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Strahl, Christian
🇩🇪FIDE 12955019· Male· Germany· Born in 1997
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Christian Strahl, a 29-year-old German player, is rated 2047 — just 30 short of his peak of 2077 (Jul 2025, age 28) and sitting in the top 10% of players worldwide. He has held steady between 2000 and 2050 for 6 months. 23 rated games in the past year (≈13/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 28. Offene Internationale Bayerische Schachmeisterschaft, CZECH OPEN 2025 - A - GM open, and Norway Chess Open 2025 GM group. Also played 1 rapid (including Bayerische Schnellschach-Mannschaftsmeisterschaft 2025 Landesliga Nord) and 3 blitz events (including CZECH OPEN 2025 - Q1 - blitz tournament) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 39 months (2015–2018) and 35 months (2018–2021, COVID-19 included).
Current rating
2047
Standard
Rpd1953·Blz2076
All-time high
2077
−30 pts below
Jul 2025 · age 28
Jul 2025 · age 28
Activity
28
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
23 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 10%
#21,118 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
9 entries2025
All-time peak 2077
at age 28 · −30 from today
Jul 2025
Best 12-month gain (+146 Elo)
1913 → 2059
Feb 2025
2024
Crossed 2000
at age 27
Dec 2024
2023
100 career games
at age 26
Dec 2023
2018
Inactive for 35 months
paused at 1875 → returned at 1851
Sep 2018
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 21
Jun 2018
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Evolution
-12
2059 → 2047
Tournaments
3
23 games
Score
9.5/ 2341.3%
8W3D12L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3/6 | #400 | 1877 | -24.2 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 3/8 | #185 | 2053 | -5.8 |
Open Swiss | May 2025 | 3.5/9 | #72 | 2146 | +17.6 |
Worst Elo result: 28. Offene Internationale Bayerische Schachmeisterschaft (-24.2 Elo, finished #400).
Rankings
/
Germany
#2,472
out of 15,291 players
Europe
#15,520
in continent
World
#21,118
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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