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Henkemeier, Markus
🇩🇪FIDE 1271859· Male· Germany· Born in 1993
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Markus Henkemeier, a 33-year-old German player, is rated 2079 — just 7 short of his peak of 2086 (Dec 2019, age 26) and sitting in the top 8% of players worldwide. He plays occasionally (6 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 19 months (2016–2018) and 17 months (2018–2019). Recent appearance: NRW-Klasse Gruppe 1 2025-2026 Februar 2026. Also played 1 blitz event (including Teutopokal Februar 2026) recently.
At junior level, he reached #88 nationally in U20.
Current rating
2079
Standard
Rpd2053·Blz2123
All-time high
2086
−7 pts below
Dec 2019 · age 26
Dec 2019 · age 26
Activity
5
games / yr avg.
6 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
Top 8%
#17,429 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2019
All-time peak 2086
at age 26 · −7 from today
Dec 2019
2018
Inactive for 17 months
paused at 2068 → returned at 2078
May 2018
2016
Inactive for 19 months
paused at 2064 → returned at 2068
Sep 2016
6-month rising streak
+49 Elo
Apr 2016
2014
Crossed 2000
at age 21
Nov 2014
2013
88th German U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1981
Jul 2013
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+29
2050 → 2079
Tournaments
6
6 games
Score
4.5/ 675.0%
4W1D1L
Top 3 wins
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | May 2026 | 0.5/1 | #45 | 2117 | +1.0 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #47 | 2849 | +9.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0/1 | #49 | 1229 | -11.4 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 1/1 | #15 | 2888 | +10.6 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #8 | 2854 | +9.8 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 1/1 | #12 | 2799 | +8.6 |
Rankings
/
Germany
#1,994
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#12,708
in continent
World
#17,429
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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