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Platz, Thomas

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FIDEFIDE 4645227· Male· Germany· Born in 1972

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Thomas Platz, a 54-year-old German player, is rated 2056 and sitting in the top 9% of players worldwide. He has slipped back 66 Elo over the past 12 months. 16 rated games in the past year (≈3/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 29. Wertheraner Schloss-Open 2026 Gruppe A, Schachtuerken-Cup 2025 A-Open, and 7. Muensteraner ELO-DWZ-Cup. Also played 2 rapid (including ELO-Rapid am Freitag 2025 November) and 4 blitz events (including Teutopokal Februar 2026) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 100 months (2007–2015), 17 months (2016–2017) and 95 months (2017–2025). His peak of 2186 was reached at age 35 (Apr 2007).

Current rating

2056

Standard

Rpd2095·Blz1989

All-time high

2186

−130 pts below
Apr 2007 · age 35

Activity

5

games / yr avg.

16 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

Top 9%

#20,053 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

9 entries
2017
Inactive for 95 months
paused at 2122 → returned at 2106
Sep 2017
2016
Inactive for 17 months
paused at 2137 → returned at 2143
Jan 2016
2007
Best 12-month gain (+34 Elo)
2152 → 2186
Apr 2007
All-time peak 2186
at age 35 · −130 from today
Apr 2007
Inactive for 100 months
paused at 2186 → returned at 2155
Apr 2007
2001
Crossed 2100
at age 29
Jan 2001

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Wolfgang Linde 2,092
29. Wertheraner Schloss-Open 2026 Gruppe A · Mar 2026 · +1.0 Elo
Evolution
-66
2122 → 2056
Tournaments
3
18 games
Score
6.5/ 1836.1%
4W6D8L
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsHolger Kowalski1,886·42. Turm Open·R2·-14.5
2.[L]vsKiril Konovalov1,924·Schachtuerken-Cup 2025 A-Open·R7·-14.1
3.[L]vsIngmar Bennemann1,941·29. Wertheraner Schloss-Open 2026 Gruppe A·R2·-13.2

Last 12 months — tournaments

3 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
29. Wertheraner Schloss-Open 2026 Gruppe A
Swiss
Mar 20263/7#171970-20.6
Schachtuerken-Cup 2025 A-Open
Open Swiss
Dec 20253.5/7#451935-29.4
7. Muensteraner ELO-DWZ-Cup
Team
Aug 20250/2#421401-15.6
Worst Elo result: Schachtuerken-Cup 2025 A-Open (-29.4 Elo, finished #45).

Rankings

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Germany
#2,334
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#14,702
in continent
World
#20,053
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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World
Germany
1
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3
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2,657
4
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2,640
5
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2,634
6
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2,620
7
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2,593
8
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2,591
9
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2,588
10
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2,587
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2334🇩🇪Platz, Thomas2,056
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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2,744
5
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2,739
6
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2,729
7
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2,728
8
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2,721
9
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2,717
10
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2,713
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14702🇩🇪Platz, Thomas2,056
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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4
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2,777
4
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2,777
6
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
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2,764
8
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2,761
9
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2,753
9
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2,753
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20053🇩🇪Platz, Thomas2,056