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GER · 55 yrs · K=10 · Peak 2466 (Nov 2015)

Best performance: 2549 at FIDE World Blitz Championship 2015(Best of 2015)

World #=2203 live, down 41#2,162 publishedGermany #=145Europe #=1282among active players

Blitz rating

2307

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

On FIDE’s list since Aug 2014

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Blitz

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Blitz rating 2326 to 2307 over the last 12 months; peak 2466 in November 2015.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20262379, +1, 4 games2387, 0, 0 games2307, 0, 0 games
Oct 20262378, 0, 0 games2387, 0, 0 games2307, 0, 0 games
Sep 20262378, 0, 0 games2387, 0, 0 games2307, 0, 0 games
Aug 20262378, 0, 0 games2387, 0, 0 games2307, 0, 0 games
Jul 20262378, 0, 0 games2387, -16, 5 games2307, 0, 0 games
Jun 20262378, 0, 0 games2403, 0, 0 games2307, 0, 0 games
May 20262378, 0, 3 games2403, 0, 0 games2307, 0, 0 games
Apr 20262378, -4, 5 games2403, 0, 0 games2307, 0, 0 games
Mar 20262382, -2, 2 games2403, 0, 0 games2307, +1, 0 games
Feb 20262384, -6, 3 games2403, 0, 0 games2306, 0, 0 games
Jan 20262390, 0, 0 games2403, 0, 0 games2306, 0, 0 games
Dec 20252390, 0, 0 games2403, 0, 0 games2306, -20, 6 games

Form · Blitz

oldest → latest

From 217 blitz games on record, the latest on Nov 5, 2025.

Blitz games since the November list

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

Last playedScore
Elo-Blitzturnier Herbst 2025 der Schachfreunde BerlinNov 5, 2025TPR 20173/6

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

Best wins · Blitz

From 209 rated blitz games against rated opponents, 2014–2025

#OpponentRating
1, GM Pavel Ponkratov, May 2018 · 35. Deutsche Mannschaftsmeisterschaft im Blitzschach 2018, 2647
2, GM Rainer Buhmann, Jan 2019 · Team Blitz AUT 2019, 2597
3, GM Alexander Motylev, Oct 2015 · FIDE World Blitz Championship 2015, 2594

Event timeline · Blitz

13 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
20253221½20592184
2024116½20772142
20232420½19302226
20193418½23272356
2017221421942296
20161912½23032420
2015301724232473
20141711½22332366

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

Rated near Rainer Polzin · Blitz

World

  1. #=2203FM Alejandro Uzcategui Rodriguez2307.0
  2. #=2203IM Gary Quillan2307.0
  3. #=2203GM Rainer Polzin2307.0
  4. #=2203IM S. Nitin2307.0
  5. #=2203IM Muthaiah AL2307.0

Germany

  1. #=145FM Tobias Kolb2307.0
  2. #=145WGM Tatjana Melamed2307.0
  3. #=145GM Rainer Polzin2307.0
  4. #=148FM Timur Kocharin2306.0
  5. #=148FM Lars Waffenschmidt2306.0

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