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GER · 27 yrs · K=20 · Peak 2174 (Jul 2024)

Best performance: 2372 at 4. Wilfried-Janda-Gedenkturnier 2024(Best of 2024)

World #=6542 live, down 74#6,468 publishedGermany #=520Europe #=3903among active players

Blitz rating

2141

FIDE’s November 2026 list. No rated games since, so the live rating is the same.

On FIDE’s list since Jun 2017

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Blitz

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Blitz rating 2139 to 2141 over the last 12 months; peak 2174 in July 2024.

Official rating by month

Each month: the rating, its change from the list before, and the rated games FIDE counted.

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20262164, +15, 2 games2191, +11, 7 games2141, 0, 0 games
Oct 20262149, -6, 7 games2180, 0, 0 games2141, 0, 0 games
Sep 20262155, 0, 0 games2180, 0, 0 games2141, 0, 0 games
Aug 20262155, 0, 0 games2180, 0, 0 games2141, 0, 0 games
Jul 20262155, +12, 9 games2180, 0, 0 games2141, 0, 0 games
Jun 20262143, -6, 1 game2180, 0, 0 games2141, 0, 0 games
May 20262149, 0, 0 games2180, 0, 0 games2141, +20, 15 games
Apr 20262149, +1, 2 games2180, 0, 0 games2121, -18, 16 games
Mar 20262148, +4, 1 game2180, +25, 9 games2139, 0, 0 games
Feb 20262144, +15, 1 game2155, +38, 8 games2139, 0, 0 games
Jan 20262129, -6, 1 game2117, 0, 0 games2139, 0, 0 games
Dec 20252135, -19, 2 games2117, 0, 0 games2139, 0, 0 games

Form · Blitz

oldest → latest

Unbeaten in the last 4 games (4 wins), since Apr 19. That is the longest unbeaten run of 2026.

From 170 blitz games on record, the latest on Apr 19.

Blitz games since the November list

No rated blitz games this rating periodsince the NOV26 list (Nov 1, 2026)

Last playedScore
Jubilaeumsblitzturnier SK Bruckmuehl 2026Apr 19TPR 217111/15

The live rating moves only when new rated games are played. Until then it matches the published rating.

Best wins · Blitz

From 146 rated blitz games against rated opponents, 2017–2026

#OpponentRating
1, IM Max Hess, Apr 2024 · Bayerische Blitzschach-Einzelmeisterschaft 2024, 2330
2, FM Yaroslav Demchenko, Mar 2026 · Bayerische Blitzschach-Mannschaftsmeisterschaft 2026, 2298
3, Tobias Kuhn, Jul 2022 · Bay. Blitz-MM 2022, 2279

* No blitz rating yet, so FIDE rates the game at the player's classical rating.

Event timeline · Blitz

10 events

Events before the current rating period show the performance, not a rating change.

Live events show the rating change; earlier events show the performance rating.

Performance rating by year

YearGamesScoreAvg oppTPR
2026311820762133
20259519271970
2024392620822207
2023158½19602010
2017156½20842034

Games count in the month they were played. Each month and year is one performance rating over all of its rated games.

Rated near Jan Kessler · Blitz

World

  1. #=6542Ranko Juic2141.0
  2. #=6542Mario Kranjcevic2141.0
  3. #=6542Jan Kessler2141.0
  4. #=6542Antonio Pedro Caramez Pereira2141.0
  5. #=6542FM Jose Ramon Ros Eskisabel2141.0

Germany

  1. #519Alexander Rudolph2141.7
  2. #=520CM Aaron Noah Koellner2141.0
  3. #=520Jan Kessler2141.0
  4. #=520Biran Dzelilovic2141.0
  5. #=520FM Thomas Schian2141.0

Live rating: FIDE’s November list plus every rated game played since. Not affiliated with FIDE.

Jan Kessler: Live FIDE Rating 2166