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GER · 33 yrs · K=10 · Peak 2539 (Dec 2016)

Best performance: 2707 at NRW Blitz-Einzelmeisterschaft 2016(Best of 2016)

World #=1180 live, down 18#1,162 publishedGermany #=68

NOV26 Rating

2388

Live Rating

2388.0

Change

0.0

Games Played

0

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Blitz

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Official blitz rating by month
ListRatingChange
Nov 202623880
Oct 202623880
Sep 202623880
Aug 202623880
Jul 202623880
Jun 20262388-19
May 202624070
Apr 202624070
Mar 20262407-1
Feb 202624080
Jan 202624080
Dec 202524080
Working toward the Grandmaster title1 tracked norm · 9/27 gamesrating 2493 of 2500, live 2464composition metdetails ↓

Form · Blitz

oldest → latest

Unbeaten in the last 4 games (4 wins), since May 2. Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 6 games, May 2.

From 475 blitz games on record, the latest on May 2.

Blitz games since the November list

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

Last playedScore
NRW-Blitzmannschaftsmeisterschaft 2026May 2TPR 231611½/20

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

Title Progress

GM title progress

Working toward the Grandmaster title

Tracked norms: 1 · 9 of 27 games credit

Rating: peak 2493, needs 2500

No outstanding composition requirement

1. Bundesliga 2014/15Oct 20147/9

Based on events we cover plus the FIDE norm registers of all federations. Norms filed elsewhere may not show up here yet.

Best wins · Blitz

From 422 rated blitz games against rated opponents, 2015–2026

#OpponentRating
1, GM Evgeny Postny, Dec 2019 · European Blitz Championship 2019, 2661
2, GM Zdenko Kozul, Dec 2016 · European Individual Blitz Chess Championship 2016, 2649
3, GM Jan Gustafsson, May 2019 · 46. Deutsche Meisterschaft im Blitzschach, 2637

Openings · Blitz

From the moves of 16 of 475 blitz games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.e4 in 9 of 9 games.

As BlackMeets 1.d4 with 1...Nf6.

All openings (1 as White)
Openings in White gamesGamesScore
French Defense367%

6 more games in openings played fewer than 3 times.

Event timeline · Blitz

1 of 21 events · All years

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 month

2026: 2316 over 20 rated games

MonthGamesScoreAvg oppTPR
May2011½22592316

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

Rated near Patrick Zelbel · Blitz

World

  1. #=1180IM Sim Maerevoet2388.0
  2. #=1180IM Lukas Winterberg2388.0
  3. #=1180IM Patrick Zelbel2388.0
  4. #=1180GM Anatole Vlachos2388.0
  5. #=1180GM Jan Vykouk2388.0

Germany

  1. #=66IM Benedict Krause2389.0
  2. #=68IM Lukas Winterberg2388.0
  3. #=68IM Patrick Zelbel2388.0
  4. #70IM Nikolas Wachinger2386.0
  5. #71FM Thilo Ehmann2385.0

Live ratings projected from the NOV26 published list · Not affiliated with FIDE