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Helm, Timo
🇩🇪FIDE 12900591· Male· Germany· Born in 1997
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Timo Helm, a 29-year-old German player, is rated 2105 and sitting in the top 7% of players worldwide. He has slipped back 36 Elo over the past 12 months. 31 rated games in the past year (≈18/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 75. Unterfraenkische Meisterschaft 2026 Meisterklasse 1, 22. Bad-Koenigshofen-Open 2025, and Deutsche Schach-Amateurmeisterschaft 2025-2026 Q1 A. Also played 1 rapid (including Rapid-4er-MM Unterfranken 2025) and 1 blitz events (including 17. DSAM-Blitzturnier - powered by chessemy) recently. He took a 33-month break between Jul 2019 and May 2022 (COVID-19 included). His peak of 2149 was reached at age 28 (Jul 2025).
At junior level, he reached #78 and #48 nationally in U20 and U14.
Current rating
2105
Standard
Rpd2090·Blz2140
All-time high
2149
−44 pts below
Jul 2025 · age 28
Jul 2025 · age 28
Activity
43
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
31 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 7%
#14,953 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2025
All-time peak 2149
at age 28 · −44 from today
Jul 2025
Best 12-month gain (+89 Elo)
2055 → 2144
Feb 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2100
at age 27
Nov 2024
2019
Inactive for 33 months
paused at 2067 → returned at 2058
Jul 2019
Crossed 2100
at age 22
May 2019
100 career games
at age 22
Feb 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-44
2149 → 2105
Tournaments
5
31 games
Score
17.5/ 3156.5%
12W11D8L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4.5/9 | #6 | 2046 | -20.0 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5/7 | #9 | 2199 | +18.2 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 0/4 | #21 | 1359 | -38.2 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 2.5/4 | #33 | 2105 | -4.2 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 5.5/7 | #6 | 2170 | +8.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsPascal Eichenauer
🇩🇪GER·2044
+2 −5 =2
9 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsFabian EnglertIM
🇩🇪GER·2408
+0 −5 =2
7 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsHeinz Hamlack
🇩🇪GER·2004
+3 −1 =2
6 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsNiklas Orf
🇩🇪GER·2111
+2 −1 =3
6 games·last met Jun 2024
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vsJens Zimmermann
🇩🇪GER·1917
+4 −0 =2
6 games·last met Aug 2023
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Rankings
/
Germany
#1,683
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#10,849
in continent
World
#14,953
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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