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Eckardt, Joshua
FM🇩🇪FIDE 12941646· Male· Germany· Born in 1994
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Joshua Eckardt, a 32-year-old German FIDE Master, is rated 2306 — his current career high and sitting in the top 2% of German players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +64 Elo over the past 12 months. 41 rated games in the past year (≈23/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Oberliga NRW 2025-2026 April 2026, NRW-Mannschaftspokal 2026 April, and Schachtuerken-Cup 2025 A-Open.
At junior level, he reached #45 and #41 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
2306
Standard
Rpd2159·Blz2133
All-time high
2306
at best
May 2026 · age 32
May 2026 · age 32
Activity
27
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
34 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 2%
#343 · German players · of 14,156
Career timeline
11 entries2026
Crossed 2300
at age 32
May 2026
All-time peak 2306
at age 32
May 2026
2020
Inactive for 19 months
paused at 2271 → returned at 2270
Apr 2020
2017
Best 12-month gain (+100 Elo)
2133 → 2233
Jun 2017
Crossed 2200
at age 23
May 2017
2015
100 career games
at age 21
Oct 2015
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+47
2259 → 2306
Tournaments
11
36 games
Score
24.5/ 3668.1%
18W13D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
11 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Jun 2026 | 2/2 | #1 | 2924 | +11.2 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 1/2 | #46 | 2355 | +3.2 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 2/2 | #8 | 2782 | +5.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/2 | #48 | 2323 | +1.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1.5/2 | #18 | 2464 | +10.0 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5.5/7 | #1 | 2348 | +13.0 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3/5 | #14 | 2228 | -6.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1.5/2 | #22 | 2491 | +11.8 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1.5/2 | #27 | 2495 | +12.6 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 0.5/1 | #59 | 2349 | +2.6 |
Hot streak: 6 tournaments without losing Elo.
Rankings
/
Germany
#343
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#2,572
in continent
World
#3,883
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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