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Melde, Benjamin
🇩🇪FIDE 12958816· Male· Germany· Born in 2001
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Benjamin Melde, a 25-year-old German player, is rated 2061 and sitting in the top 9% of players worldwide. He has fluctuated between 2025 and 2067 over the past 2 years. 24 rated games in the past year (≈21/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Oberliga NRW 2025-2026 April 2026, Rilton Open 2025-2026, and Offene Deutsche Juniorenmeisterschaft 2025 U25 A. Also played 1 rapid (including 3. Berlin U25 Open Rapid) and 2 blitz events (including 3. Berlin U25 Open Blitz) recently. His peak of 2183 was reached at age 18 (Feb 2019).
At junior level, he reached #49, #28 and #26 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
2061
Standard
Rpd2050·Blz2027
All-time high
2183
−122 pts below
Feb 2019 · age 18
Feb 2019 · age 18
Activity
26
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
24 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 9%
#19,461 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
15 entries2023
Re-crossed 2000
at age 22
Oct 2023
2020
49th German U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2161
Oct 2020
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 2161 → returned at 2161
Mar 2020
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2020
2019
28th German U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2183
Apr 2019
All-time peak 2183
at age 18 · −122 from today
Feb 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+14
2047 → 2061
Tournaments
6
15 games
Score
8.5/ 1556.7%
6W5D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 2/2 | #2 | 2896 | +23.2 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #93 | 2170 | +3.6 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4/7 | #22 | 1946 | -18.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/2 | #63 | 2045 | -0.4 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1.5/2 | #26 | 2266 | +12.0 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 0/1 | #67 | 1390 | -6.2 |
Rankings
/
Germany
#2,255
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#14,251
in continent
World
#19,461
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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