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Link, Oliver

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FIDEFIDE 4653980· Male· Germany· Born in 1966

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Oliver Link, a 60-year-old German player, is rated 1915. He has slipped back 60 Elo over the past 12 months. 13 rated games in the past year (≈4/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 7. Offene Bargteheider Stadtmeisterschaft, Rudolf-Teschner-Gedenkturnier 2025, and Deutsche Schach-Amateurmeisterschaft 2024-2025 Q7 B. He had 2 career breaks: 20 months (2001–2003) and 175 months (2003–2018). His peak of 2127 was reached at age 37 (Oct 2003).

Current rating

1915

Standard

Rpd—·Blz—

All-time high

2127

−212 pts below
Oct 2003 · age 37

Activity

11

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

13 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#44,552

#44,552 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

7 entries
2003
All-time peak 2127
at age 37 · −212 from today
Oct 2003
Inactive for 175 months
paused at 2127 → returned at 2096
Oct 2003
2001
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 2116 → returned at 2116
Oct 2001
Crossed 2100
at age 35
Jul 2001
Crossed 2000
at age 35
Jan 2001
First FIDE rating
2093 · at age 35
Jan 2001

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Andreas Pittelkow 2,016
Deutsche Schach-Amateurmeisterschaft 2024-2025 Q7 B · May 2025 · +1.1 Elo
Evolution
-64
1979 → 1915
Tournaments
3
13 games
Score
6/ 1346.2%
4W4D5L

Last 12 months — tournaments

3 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
7. Offene Bargteheider Stadtmeisterschaft
Open Swiss
Sep 20250.5/1#471612-7.2
Rudolf-Teschner-Gedenkturnier 2025
Open Swiss
May 20253/7#601617-57.0
Deutsche Schach-Amateurmeisterschaft 2024-2025 Q7 B
Open Swiss
May 20252.5/5#412003+4.0
Worst Elo result: Rudolf-Teschner-Gedenkturnier 2025 (-57.0 Elo, finished #60).

Rankings

/
Germany
#4,938
out of 15,291 players
Europe
#32,841
in continent
World
#44,552
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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World
Germany
1
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3
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2,645
3
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2,645
5
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2,635
6
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2,620
7
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2,593
8
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2,592
9
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2,591
10
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2,587
...
4938🇩🇪Link, Oliver1,915
Europe
1
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2,840
2
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2,767
3
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2,759
3
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2,759
5
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2,739
6
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2,735
7
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2,729
8
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2,717
8
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2,717
10
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2,708
...
32841🇩🇪Link, Oliver1,915
World
1
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2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,788
4
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2,780
5
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2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
9
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2,754
10
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2,753
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44552🇩🇪Link, Oliver1,915