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Bruening, Wolfgang

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FIDEFIDE 4669703· Male· Germany· Born in 1958

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Wolfgang Bruening, a 68-year-old German player, is rated 1831. He plays occasionally (5 games in the last 12 months) and had 7 career breaks: 14 months (2002–2003), 23 months (2003–2005), 16 months (2008–2009), 23 months (2009–2011), 13 months (2012–2013), 16 months (2018–2020) and 29 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included). Recent appearance: 9. Harald-Lieb-Gedenkturnier Juli 2025. His peak of 2081 was reached at age 44 (Apr 2002).

Current rating

1831

Standard

Rpd—·Blz—

All-time high

2081

−250 pts below
Apr 2002 · age 44

Activity

20

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

5 past 12 mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#66,872

#66,872 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

16 entries
2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 66
Mar 2024
2020
Inactive for 29 months
paused at 1852 → returned at 1850
Feb 2020
2018
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 1855 → returned at 1852
Sep 2018
Best 12-month gain (+61 Elo)
1789 → 1850
Jun 2018
2017
Re-crossed 1800
at age 59
Sep 2017
2013
100 career games
at age 55
May 2013

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Patrick Groot 1,979
9. Harald-Lieb-Gedenkturnier Juni 2025 · Jun 2025 · +4.0 Elo
Evolution
-10
1841 → 1831
Tournaments
2
6 games
Score
3/ 650.0%
2W2D2L

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
9. Harald-Lieb-Gedenkturnier Juli 2025
Open Swiss
Jul 20251.5/3#191754-7.0
9. Harald-Lieb-Gedenkturnier Juni 2025
Open Swiss
Jun 20251.5/2#432156-3.2

Rankings

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Germany
#7,015
out of 15,291 players
Europe
#48,734
in continent
World
#66,872
out of 400,000+

National ranking

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10
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7015🇩🇪Bruening, Wolfgang1,831
Europe
1
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2,840
2
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1
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2
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7
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