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Buchholz, Robert
🇩🇪FIDE 4640195· Male· Germany· Born in 1963
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Robert Buchholz, a 63-year-old German player, is rated 1975. He plays occasionally (9 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 55 months (2006–2010), 34 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 16 months (2024–2025). Recent appearance: Landesliga Hamburg 2025-2026 April 2026. Also played 1 rapid event (including Anderter Open & 10. Niedersaechsische Schnellschach-EM 2026) recently. His peak of 2048 was reached at age 47 (Sep 2010).
Current rating
1975
Standard
Rpd1918·Blz—
All-time high
2048
−73 pts below
Sep 2010 · age 47
Sep 2010 · age 47
Activity
5
games / yr avg.
9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#31,661
#31,661 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2024
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 1978 → returned at 1973
May 2024
2022
Re-crossed 2000
at age 59
Nov 2022
2019
Inactive for 34 months
paused at 1988 → returned at 1993
May 2019
2018
100 career games
at age 55
Aug 2018
2016
Re-crossed 2000
at age 53
Mar 2016
2015
Re-crossed 2000
at age 52
Aug 2015
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-3
1978 → 1975
Tournaments
8
9 games
Score
3/ 933.3%
0W6D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 1/2 | #34 | 2054 | +4.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #43 | 2012 | +1.2 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | #33 | 2089 | +3.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0/1 | #66 | 1302 | -6.4 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0/1 | #51 | 1327 | -6.0 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/1 | #33 | 2183 | +5.4 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 0.5/1 | #19 | 1975 | 0.0 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 0/1 | #55 | 1377 | -4.8 |
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.
Rankings
/
Germany
#3,686
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#23,414
in continent
World
#31,660
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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