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Foerster, Erik
🇩🇪FIDE 12918601· Male· Germany· Born in 1993
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Erik Foerster, a 33-year-old German player, is rated 2192 — his current career high and sitting in the top 4% of players worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +66 Elo over the past 12 months. 61 rated games in the past year (≈34/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 5. Int. Baden-Badener Faschingsopen 2026 A-Gruppe, 2. Bundesliga Sued 2025-2026 Februar 2026, and 41. Internationales Boeblinger Open A. Also played 2 rapid (including RLP-Schnellschachmeisterschaft 2025-2026) and 3 blitz events (including RLP-Mannschafts-Blitzmeisterschaft 2025) recently. He took a 18-month break between Jul 2014 and Feb 2016.
At junior level, he reached #78 nationally in U20.
Current rating
2192
Standard
Rpd2065·Blz2143
All-time high
2192
at best
Jun 2026 · age 33
Jun 2026 · age 33
Activity
60
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
61 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#8,624 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
17 entries2026
All-time peak 2192
at age 33
Jun 2026
500 career games
at age 33
Jun 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2100
at age 32
Feb 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2100
at age 31
Apr 2024
2022
Re-crossed 2100
at age 29
Jul 2022
2020
Re-crossed 2100
at age 27
Feb 2020
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+48
2144 → 2192
Tournaments
8
54 games
Score
36/ 5466.7%
28W16D10L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 5/7 | #12 | 2245 | +15.8 |
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 5/7 | #6 | 2237 | +16.0 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 6/9 | #19 | 2204 | +18.4 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/2 | #76 | 2299 | +8.4 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5/9 | #33 | 2018 | -34.0 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4/6 | #60 | 2168 | +1.4 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5/7 | #9 | 2262 | +22.6 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 5/7 | #15 | 2110 | +2.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsPaul HinrichsFM
🇩🇪GER·2319
+3 −5 =4
12 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsPaul Perske
🇩🇪GER·2175
+2 −2 =3
7 games·last met May 2026
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vsManuel Weller
🇩🇪GER·2233
+2 −5 =0
7 games·last met Jul 2024
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vsKarl-Jasmin MuranyiIM
🇩🇪GER·2334
+0 −6 =0
6 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsMichael SchenderowitschFM
🇩🇪GER·2214
+1 −5 =0
6 games·last met Jul 2025
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Rankings
/
Germany
#894
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#6,065
in continent
World
#8,624
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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