# **Beate Pfau** Beate Pfau is a ==German chess player born in 1976 who holds a current FIDE classical rating of 1967== (with a peak rating of 2131 in July 2009) and initiated the first English translation of the 15th-century chess poem Scachs d'Amor. Player Overview - **Name:** Beate Pfau - **Federation:** Germany (GER) - **Birth Year:** 1976 - **FIDE Standard Rating:** 1967 (May 2026) - **Peak FIDE Rating:** 2131 (July 2009) - **Ratings (Other Formats):** ~1964 Rapid, ~1923 Blit Background and Contributions - **_Scachs d'Amor_ Translation:** After learning chess around 2010 and encountering the Center Counter Defence, Pfau initiated and produced the first English translation of the 15th-century Valencian poem _Scachs d'Amor_ (Chess Game of Love), collaborating with chess historians, the National Library of Catalonia, and Dr. Sobrer at Indiana University.