Format
KM
Kania, Markus
🇩🇪FIDE 12903736· Male· Germany· Born in 1999
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Markus Kania, a 27-year-old German player, is rated 1973 — his current career high. He plays occasionally (9 games in the last 12 months) and had 4 career breaks: 15 months (2014–2016), 27 months (2016–2019), 45 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 27 months (2023–2025). Recent appearance: 28. Offene Internationale Bayerische Schachmeisterschaft.
At junior level, he reached #88 and #35 nationally in U14 and U12.
Current rating
1973
Standard
Rpd—·Blz—
All-time high
1973
at best
Dec 2025 · age 26
Dec 2025 · age 26
Activity
6
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#32,077
#32,077 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2025
All-time peak 1973
at age 26
Dec 2025
2023
Best 12-month gain (+101 Elo)
1840 → 1941
Aug 2023
Inactive for 27 months
paused at 1941 → returned at 1973
Aug 2023
2019
Inactive for 45 months
paused at 1840 → returned at 1926
Feb 2019
2018
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2018
2016
Inactive for 27 months
paused at 1830 → returned at 1840
Oct 2016
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+8
1965 → 1973
Tournaments
2
16 games
Score
7.5/ 1646.9%
3W9D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsJulius Sebastian Kadel1,857·28. Offene Internationale Bayerische Schachmeisterschaft·R8·-13.2
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jun 2026 | 3.5/7 | #42 | 1984 | 0.0 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4/9 | #309 | 2009 | +8.4 |
Rankings
/
Germany
#3,731
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#23,715
in continent
World
#32,076
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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