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Herm, Marcel
🇩🇪FIDE 12938670· Male· Germany· Born in 1997
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Marcel Herm, a 29-year-old German player, is rated 2127 and sitting in the top 6% of players worldwide. He has slipped back 44 Elo over the past 12 months. 18 rated games in the past year (≈16/year long-term). Recent appearances: grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open and Oberliga Baden 2025-2026 Maerz 2026. He had 2 career breaks: 37 months (2014–2017) and 27 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included). His peak of 2185 was reached at age 28 (Dec 2025).
At junior level, he reached #86, #71 and #48 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
2127
Standard
Rpd—·Blz2058
All-time high
2185
−58 pts below
Dec 2025 · age 28
Dec 2025 · age 28
Activity
14
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
18 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 6%
#13,044 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
16 entries2025
All-time peak 2185
at age 28 · −58 from today
Dec 2025
2024
Crossed 2100
at age 27
May 2024
2023
Re-crossed 2000
at age 26
Feb 2023
2022
Re-crossed 2000
at age 25
Jul 2022
2020
Inactive for 27 months
paused at 1996 → returned at 2005
Mar 2020
2019
Re-crossed 2000
at age 22
Feb 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-44
2171 → 2127
Tournaments
9
18 games
Score
6.5/ 1836.1%
4W5D9L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 0.5/2 | #66 | 2104 | -3.2 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4/9 | #619 | 2017 | -36.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #61 | 1483 | -7.0 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0/1 | #54 | 1365 | -10.6 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/1 | #50 | 2353 | +4.6 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0/1 | #62 | 1527 | -6.2 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/1 | #44 | 2308 | +3.4 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1/1 | #17 | 3167 | +15.2 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 0/1 | #65 | 1594 | -4.4 |
Rankings
/
Germany
#1,444
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#9,425
in continent
World
#13,044
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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