the top 8% of players worldwide. He has slipped back 32 Elo over the past 12 months. 13 rated games in the past year. Recent appearances: grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open and 22. Bad-Koenigshofen-Open 2025. Also played 2 rapid events (including Rapid-4er-MM Unterfranken 2025) recently. He had 4 career breaks: 14 months (2002–2003), 12 months (2013–2014), 20 months (2021–2023) and 12 months (2024–2025). His peak of 2257 was reached at age 43 (Jul 2001).
Awarded FM in 2004 (age 46).
Current rating
2074
Standard
Rpd2107·Blz2096
All-time high
2257
−183 pts below
Jul 2001 · age 43
Jul 2001 · age 43
Activity
12
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
13 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 8%
#17,969 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
21 entries2024
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 2114 → returned at 2106
Apr 2024
55th German 65-70 player
at age 66 · rated 2153
Mar 2024
2021
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 2168 → returned at 2145
Aug 2021
2019
41st German 60-65 player
at age 61 · rated 2210
Oct 2019
Re-crossed 2200
at age 61
May 2019
2016
54th German 55-60 player
at age 58 · rated 2243
Dec 2016
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-32
2106 → 2074
Tournaments
2
13 games
Score
6.5/ 1350.0%
4W5D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4/8 | #577 | 2073 | -1.4 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 2.5/5 | #69 | 1854 | -30.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsJohannes Helgert
🇩🇪GER·2076
+5 −2 =1
8 games·last met Apr 2023
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vsTobias Kuhn
🇩🇪GER·2229
+1 −4 =3
8 games·last met May 2019
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vsHarald GoldaFM
🇩🇪GER·2234
+1 −2 =5
8 games·last met Mar 2016
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vsMatthias Basel
🇩🇪GER·2019
+3 −1 =2
6 games·last met Mar 2024
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vsThomas Braeutigam
🇩🇪GER·1993
+1 −1 =4
6 games·last met Mar 2024
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Rankings
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Germany
#2,066
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#13,138
in continent
World
#17,969
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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