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Platz, Thomas
🇩🇪FIDE 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
Apr 2007 · age 35
Activity
5
games / yr avg.
16 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
Top 9%
#20,040 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
9 entries2017
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
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Evolution
-66
2122 → 2056
Tournaments
3
16 games
Score
6.5/ 1640.6%
4W5D7L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3/7 | #17 | 1970 | -20.6 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3.5/7 | #45 | 1935 | -29.4 |
Team | Aug 2025 | 0/2 | #42 | 1401 | -15.6 |
Rankings
/
Germany
#2,334
out of 15,291 players
Europe
#14,692
in continent
World
#20,040
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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