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Varma, Christopher
🇩🇪FIDE 12920215· Male· Germany· Born in 1983
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Christopher Varma, a 43-year-old German player, is rated 1911 — just 25 short of his peak of 1936 (Mar 2024, age 41). He plays occasionally (6 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 13 months (2011–2012) and 28 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included). Recent appearance: XXVII. Rhein-Main-Open 2025 Gruppe A. Also played 1 rapid event (including Frankfurter Silvester-Open 2025) recently.
Current rating
1911
Standard
Rpd1935·Blz—
All-time high
1936
−25 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 41
Mar 2024 · age 41
Activity
6
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
Occasional
Signature stat
#45,402
#45,402 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2024
All-time peak 1936
at age 41 · −25 from today
Mar 2024
2020
Inactive for 28 months
paused at 1890 → returned at 1871
Feb 2020
2019
Best 12-month gain (+82 Elo)
1814 → 1896
Jul 2019
100 career games
at age 36
May 2019
2016
Re-crossed 1800
at age 33
Jun 2016
2013
Crossed 1800
at age 30
Nov 2013
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
0
1911 → 1911
Last 12 months — tournaments
0 eventsRankings
/
Germany
#5,029
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#33,473
in continent
World
#45,401
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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