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Wilczek, Ralph
🇩🇪FIDE 4633105· Male· Germany· Born in 1971
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Ralph Wilczek, a 55-year-old German player, is rated 2147 — just 21 short of his peak of 2168 (Jan 2001, age 30) and sitting in the top 5% of players worldwide. He has held steady between 2100 and 2150 for 11 months. 10 rated games in the past year. Recent standard appearances include NRW-Mannschaftspokal 2026 April, Niederrheinische Einzelmeisterschaft 2025, and NRW-Viererpokal 2025 Mai 2025. Also played 1 rapid (including Bezirks-Rapid-Einzelmeisterschaft Duesseldorf 2025) and 3 blitz events (including Niederrheinische Blitz-Einzelmeisterschaft 2026) recently. He took a 250-month break between Jul 2004 and Jun 2025.
Current rating
2147
Standard
Rpd2166·Blz2165
All-time high
2168
−21 pts below
Jan 2001 · age 30
Jan 2001 · age 30
Activity
3
games / yr avg.
10 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
Top 5%
#11,451 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
6 entries2004
Inactive for 250 months
paused at 2149 → returned at 2156
Jul 2004
2001
Crossed 2100
at age 30
Jan 2001
Crossed 2000
at age 30
Jan 2001
All-time peak 2168
at age 30 · −21 from today
Jan 2001
First FIDE rating
2168 · at age 30
Jan 2001
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Evolution
-9
2156 → 2147
Tournaments
3
10 games
Score
6.5/ 1065.0%
4W5D1L
Top 3 wins
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 0.5/1 | #102 | 2192 | +1.2 |
Swiss | May 2025 | 4.5/7 | #3 | 2062 | -10.2 |
Team | May 2025 | 1.5/2 | #13 | 2263 | +6.8 |
Rankings
/
Germany
#1,261
out of 15,291 players
Europe
#8,206
in continent
World
#11,451
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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