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Schelhorn, Paul

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FIDEFIDE 12964077· Male· Germany· Born in 2002

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Paul Schelhorn, a 24-year-old German player, is rated 1818. He has slipped back 55 Elo over the past 12 months. 38 rated games in the past year (≈19/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include grenke Chess Open 2026 B-Open, Krefelder Weihnachts-Open 2025, and Deutsche Schach-Amateurmeisterschaft 2025-2026 Q2 C. His peak of 1875 was reached at age 24 (Feb 2026).

Current rating

1818

Standard

Rpd1860·Blz1878

All-time high

1875

−57 pts below
Feb 2026 · age 24

Activity

29

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

38 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#70,754

#70,754 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

11 entries
2026
All-time peak 1875
at age 24 · −57 from today
Feb 2026
2024
100 career games
at age 22
Dec 2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 22
Mar 2024
2023
Crossed 1800
at age 21
Feb 2023
2021
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2021
2020
Inactive for 23 months
paused at 1730 → returned at 1733
Feb 2020

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Best result
Krefelder Weihnachts-Open 2025
perf 2308 (+433) · 4.5/5 · #66
Top opponent
vs Yunqi Li 2,019
2. Ilmenauer Open 2025 · Oct 2025 · +4.2 Elo
Evolution
-53
1871 → 1818
Tournaments
5
35 games
Score
17.5/ 3550.0%
14W7D14L
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsLeonas Bock1,676·grenke Chess Open 2026 B-Open·R5·-13.9
2.[L]vsJakob Huber1,692·grenke Chess Open 2026 B-Open·R2·-13.5
3.[L]vsBen Ebert1,716·grenke Chess Open 2026 B-Open·R4·-12.9

Last 12 months — tournaments

5 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
grenke Chess Open 2026 B-Open
Open Swiss
Apr 20264/8#10571688-58.0
Krefelder Weihnachts-Open 2025
Open Swiss
Dec 20254.5/5#662308+8.8
Deutsche Schach-Amateurmeisterschaft 2025-2026 Q2 C
Open Swiss
Dec 20253/5#241897+5.0
Heusenstamm Sparkassen Open 2025 A
Open Swiss
Nov 20252/7#1861787-16.2
2. Ilmenauer Open 2025
Open Swiss
Oct 20254/6#241967+6.8
Worst Elo result: grenke Chess Open 2026 B-Open (-58.0 Elo, finished #1057).

Rankings

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Germany
#7,440
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#51,410
in continent
World
#70,753
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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10
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7440🇩🇪Schelhorn, Paul1,818
Europe
1
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2
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3
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7
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8
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9
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51410🇩🇪Schelhorn, Paul1,818
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2
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6
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2,767
7
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8
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70753🇩🇪Schelhorn, Paul1,818