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Schmitz, Wolfgang

🇩🇪INACTIVE · since October 2024

FIDEFIDE 4657926· Male· Germany· Born in 1962

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Wolfgang Schmitz, a 64-year-old German player, is rated 1948. He plays around 3 rated games per year and had 7 career breaks: 53 months (2002–2006), 23 months (2006–2008), 35 months (2008–2011), 13 months (2012–2013), 47 months (2014–2018), 47 months (2019–2023, COVID-19 included) and 14 months (2023–2024). His peak of 2194 was reached at age 40 (Jan 2002).

Current rating

1948

Standard

Rpd1951·Blz—

All-time high

2194

−246 pts below
Jan 2002 · age 40

Activity

5

games / yr avg.

classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#37,058

#37,058 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

13 entries
2024
Inactive for 19 months
paused at 1948 → still inactive
Oct 2024
2023
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 1969 → returned at 1948
Jul 2023
2019
Inactive for 47 months
paused at 2013 → returned at 1969
Jul 2019
2014
Inactive for 47 months
paused at 2046 → returned at 2017
Jul 2014
2012
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 2070 → returned at 2057
May 2012
2008
Inactive for 35 months
paused at 2109 → returned at 2080
Jul 2008

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Stefan Blank 1,794
34. Schweinfurt-Open 2026 · Jun 2026 · +5.8 Elo
Evolution
0
1948 → 1948
Score
0/ 70.0%
3W2D2L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsStefan Blank1,794·34. Schweinfurt-Open 2026·R3·+5.8
2.[W]vsLaurens Laterveer1,786·34. Schweinfurt-Open 2026·R4·+5.6
3.[W]vsPius Hegel1,673·34. Schweinfurt-Open 2026·R2·+3.4
Top 2 losses
1.[L]vsFelix Partsch1,728·34. Schweinfurt-Open 2026·R1·-15.6
2.[L]vsMarkus Ternes1,912·34. Schweinfurt-Open 2026·R5·-11.0

Rankings

/
Germany
#4,266
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#27,736
in continent
World
#36,185
out of 400,000+

National ranking

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