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Hoecher, Michael

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FIDEFIDE 1271145· Male· Germany· Born in 1993

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Michael Hoecher, a 33-year-old German player, is rated 2149 — his current career high and sitting in the top 5% of players worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +42 Elo over the past 12 months. 24 rated games in the past year (≈8/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open, 1. Schach-Open im Muenchner Oberland, and Internationales Pfingst-Open 2025 A im 3. Muenchner Schachfestival. Also played 1 rapid event (including 23. Garchinger Dreikoenigsturnier) recently. He had 5 career breaks: 13 months (2010–2011), 13 months (2013–2014), 31 months (2016–2019), 20 months (2019–2020, COVID-19 included) and 52 months (2020–2025).

At junior level, he reached #71 nationally in U20.

Current rating

2149

Standard

Rpd2097·Blz2041

All-time high

2149

at best
May 2026 · age 33

Activity

12

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

24 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

Top 5%

#11,305 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

13 entries
2026
All-time peak 2149
at age 33
May 2026
2025
Crossed 2100
at age 32
May 2025
100 career games
at age 32
Mar 2025
2020
Inactive for 52 months
paused at 2074 → returned at 2092
Oct 2020
2019
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 2075 → returned at 2074
Jan 2019
2016
Inactive for 31 months
paused at 2071 → returned at 2075
May 2016

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Best result
grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open
perf 2283 (+134) · 5.5/9 · #224
Top opponent
vs Marc SchulzeFM 2,303
grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open · Apr 2026 · +14.2 Elo
Evolution
+17
2132 → 2149
Tournaments
2
16 games
Score
10/ 1662.5%
7W6D3L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsMarc SchulzeFM2,303·grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open·R3·+14.2
2.[W]vsAugustin Rodriguez2,278·grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open·R5·+13.6
3.[W]vsThomas VilliersCM2,258·grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open·R8·+13.0
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsNicola Salsa2,139·1. Schach-Open im Muenchner Oberland·R7·-10.3
2.[L]vsAndrej GalFM2,296·grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open·R6·-6.0
3.[L]vsJiri BouskaFM2,329·grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open·R4·-5.2

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open
Open Swiss
Apr 20265.5/9#2242283+37.8
1. Schach-Open im Muenchner Oberland
Open Swiss
Mar 20264.5/7#211963-20.4
Worst Elo result: 1. Schach-Open im Muenchner Oberland (-20.4 Elo, finished #21).

Rankings

/
Germany
#1,235
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#8,099
in continent
World
#11,305
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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1235🇩🇪Hoecher, Michael2,149
Europe
1
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2,841
2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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8099🇩🇪Hoecher, Michael2,149
World
1
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2,841
2
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2
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6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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9
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9
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11305🇩🇪Hoecher, Michael2,149