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GER · 67 yrs · K=10 · Peak 2436 (Feb 2018)

Best performance: 2452 at 36. Deutsche Mannschaftsmeisterschaft im Blitzschach 2019(Best of 2019)

World #2851 live, down 516#2,335 publishedGermany #204Europe #1667among active players

NOV26 Rating

2297

Live Rating

2270.5

Change

-26.5

Games Played

11

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Blitz

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Blitz rating 2295 to 2297 over the last 12 months; peak 2436 in February 2018.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20262296, 0, 0 games2345, +16, 17 games2297, +2, 15 games
Oct 20262296, 0, 0 games2329, +5, 9 games2295, 0, 0 games
Sep 20262296, 0, 0 games2324, 0, 0 games2295, 0, 0 games
Aug 20262296, -6, 9 games2324, 0, 16 games2295, 0, 0 games
Jul 20262302, 0, 0 games2324, +23, 7 games2295, 0, 0 games
Jun 20262302, 0, 0 games2301, 0, 0 games2295, 0, 0 games
May 20262302, 0, 0 games2301, 0, 0 games2295, 0, 0 games
Apr 20262302, 0, 0 games2301, 0, 0 games2295, 0, 0 games
Mar 20262302, 0, 0 games2301, 0, 0 games2295, 0, 0 games
Feb 20262302, 0, 0 games2301, 0, 0 games2295, 0, 0 games
Jan 20262302, +9, 9 games2301, 0, 0 games2295, 0, 0 games
Dec 20252293, 0, 0 games2301, 0, 0 games2295, 0, 0 games
Working toward the International Master title1 tracked norm · 12/27 gamesrating metcomposition opendetails ↓

Form · Blitz

oldest → latest

Unbeaten in the last 2 games (1 win, 1 draw), since Nov 3. Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 10 games, May 29 – Oct 19.

From 429 blitz games on record, the latest on Nov 3.

Blitz games since the November list

TournamentScoreChange
Kreuzberger Monatsblitz November 2026 (Elo-Blitz)Nov 3TPR 20197/11-26.5

Title Progress

IM title progress

Working toward the International Master title

Tracked norms: 1 · 12 of 27 games credit

Rating requirement met (peak 2419, JAN01 list)

Composition: next norm must be earned with the usual foreign-opponent mix (not under a national championship or similar exemption)

Intl Meisterturnier Berlin-TegelAug 19998½/11

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 389 rated blitz games against rated opponents, 2017–2026

#OpponentRating
1, GM Robert Rabiega, Jan 2018 · Koenig Tegel - 2. Tegeler Blitz-Cup, 2580
2, GM Rene Stern, 3 wins, Nov 2018 · Koenig Tegel - 7. Tegeler Blitz-Cup, 2540
3, IM Alexander Belezky, Jun 2019 · 36. Deutsche Mannschaftsmeisterschaft im Blitzschach 2019, 2448

Event timeline · Blitz

32 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
2026332520172219
20257618362145
20243021½19692135
2023342619652167
20202417½21702345
201910073½20432227
2017584221782344

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

Recent opponents · Blitz

Olaf EberhardtCM Constantin VogelMarc GrewenigThomas HeerdeRishi SanotraMert OzatesDr. Nihat KnispelAndreas HumkeSamy OmarVitalii TverdokhlibSebastian Blumenthal Tuset

Rated near Dirk Paulsen · Blitz

World

  1. #=2842IM Timur Ustinov2271.0
  2. #=2842Victor Salvador Buiza2271.0
  3. #2851FM Dirk Paulsen2270.5
  4. #2852FM Bruno Makovec2270.4
  5. #=2853FM Samuel Weber2270.0

Germany

  1. #202Andre Becker2272.0
  2. #203CM Justus Bargsten2271.0
  3. #204FM Dirk Paulsen2270.5
  4. #205FM Samuel Weber2270.0
  5. #206FM Luca Suvorov2269.0

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