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Buckels, Valentin
IM🇩🇪FIDE 12942766· Male· Germany· Born in 2001
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Valentin Buckels, a 25-year-old German International Master, is rated 2435 and sitting in the top 1% of German players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has held steady between 2400 and 2450 for 19 months. 36 rated games in the past year (≈62/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open, Dutch Team Competition - Meesterklasse Round 6, and Dutch Team Competition - Meesterklasse Round 8. Also played 1 rapid (including 3. Berlin U25 Open Rapid) and 2 blitz events (including 3. Berlin U25 Open Blitz) recently. His peak of 2478 was reached at age 23 (May 2024, German #40 at the time).
Awarded IM in 2018 (age 17) and FM in 2016 (age 15). At junior level, he reached World #50 in U20, World #37 in U18, World #73 in U16, World #46 in U14 and World #41 in U12.
Current rating
2435
Standard
Rpd2435·Blz2428
All-time high
2478
−43 pts below
May 2024 · age 23
May 2024 · age 23
Activity
50
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
36 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 1%
#73 · German players · of 13,806
Career timeline
22 entries2024
Peak German rank: #40
at age 23 · rated 2478
Jun 2024
All-time peak 2478
at age 23 · −43 from today
May 2024
2021
50th U20 player worldwide
at age 20 · rated 2457
Oct 2021
2020
Inactive for 17 months
paused at 2448 → returned at 2457
Apr 2020
2019
37th U18 player worldwide
at age 18 · rated 2454
Feb 2019
2018
IM title awardedIM
at age 17 · 89th FIDE Congress 2018
Oct 2018
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-2
2437 → 2435
Tournaments
13
35 games
Score
21/ 3560.0%
17W8D10L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
13 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6/9 | #114 | 2456 | +4.7 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #76 | 1721 | -3.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #34 | 2941 | +1.5 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #66 | 2468 | +0.5 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1.5/3 | #45 | 2358 | -3.2 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1.5/3 | #33 | 2357 | -2.9 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 6/9 | #7 | 2463 | +4.0 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 1/1 | #19 | 2949 | +1.6 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0.5/2 | #76 | 2250 | -4.9 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0/1 | #93 | 1777 | -3.1 |
Rankings
/
Germany
#73
out of 15,291 players
Europe
#729
in continent
World
#1,178
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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