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GER · 31 yrs · K=10 · Peak 2460 (Sep 2021)

Best performance: 2479 at RLP-Einzel-Blitzmeisterschaft 2021(Best of 2021)

World #=1022 live, down 6#1,016 publishedGermany #=56

NOV26 Rating

2404

Live Rating

2404.0

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 202624040
Oct 202624040
Sep 202624040
Aug 202624040
Jul 202624040
Jun 202624040
May 202624040
Apr 202624040
Mar 202624040
Feb 202624040
Jan 202624040
Dec 202524040
Next title: IMrating 2348 of 2400, live 2322no norms on record yetdetails ↓

Form · Blitz

oldest → latest

Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 12 games, Aug 30.

From 405 blitz games on record, the latest on Aug 30.

Blitz games since the November list

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

Last playedScore
Einzel-Blitz-RLP-Herren-2026Aug 30TPR 236720½/25

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

Title Progress

IM title progress

Next title: International Master

Rating: peak 2348, needs 2400 · live 2322

Norms: none on record with us yet

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 374 rated blitz games against rated opponents, 2017–2026

#OpponentRating
1, GM Alexander Donchenko, 47. Deutsche Meisterschaft im Blitzschach, Aug 2020, 2556
2, GM Andrey Orlov, 40. Deutsche Mannschaftsmeisterschaft im Blitzschach 2024, Jun 2024, 2521
3, GM Roland Schmaltz, 46. Deutsche Meisterschaft im Blitzschach, May 2019, 2517

Openings · Blitz

From the moves of 43 of 405 blitz games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.e4 in 21 of 21 games.

As BlackMeets 1.d4 with 1...Nf6, and 1.e4 with 1...c5.

All openings (3 as White, 2 as Black)
Openings in White gamesGamesScore
Ruy Lopez978%
Sicilian Defense675%
Modern Defense383%

3 more games in openings played fewer than 3 times.

Event timeline · Blitz

1 of 18 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: 2367 over 25 rated games

MonthGamesScoreAvg oppTPR
Aug2520½21052367

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

Rated near Pascal Barzen · Blitz

World

  1. #=1022Lukas Jurakic2404.0
  2. #=1022IM Bjorn Thorfinnsson2404.0
  3. #=1022FM Pascal Barzen2404.0
  4. #=1022IM Fernando Miguel Fernandez Sanchez2404.0
  5. #=1022IM Radin Yadegar2404.0

Germany

  1. #=56FM Robert Stein2404.0
  2. #=56FM Alexander Suvorov2404.0
  3. #=56FM Pascal Barzen2404.0
  4. #59IM Torben Knuedel2402.0
  5. #60IM Raphael Lagunow2399.0

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