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Pfau, Beate

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FIDEFIDE 4690753· Female· Germany· Born in 1976

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Beate Pfau, a 50-year-old German player, is rated 1967. She has held steady between 1950 and 2000 for 2 years. 18 rated games in the past year (≈7/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open, 2. Frauenbundesliga West 2025-2026 Februar 2026, and 28. Offene Internationale Bayerische Schachmeisterschaft. Also played 1 rapid (including 24. Offenes Schnellturnier der Schachfreunde Berlin 1903) and 1 blitz events (including Deutsche Meisterschaft der Frauen im Blitzschach 2025) recently. She had 4 career breaks: 12 months (2012–2013), 19 months (2014–2016), 12 months (2017–2019) and 27 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included). Her peak of 2131 was reached at age 33 (Jul 2009).

Current rating

1967

Standard

Rpd1964·Blz1903

All-time high

2131

−164 pts below
Jul 2009 · age 33

Activity

15

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

18 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#33,254

#33,254 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

13 entries
2024
Re-crossed 2000
at age 48
Apr 2024
2019
Inactive for 27 months
paused at 2034 → returned at 1999
Nov 2019
100 career games
at age 43
Jan 2019
2017
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 2050 → returned at 2035
Dec 2017
2014
Inactive for 19 months
paused at 2084 → returned at 2086
May 2014
2012
Re-crossed 2100
at age 36
Mar 2012

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Best result
28. Offene Internationale Bayerische Schachmeisterschaft
perf 2072 (+95) · 4/7 · #304
Top opponent
vs Peter MeisterIM 2,315
28. Offene Internationale Bayerische Schachmeisterschaft · Nov 2025 · +7.5 Elo
Evolution
+10
1957 → 1967
Tournaments
4
18 games
Score
7.5/ 1841.7%
4W7D7L

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open
Open Swiss
Apr 20262.5/9#8661925-13.0
2. Frauenbundesliga West 2025-2026 Februar 2026
Team
Feb 20260.5/1#312042+1.8
2. Frauenbundesliga West 2025-2026 Januar 2026
Team
Jan 20260.5/1#272022+1.2
28. Offene Internationale Bayerische Schachmeisterschaft
Open Swiss
Nov 20254/7#3042072+20.4

Rankings

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Germany
#3,840
out of 15,291 players
Europe
#24,580
in continent
World
#33,254
out of 400,000+

National ranking

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