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GER · 26 yrs · K=20 · Peak 1856 (By Mar 2025)

Best performance: 1869 at Blitzeinzelmeisterschaft Rheinhessen 2025(Best of 2025)

World #=37807 live, down 689#37,118 publishedGermany #=2644Europe #=20993among active players

Blitz rating

1804

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

On FIDE’s list since Mar 2025

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Blitz

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Blitz rating 1795 to 1804 over the last 12 months; peak 1856 by March 2025.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20261890, -4, 7 games1878, 0, 0 games1804, 0, 0 games
Oct 20261894, 0, 0 games1878, 0, 0 games1804, 0, 0 games
Sep 20261894, 0, 0 games1878, 0, 0 games1804, +9, 20 games
Aug 20261894, 0, 0 games1878, 0, 0 games1795, 0, 0 games
Jul 20261894, 0, 0 games1878, 0, 0 games1795, 0, 0 games
Jun 20261894, 0, 0 games1878, 0, 0 games1795, 0, 0 games
May 20261894, 0, 0 games1878, 0, 0 games1795, 0, 0 games
Apr 20261894, +1, 0 games1878, +1, 0 games1795, 0, 0 games
Mar 20261893, -1, 0 games1877, -1, 0 games1795, 0, 0 games
Feb 20261894, +1, 0 games1878, +1, 0 games1795, 0, 0 games
Jan 20261893, 0, 0 games1877, 0, 0 games1795, 0, 0 games
Dec 20251893, 0, 0 games1877, 0, 0 games1795, 0, 0 games

Form · Blitz

oldest → latest

Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 2 games, Aug 15.

From 50 blitz games on record, the latest on Aug 15.

Blitz games since the November list

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

Show gamesLast playedScore
Mannschaftsblitz RLP 2026Aug 15TPR 18686/21

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

Best wins · Blitz

From 46 rated blitz games against rated opponents, 2025–2026

#OpponentRating
1, Martin Bauer, Feb 2025 · Blitzeinzelmeisterschaft Rheinhessen 2025, 2098
2, Paul Perske, Feb 2025 · Blitzeinzelmeisterschaft Rheinhessen 2025, 2084
3, Roland Fick, Aug 2026 · Mannschaftsblitz RLP 2026, 2018

* No blitz rating yet, so FIDE rates the game at the player's classical rating.

Event timeline · Blitz

3 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
202620520611868
2025264½20491776

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

Rated near John Rau · Blitz

World

  1. #=37807Luc Jouannneau1804.0
  2. #=37807Mohamad Braidy1804.0
  3. #=37807John Rau1804.0
  4. #=37807Rustam Khakimov1804.0
  5. #=37807Youssef Ahmed Raafat1804.0

Germany

  1. #=2644Jacob Franke1804.0
  2. #=2644Tim Burkhardt1804.0
  3. #=2644John Rau1804.0
  4. #=2649Dr. Rene-Reiner Starke1803.0
  5. #=2649Dr. Karlheinz Vogel1803.0

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