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Friedmann, Rafael

IM🇩🇪

FIDEFIDE 11600780· Male· Germany· Born in 1979

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Rafael Friedmann, a 47-year-old German International Master, is rated 2401 and sitting in the top 1% of German players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He is currently in the 2400–2450 range. 13 rated games in the past year (≈11/year long-term). Recent appearance: Oberliga NRW 2025-2026 April 2026. His peak of 2508 was reached at age 33 (May 2012); he also reached German #37 in Nov 2012.

Competes for Germany since Oct 2007. Awarded IM in 2008 (age 29).

Current rating

2401

Standard

Rpd2437·Blz2415

All-time high

2508

−107 pts below
May 2012 · age 33

Activity

11

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

13 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

Top 1%

#123 · German players · of 13,806

Career timeline

14 entries
2026
Re-crossed 2400
at age 47
May 2026
2025
84th 45-50 player worldwide
at age 46 · rated 2409
Dec 2025
2020
99th 40-45 player worldwide
at age 41 · rated 2444
Oct 2020
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 2444 → returned at 2443
Apr 2020
2012
Peak German rank: #37
at age 33 · rated 2508
Nov 2012
All-time peak 2508
at age 33 · −107 from today
May 2012

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Raoul StrohhaekerIM 2,430
Oberliga NRW 2025-2026 November 2025 · Nov 2025 · +0.3 Elo
Evolution
-4
2405 → 2401
Tournaments
6
11 games
Score
6.5/ 1159.1%
3W7D1L
Top 1 loss
1.[L]vsTimo KueppersFM2,306·Oberliga NRW 2025-2026 Maerz 2026·R2·-6.3

Last 12 months — tournaments

6 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Oberliga NRW 2025-2026 April 2026
Team
Apr 20261.5/2#102516+3.0
Oberliga NRW 2025-2026 Maerz 2026
Team
Mar 20260.5/2#682101-8.1
Oberliga NRW 2025-2026 Januar 2026
Team
Jan 20261/2#432295-3.1
Oberliga NRW 2025-2026 November 2025
Team
Nov 20251.5/2#252565+4.1
Oberliga NRW 2025-2026 Oktober 2025
Team
Oct 20251/2#312299-3.0
Oberliga NRW 2025-2026 September 2025
Team
Sep 20251/1#133071+3.2

Most-Played Opponents

vsJonas GallaschFM
🇩🇪GER·2299
+1 −0 =4
5 games·last met Nov 2025
View head-to-head →
vsMichael HoffmannGM
🇩🇪GER·2424
+0 −1 =4
5 games·last met Dec 2021
View head-to-head →
vsDimitri ReindermanGM
🇳🇱NED·2574
+0 −0 =5
5 games·last met Feb 2019
View head-to-head →

Rankings

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Germany
#123
out of 15,291 players
Europe
#1,045
in continent
World
#1,665
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Germany
1
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2,759
2
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2,694
3
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2,645
3
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2,645
5
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2,635
6
🇩🇪Svane, RasmusFollow Rasmus SvaneTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,620
7
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2,593
8
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2,592
9
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2,591
10
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2,587
...
123🇩🇪Friedmann, Rafael2,401
Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
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2,767
3
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
3
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
5
🇵🇱Duda, Jan-KrzysztofFollow Jan-Krzysztof DudaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,739
6
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2,735
7
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2,729
8
🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeFollow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
8
🇦🇿Mamedyarov, ShakhriyarFollow Shakhriyar MamedyarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
10
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2,708
...
1045🇩🇪Friedmann, Rafael2,401
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,788
4
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2,780
5
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
1665🇩🇪Friedmann, Rafael2,401