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Petersen, Marcel
CM🇩🇪FIDE 12935670· Male· Germany· Born in 2001
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Marcel Petersen, a 25-year-old German Candidate Master, is rated 2255 — just 23 short of his peak of 2278 (Feb 2026, age 25) and sitting in the top 4% of German players, and in the top 3% worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +27 Elo over the past 12 months. 29 rated games in the past year (≈13/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open, Landesliga Berlin 2025-2026 Maerz 2026, and CZECH OPEN 2025 - A - GM open. Also played 1 rapid (including 3. Berlin U25 Open Rapid) and 4 blitz events (including 3. Berlin U25 Open Blitz) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 13 months (2012–2013), 29 months (2017–2019) and 13 months (2021–2022).
Awarded CM in 2025 (age 24). At junior level, he reached #46 and #9 nationally in U12 and U10.
Current rating
2255
Standard
Rpd2101·Blz2313
All-time high
2278
−23 pts below
Feb 2026 · age 25
Feb 2026 · age 25
Activity
35
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
27 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#529 · German players · of 14,156
Career timeline
14 entries2026
All-time peak 2278
at age 25 · −23 from today
Feb 2026
2025
CM title awardedCM
at age 24
Jun 2025
Crossed 2200
at age 24
May 2025
2024
Crossed 2100
at age 23
Jan 2024
2023
100 career games
at age 22
Sep 2023
2021
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 1974 → returned at 1990
Sep 2021
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+19
2236 → 2255
Tournaments
8
27 games
Score
14.5/ 2753.7%
8W13D6L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4.5/9 | #503 | 2202 | -16.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1.5/3 | #30 | 2210 | -5.4 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | #47 | 2199 | -2.2 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #19 | 3041 | +9.2 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0.5/1 | #45 | 2409 | +3.8 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 1.5/2 | #18 | 2374 | +6.0 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4.5/9 | #110 | 2334 | +23.4 |
Team | Jun 2025 | 0.5/1 | #62 | 2221 | -0.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsJulian Noeldner
🇩🇪GER·2268
+2 −4 =0
6 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsRobert RabiegaGM
🇩🇪GER·2460
+1 −2 =3
6 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsDirk RosenthalFM
🇩🇪GER·2345
+4 −1 =0
5 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsAndre KunzCM
🇩🇪GER·2103
+5 −0 =0
5 games·last met Apr 2025
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Rankings
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Germany
#529
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#3,851
in continent
World
#5,656
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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