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LUX · 61 yrs · K=20 · Peak 2348 (By Apr 2015)

Best performance: 2397 at OP BLITZ COLLATERALE MONDIALE SENIORES(Best of 2022)

World #=21314 live, down 200#21,114 publishedLuxembourg #14

Blitz rating

1926

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

On FIDE’s list since Apr 2015

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Blitz

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Official blitz rating by month
ListRatingChange
Nov 20261926-152
Oct 202620780
Sep 20262078+2
Aug 202620760
Jul 20262076-20
Jun 202620960
May 202620960
Apr 202620960
Mar 20262096-14
Feb 202621100
Jan 20262110-26
Dec 20252136-43

Form · Blitz

oldest → latest

Unbeaten in the last 3 games (1 win, 2 draws), since Oct 19. Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 5 games, Aug 22 – Oct 18.

From 298 blitz games on record, the latest on Oct 19.

In Progress

vsFM Konstantinos Nikolaidis2074
PairedR6FIDE World Senior Chess Championships 2026 - Open 50+standard

Blitz games since the November list

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

Last playedScore
2nd Rated Open Blitz Tournament ECCC 2026Oct 19TPR 16333½/9

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

Best wins · Blitz

From 274 rated blitz games against rated opponents, 2015–2026

#OpponentRating
1, GM Alberto David, Sep 2017 · 3rd Terres Rouges Blitz Chess Open, 2584
2, GM Matthieu Cornette, Feb 2018 · Festival International de Meurthe et Moselle a Nancy 2018 - Blitz, 2525
3, IM Alex Astaneh Lopez, Oct 2021 · Blitz du 19e Festival international d'Echecs du Conseil Departemental de Meurthe et Moselle a Nancy, 2505

Openings · Blitz

From the moves of 28 of 298 blitz games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.d4 in 7 of 13 games, 1.e4 in 4.

As BlackMeets 1.e4 with 1...c5 or 1...e6.

All openings (1 as Black)

Against 1.e4: 1...c5 in 4, 1...e6 in 3.

Openings in Black gamesGamesScore
Sicilian Defense425%

11 more games in openings played fewer than 3 times.

Event timeline · Blitz

30 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
20264724½19061920
20253916½21222065
20242012½20522147
20232414½20262098
20223623½20882198
20172818½21342251
20157421432193

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

Rated near Fred Berend · Blitz

World

  1. #=21314Maximo Antonio Mora Ramirez1926.0
  2. #=21314Gerardo Ramon Herrera Aliza1926.0
  3. #=21314IM Fred Berend1926.0
  4. #=21314WIM Natalia I Titorenko1926.0
  5. #=21314Olivia Rosalba Villa1926.0

Luxembourg

  1. #12Rene Kalmes1965.0
  2. #13Geoffrey Stern1944.0
  3. #14IM Fred Berend1926.0
  4. #15Roger Hoffmann1908.0
  5. #16WFM Grazyna Bakalarz1898.0

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

IM Fred Berend: Live FIDE Rating 2228