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Kather, Yannick
🇩🇪FIDE 12912085· Male· Germany· Born in 1992
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Yannick Kather, a 34-year-old German player, is rated 2095 and sitting in the top 7% of players worldwide. He has slipped back 54 Elo over the past 12 months. 51 rated games in the past year (≈32/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Rudolf-Teschner-Gedenkturnier 2026, Landesliga Berlin 2025-2026 Maerz 2026, and Deutsche Schach-Amateurmeisterschaft 2025-2026 Q2 A. Also played 5 blitz events (including Bundesliga-Blitzturnier des NSV 2026 1. Vorrunde) recently. He took a 14-month break between Sep 2016 and Dec 2017. His peak of 2163 was reached at age 33 (Apr 2025).
Current rating
2095
Standard
Rpd2027·Blz2018
All-time high
2163
−68 pts below
Apr 2025 · age 33
Apr 2025 · age 33
Activity
49
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
49 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 7%
#15,887 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2025
All-time peak 2163
at age 33 · −68 from today
Apr 2025
Re-crossed 2100
at age 33
Mar 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2100
at age 32
May 2024
2019
Re-crossed 2100
at age 27
Feb 2019
2018
Crossed 2100
at age 26
Aug 2018
2016
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 2040 → returned at 2069
Sep 2016
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-55
2150 → 2095
Tournaments
11
40 games
Score
19.5/ 4048.8%
11W17D12L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
11 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 4/6 | #42 | 2117 | +7.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/2 | #53 | 2124 | +2.0 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0/1 | #78 | 1340 | -8.8 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0/1 | #70 | 1330 | -9.2 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 2.5/5 | #26 | 2150 | +6.0 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0/1 | #70 | 1374 | -8.0 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/1 | #27 | 2173 | +0.6 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3/6 | #123 | 1965 | -29.2 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 3/6 | #58 | 2013 | -20.8 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 1/2 | #22 | 2124 | -1.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMichael Ziems
🇩🇪GER·1887
+6 −2 =1
9 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsErik Fanin
🇩🇪GER·1941
+5 −3 =1
9 games·last met Sep 2024
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vsRobert RabiegaGM
🇩🇪GER·2460
+0 −9 =0
9 games·last met Nov 2021
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vsJohann Eberlein
🇩🇪GER·1971
+2 −1 =4
7 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsMert AcikelFM
🇩🇪GER·2183
+4 −2 =1
7 games·last met Apr 2023
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Rankings
/
Germany
#1,796
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#11,539
in continent
World
#15,887
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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