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GER · 19 yrs · K=20 · Peak 1860 (Aug 2025)

Best performance: 1983 at Bezirk-Blitz-Einzelmeisterschaft Duesseldorf 2025(Best of 2025)

World #=37882 live, down 614#37,268 publishedGermany #=2650Europe #=21061among active players

Blitz rating

1803

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

On FIDE’s list since Aug 2024

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Blitz

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Blitz rating 1826 to 1803 over the last 12 months; peak 1860 in August 2025.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20261691, 0, 0 games1759, 0, 0 games1803, 0, 0 games
Oct 20261691, 0, 0 games1759, +4, 8 games1803, -23, 13 games
Sep 20261691, 0, 0 games1755, 0, 0 games1826, 0, 0 games
Aug 20261691, 0, 0 games1755, 0, 0 games1826, 0, 0 games
Jul 20261691, 0, 0 games1755, +32, 8 games1826, 0, 0 games
Jun 20261691, 0, 0 games1723, 0, 0 games1826, 0, 0 games
May 20261691, 0, 0 games1723, -12, 6 games1826, 0, 0 games
Apr 20261691, 0, 0 games1735, 0, 0 games1826, 0, 0 games
Mar 20261691, 0, 0 games1735, 0, 0 games1826, 0, 0 games
Feb 20261691, -13, 4 games1735, 0, 0 games1826, 0, 0 games
Jan 20261704, 0, 0 games1735, +1, 0 games1826, 0, 0 games
Dec 20251704, 0, 0 games1734, 0, 0 games1826, 0, 0 games

Form · Blitz

oldest → latest

Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 2 games, Sep 4.

From 51 blitz games on record, the latest on Sep 4.

Blitz games since the November list

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

Last playedScore
Bezirksblitzeinzelmeisterschaft Duesseldorf 2026Sep 4TPR 17625½/13

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

Best wins · Blitz

From 48 rated blitz games against rated opponents, 2024–2026

#OpponentRating
1, Ninoslav Martincevic, Jul 2025 · Bezirk-Blitz-Einzelmeisterschaft Duesseldorf 2025, 2234*
2, Robert Rombald, 2 wins, Jul 2025 · Bezirk-Blitz-Einzelmeisterschaft Duesseldorf 2025, 1987
3, Gerhard Keller, Jul 2025 · Bezirk-Blitz-Einzelmeisterschaft Duesseldorf 2025, 1941*

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

Event timeline · Blitz

4 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
2026135½18191762
20252210½19161902
2024136½18741874

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

Rated near Benjamin Pogorelow · Blitz

World

  1. #=37882Johannes Theisen1803.0
  2. #=37882Valerio Jiron1803.0
  3. #=37882Benjamin Pogorelow1803.0
  4. #=37882Alfred Lorenz1803.0
  5. #=37882Amira Ress1803.0

Germany

  1. #=2650Johannes Theisen1803.0
  2. #=2650Valerio Jiron1803.0
  3. #=2650Benjamin Pogorelow1803.0
  4. #=2650Lukas Meier1803.0
  5. #=2650Peter Kloepping1803.0

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

Benjamin Pogorelow: Live FIDE Rating 1691