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Cummings, Nicolai

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FIDEFIDE 4637437· Male· Germany· Born in 1989

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Nicolai Cummings, a 37-year-old German player, is rated 1987 — just 22 short of his peak of 2009 (Jul 2025, age 36). He has held steady between 1950 and 2000 for 7 months. 19 rated games in the past year (≈10/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 36. Staufer Open A, 22. Sparkassen-Open Forchheim 2025 A-Open, and 14. Oeffinger Schachopen 2025. Also played 1 rapid (including 2. Neckar-Erms After-Work Rapid) and 2 blitz events (including Wuerttembergische Mannschafts-Meisterschaft - Blitz 2026) recently. He had 4 career breaks: 14 months (2011–2012), 16 months (2013–2014), 17 months (2014–2016) and 62 months (2017–2022, COVID-19 included).

Current rating

1987

Standard

Rpd1979·Blz1938

All-time high

2009

−22 pts below
Jul 2025 · age 36

Activity

16

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

19 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#29,609

#29,609 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

11 entries
2025
Crossed 2000
at age 36
Jul 2025
All-time peak 2009
at age 36 · −22 from today
Jul 2025
2017
Inactive for 62 months
paused at 1953 → returned at 1952
Jul 2017
2014
Inactive for 17 months
paused at 1957 → returned at 1996
Jul 2014
2013
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 1957 → returned at 1957
Feb 2013
100 career games
at age 24
Feb 2013

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Best result
14. Oeffinger Schachopen 2025
perf 2291 (+282) · 5/6 · #26
Top opponent
vs Gunnar SchneppFM 2,215
14. Oeffinger Schachopen 2025 · Jun 2025 · +5.3 Elo
Evolution
+3
1984 → 1987
Tournaments
3
20 games
Score
10.5/ 2052.5%
8W5D7L
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsSimon Kempinger1,870·36. Staufer Open A·R1·-13.2
2.[L]vsBerrak Albayrak1,912·22. Sparkassen-Open Forchheim 2025 A-Open·R2·-12.4
3.[L]vsTetyana KostakWFM2,080·14. Oeffinger Schachopen 2025·R6·-8.0

Last 12 months — tournaments

3 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
36. Staufer Open A
Open Swiss
Jan 20264/9#1781957-9.0
22. Sparkassen-Open Forchheim 2025 A-Open
Open Swiss
Oct 20251.5/4#521892-12.8
14. Oeffinger Schachopen 2025
Open Swiss
Jun 20255/6#262291+24.6

Rankings

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Germany
#3,451
out of 15,291 players
Europe
#21,875
in continent
World
#29,609
out of 400,000+

National ranking

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10
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1
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7
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