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GER · 41 yrs · K=20 · Peak 1935 (Feb 2026)

Best performance: 2074 at GRENKE Chess Open 2024 B-Open(Best of 2024)

World #=53461 live, down 697#52,764 publishedGermany #=5834

NOV26 Rating

1883

Live Rating

1883.0

Change

0.0

Games Played

0

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Classical

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Official classical rating by month
ListRatingChange
Nov 202618830
Oct 202618830
Sep 202618830
Aug 202618830
Jul 202618830
Jun 202618830
May 202618830
Apr 20261883-52
Mar 202619350
Feb 20261935+45
Jan 202618900
Dec 20251890-1

Form · Classical

oldest → latest

Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 4 games, Jan 2 – Jan 3.

From 35 classical games on record, the latest on Mar 6.

Classical games since the November list

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

Last playedScore
Deutsche Schach-Amateurmeisterschaft 2025-2026 Q5 CMar 6 – Mar 80/2

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

Best wins · Classical

From 31 rated classical games against rated opponents, 2022–2026

#OpponentRating
1, Chun Hei Wong, Apr 2024 · GRENKE Chess Open 2024 B-Open, 1927
2, Helge Wittur, Oct 2025 · Bezirkseinzelmeisterschaft Hannover 2025 B-Gruppe, 1907
3, Laura Sophie Bauer, Mar 2024 · GRENKE Chess Open 2024 B-Open, 1902

Openings · Classical

From the moves of 6 of 35 classical games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.Nf3 in 4 of 4 games.

All openings (1 as White)
Openings in White gamesGamesScore
Zukertort Opening3100%

1 more game in an opening played fewer than 3 times.

Event timeline · Classical

6 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
202695½18001880
202563½18271884
20247519162074
20229615871712

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 Luft · Classical

World

  1. #=53461Aleksandr Ivashkin1883.0
  2. #=53461Enrico Krause1883.0
  3. #=53461Benjamin Luft1883.0
  4. #=53461Adnan Abdulla1883.0
  5. #=53461Felix Gross1883.0

Germany

  1. #=5834Guenter Radi1883.0
  2. #=5834Enrico Krause1883.0
  3. #=5834Benjamin Luft1883.0
  4. #=5834Adnan Abdulla1883.0
  5. #=5834Felix Gross1883.0

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