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Bruns, Kai-Christian
🇩🇪FIDE 12938025· Male· Germany· Born in 1999
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Kai-Christian Bruns, a 27-year-old German player, is rated 2178 — just 3 short of his peak of 2181 (Feb 2025, age 26) and sitting in the top 4% of players worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +36 Elo over the past 12 months. 30 rated games in the past year (≈16/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open, Oberliga Nord West 2025-2026 Maerz 2026, and Niedersachsen Landeseinzelmeisterschaft 2026 A-Open. He took a 106-month break between May 2015 and Apr 2024.
At junior level, he reached #62 and #47 nationally in U16 and U14.
Current rating
2178
Standard
Rpd2042·Blz2155
All-time high
2181
−3 pts below
Feb 2025 · age 26
Feb 2025 · age 26
Activity
40
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
30 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#9,406 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2025
All-time peak 2181
at age 26 · −3 from today
Feb 2025
2024
Crossed 2100
at age 25
Dec 2024
Crossed 2000
at age 25
Jun 2024
2018
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2018
2015
Inactive for 106 months
paused at 1870 → returned at 1924
May 2015
100 career games
at age 16
May 2015
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+36
2142 → 2178
Tournaments
6
30 games
Score
18.5/ 3061.7%
14W9D7L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5/9 | #290 | 2204 | +8.2 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #44 | 2691 | +3.4 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5/7 | #13 | 2248 | +18.8 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 2.5/5 | #28 | 2106 | -7.2 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 1/2 | #16 | 2131 | -1.4 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4/6 | #12 | 2218 | +14.8 |
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.
Rankings
/
Germany
#985
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#6,644
in continent
World
#9,406
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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