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Heining, Thomas

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FIDEFIDE 4655028· Male· Germany· Born in 1979

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Thomas Heining, a 47-year-old German player, is rated 2129 — just 22 short of his peak of 2151 (Sep 2022, age 43) and sitting in the top 6% of players worldwide. He has held steady between 2100 and 2150 for 22 months. 12 rated games in the past year (≈9/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include SGM 2025-2026 (all leagues) Round 4, SMM 2025 1.Liga round 7, and SMM 2025 1.Liga round 6. Also played 1 rapid (including 2. Metzinger-Weinberg Rapid-Turnier) and 1 blitz events (including Stuttgarter Bezirks-Blitz-Mannschaftsmeisterschaft 2026) recently. He had 4 career breaks: 20 months (2006–2008), 49 months (2009–2013), 26 months (2017–2019) and 34 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included).

Current rating

2129

Standard

Rpd2047·Blz2107

All-time high

2151

−22 pts below
Sep 2022 · age 43

Activity

22

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

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

Signature stat

Top 6%

#12,868 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

14 entries
2024
Re-crossed 2100
at age 45
Sep 2024
2023
Re-crossed 2100
at age 44
Nov 2023
Re-crossed 2100
at age 44
Jul 2023
2022
All-time peak 2151
at age 43 · −22 from today
Sep 2022
2019
Inactive for 34 months
paused at 2148 → returned at 2142
Jul 2019
2017
Inactive for 26 months
paused at 2134 → returned at 2148
Apr 2017

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Mirko Mikavica 2,066
SMM 2025 1.Liga round 6 · Aug 2025 · +8.5 Elo
Evolution
+21
2108 → 2129
Tournaments
4
10 games
Score
8.5/ 1085.0%
8W1D1L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsMirko Mikavica2,066·SMM 2025 1.Liga round 6·R1·+8.5
2.[W]vsMarlon Guyer2,039·SMM 2025 1.Liga round 7·R1·+7.6
3.[W]vsMichael Schwilk1,973·15. Oeffinger Schachopen·R7·+5.8
Top 1 loss
1.[L]vsTim Gavrin1,993·15. Oeffinger Schachopen·R3·-13.7

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
15. Oeffinger Schachopen
Open Swiss
May 20265.5/7#42116+0.4
SGM 2025-2026 (all leagues) Round 4
Team
Jan 20261/1#1162709+4.4
SMM 2025 1.Liga round 7
Team
Sep 20251/1#122839+7.8
SMM 2025 1.Liga round 6
Team
Aug 20251/1#722866+8.8
Hot streak: 4 tournaments without losing Elo.

Rankings

/
Germany
#1,426
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#9,297
in continent
World
#12,868
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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7
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Europe
1
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2
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World
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2,841
2
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2,767
7
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8
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