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Huber, Benedikt
FM🇩🇪FIDE 12923583· Male· Germany· Born in 2003
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Benedikt Huber, a 23-year-old German FIDE Master, is rated 2272 and sitting in the top 3% of German players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +36 Elo over the past 12 months. 58 rated games in the past year (≈45/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open, 2. Bundesliga Ost AUT 2025-2026 Round 10-11, and Oberliga Bayern 2025-2026 Maerz 2026. Also played 1 blitz event (including WSV Semester Closing Blitzturnier) recently. His peak of 2316 was reached at age 20 (Mar 2023).
Awarded FM in 2022 (age 19). Earned IM norms at Millennium-Meisterturnier 2022 and 2. Bundesliga Ost AUT 2025-2026 Round 4-5. At junior level, he reached World #70 in U10 and #17, #18, #19, #18 and #9 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2272
Standard
Rpd2189·Blz2221
All-time high
2316
−44 pts below
Mar 2023 · age 20
Mar 2023 · age 20
Activity
48
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
52 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 3%
#444 · German players · of 14,156
Career timeline
24 entries2024
500 career games
at age 21
Mar 2024
2023
17th German U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2316
Mar 2023
Re-crossed 2300
at age 20
Mar 2023
All-time peak 2316
at age 20 · −22 from today
Mar 2023
Re-crossed 2300
at age 20
Jan 2023
2022
Crossed 2300
at age 19
Nov 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+3
2269 → 2272
Tournaments
20
52 games
Score
31.5/ 5260.6%
23W17D12L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
20 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 1/3 | #30 | 2026 | -22.0 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5/8 | #370 | 2334 | +14.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1.5/2 | #8 | 2517 | +12.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #89 | 1315 | -14.4 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1.5/2 | #18 | 2454 | +9.8 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #12 | 2971 | +6.8 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | #39 | 2156 | -3.0 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/1 | #36 | 2425 | +4.2 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/1 | #92 | 2001 | -6.2 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3.5/5 | #8 | 2225 | +0.6 |
Rankings
/
Germany
#444
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#3,389
in continent
World
#5,022
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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