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Wolfer, Joshua
🇩🇪FIDE 12945668· Male· Germany· Born in 1996
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Joshua Wolfer, a 30-year-old German player, is rated 2018 — just 22 short of his peak of 2040 (Apr 2023, age 27). He has held steady between 2000 and 2050 for 3 years. 10 rated games in the past year (≈4/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Vorarlberger A Klasse 2025-2026 Round 10-11, Vorarlberger A Klasse 2025-2026 Round 8-9, and Vorarlberger Landesliga 2025-2026 Round 8-9. Also played 2 rapid (including PSB-Schnellschach-Grand-Prix 2025-2026 Landau) and 1 blitz events (including RLP-Mannschafts-Blitzmeisterschaft 2025) recently. He had 4 career breaks: 21 months (2014–2016), 21 months (2016–2018), 41 months (2018–2021, COVID-19 included) and 20 months (2024–2025).
Current rating
2018
Standard
Rpd2103·Blz2080
All-time high
2040
−22 pts below
Apr 2023 · age 27
Apr 2023 · age 27
Activity
4
games / yr avg.
10 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#24,839
#24,839 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2024
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 2026 → returned at 2014
Jan 2024
2023
All-time peak 2040
at age 27 · −22 from today
Apr 2023
2022
Re-crossed 2000
at age 26
Dec 2022
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 26
Dec 2022
2021
Crossed 2000
at age 25
Dec 2021
2018
Best 12-month gain (+126 Elo)
1847 → 1973
May 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-8
2026 → 2018
Tournaments
9
10 games
Score
6/ 1060.0%
6W0D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #82 | 1366 | -6.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #16 | 2559 | +3.8 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #22 | 2616 | +4.6 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0/1 | #54 | 1095 | -13.6 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 1/1 | #12 | 2771 | +8.6 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #26 | 2673 | +6.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #20 | 2750 | +8.4 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1/2 | #27 | 1842 | -7.6 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 0/1 | #39 | 1170 | -11.6 |
Rankings
/
Germany
#2,888
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#18,316
in continent
World
#24,839
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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