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Helmer, Jan

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FIDEFIDE 12956686· Male· Germany· Born in 2003

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Jan Helmer, a 23-year-old German Candidate Master, is rated 2219 — just 26 short of his peak of 2245 (Jan 2026, age 23) and sitting in the top 3% of players worldwide. He has held steady between 2200 and 2250 for 14 months. 61 rated games in the past year (≈35/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Oberliga Nord West 2025-2026 April 2026, HSK-Osteropen 2026, and 42e Open International d'echecs de Cappelle la Grande. Also played 2 rapid (including Burkhard-Mentz-Memorial 2026) and 2 blitz events (including Offene Bremer Blitzeinzelmeisterschaft 2026) recently.

Awarded CM in 2024 (age 21). At junior level, he reached #32, #69, #69, #38, #29 and #11 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.

Current rating

2219

Standard

Rpd2058·Blz2180

All-time high

2245

26 pts below
Jan 2026 · age 23

Activity

72

games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo

61 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

Top 3%

#7,197 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

19 entries
2026
All-time peak 2245
at age 23 · −26 from today
Jan 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2200
at age 22
Apr 2025
2024
CM title awardedCM
at age 21
Feb 2024
Crossed 2200
at age 21
Feb 2024
2023
32nd German U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2192
Nov 2023
Re-crossed 2100
at age 20
Jun 2023

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Hagen PoetschGM 2,479
Evolution
-5
22242219
Tournaments
14
65 games
Score
39.5/ 6560.8%
35W18D12L

Last 12 months — tournaments

14 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Team
Apr 20260.5/1#392160-2.4
Open Swiss
Apr 20264/7#222046-22.2
Team
Mar 20261.5/2#92253+1.0
Open Swiss
Feb 20266.5/9#272254+10.0
Team
Feb 20260.5/1#322204-0.8
Team
Jan 20260/1#701426-10.6
Team
Dec 20251.5/2#62407+8.8
Open Swiss
Nov 20255/7#122172-9.4
Team
Nov 20251/1#272914+6.6
Team
Sep 20251/1#212906+6.8
Worst Elo result: HSK-Osteropen 2026 (-22.2 Elo, finished #22).

Rankings

/
Germany
#721
out of 15,291 players
Europe
#5,001
in continent
World
#7,197
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Germany
1
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2,759
2
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2,694
3
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2,645
3
🇩🇪Svane, FrederikFollow Frederik SvaneTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,645
5
🇩🇪Kollars, DmitrijFollow Dmitrij KollarsTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,635
6
🇩🇪Svane, RasmusFollow Rasmus SvaneTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,620
7
🇩🇪Engel, LuisFollow Luis EngelTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,593
8
🇩🇪Doettling, FabianFollow Fabian DoettlingTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,592
9
🇩🇪Wagner, DennisFollow Dennis WagnerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,591
10
🇩🇪Braun, ArikFollow Arik BraunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,587
...
721🇩🇪Helmer, Jan2,219
Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
3
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
3
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
5
🇵🇱Duda, Jan-KrzysztofFollow Jan-Krzysztof DudaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,739
6
🇳🇱Van Foreest, JordenFollow Jorden Van ForeestTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,735
7
🇭🇺Rapport, RichardFollow Richard RapportTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,729
8
🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeFollow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
8
🇦🇿Mamedyarov, ShakhriyarFollow Shakhriyar MamedyarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
10
🇹🇷Erdogmus, Yagiz KaanFollow Yagiz Kaan ErdogmusTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,708
...
5001🇩🇪Helmer, Jan2,219
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
3
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,788
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,780
5
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
7197🇩🇪Helmer, Jan2,219