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Thomsen, Phil

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FIDEFIDE 12955736· Male· Germany· Born in 2000

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Phil Thomsen, a 26-year-old German player, is rated 2156 — just 20 short of his peak of 2176 (Feb 2026, age 26) and sitting in the top 5% of players worldwide. He has held steady between 2150 and 2200 for 16 months. 16 rated games in the past year (≈10/year long-term). Recent appearances: grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open and 8. Internationales Spandauer Weihnachtsopen 2025. Also played 1 rapid event (including 29. Active Chess Open Bensheim 2025) recently. He took a 45-month break between Feb 2020 and Dec 2023 (COVID-19 included).

At junior level, he reached #55, #44 and #98 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.

Current rating

2156

Standard

Rpd2110·Blz2140

All-time high

2176

−20 pts below
Feb 2026 · age 26

Activity

13

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

16 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

Top 5%

#10,841 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

12 entries
2026
All-time peak 2176
at age 26 · −20 from today
Feb 2026
100 career games
at age 26
Feb 2026
2020
Inactive for 45 months
paused at 2105 → returned at 2102
Feb 2020
55th German U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2147
Jan 2020
2019
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2019
2018
44th German U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2148
Jul 2018

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Best result
8. Internationales Spandauer Weihnachtsopen 2025
perf 2266 (+90) · 5.5/7 · #4
Top opponent
vs Serdar Murat YildizFM 2,373
grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open · Apr 2026 · +15.5 Elo
Evolution
0
2156 → 2156
Tournaments
2
16 games
Score
9.5/ 1659.4%
9W1D6L

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open
Open Swiss
Apr 20264/9#5472098-20.0
8. Internationales Spandauer Weihnachtsopen 2025
Open Swiss
Dec 20255.5/7#42266+20.2
Worst Elo result: grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open (-20.0 Elo, finished #547).

Rankings

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Germany
#1,187
out of 15,291 players
Europe
#7,747
in continent
World
#10,841
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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1187🇩🇪Thomsen, Phil2,156
Europe
1
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2,840
2
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3
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3
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5
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6
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7
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8
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2,717
8
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10
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World
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2,840
2
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2,767
7
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7
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