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MJ
Meissel, Jan
🇩🇪FIDE 12914690· Male· Germany· Born in 1971
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Jan Meissel, a 55-year-old German player, is rated 1838 — just 22 short of his peak of 1860 (Mar 2024, age 53). He plays occasionally (7 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 28 months (2015–2018), 48 months (2019–2023, COVID-19 included) and 14 months (2023–2024). Recent appearance: 46ste Open Internationaal Toernooi Gent.
Current rating
1838
Standard
Rpd—·Blz—
All-time high
1860
−22 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 53
Mar 2024 · age 53
Activity
5
games / yr avg.
7 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#64,871
#64,871 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2024
Best 12-month gain (+80 Elo)
1767 → 1847
Aug 2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 53
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1860
at age 53 · −22 from today
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 1767 → returned at 1847
May 2023
2019
Inactive for 48 months
paused at 1786 → returned at 1767
Apr 2019
2015
Inactive for 28 months
paused at 1774 → returned at 1766
Nov 2015
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-9
1847 → 1838
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
4.5/ 950.0%
3W3D3L
Top 2 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4.5/7 | #273 | 2004 | -9.4 |
Rankings
/
Germany
#6,914
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#47,365
in continent
World
#64,870
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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World
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