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Litzka, Richard
🇩🇪FIDE 12971731· Male· Germany· Born in 2000
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Richard Litzka, a 26-year-old German player, is rated 2266 — just 2 short of his peak of 2268 (Dec 2025, age 25) and sitting in the top 3% of German players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +22 Elo over the past 12 months. 34 rated games in the past year (≈8/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Landesliga Bayern Sued 2025-2026 Maerz 2026, 28. Offene Internationale Bayerische Schachmeisterschaft, and 42. Offenes Internationales Schachturnier Muenchen A-Turnier. Also played 1 rapid event (including 23. Garchinger Dreikoenigsturnier) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 51 months (2014–2018) and 62 months (2018–2023, COVID-19 included).
At junior level, he reached #79, #80, #64 and #29 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2266
Standard
Rpd2168·Blz—
All-time high
2268
−2 pts below
Dec 2025 · age 25
Dec 2025 · age 25
Activity
27
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
35 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 3%
#478 · German players · of 14,156
Career timeline
13 entries2026
100 career games
at age 26
Apr 2026
2025
All-time peak 2268
at age 25 · −2 from today
Dec 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+192 Elo)
2036 → 2228
Oct 2024
Crossed 2200
at age 24
Sep 2024
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 24
Aug 2024
2023
Crossed 2100
at age 23
Dec 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+41
2225 → 2266
Tournaments
9
34 games
Score
20/ 3458.8%
13W14D7L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsMichal Polak2,019·Internationales Pfingst-Open 2025 A im 3. Muenchner Schachfestival·R1·-15.3
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #80 | 2257 | -0.2 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #9 | 3121 | +11.8 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0/1 | #72 | 1611 | -6.0 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0/1 | #60 | 1539 | -8.0 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/1 | #38 | 2294 | +1.6 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 6/9 | #49 | 2343 | +25.6 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1/2 | #27 | 2306 | +3.8 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 7/9 | #3 | 2266 | +11.6 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 4/9 | #78 | 2171 | -18.8 |
Worst Elo result: Internationales Pfingst-Open 2025 A im 3. Muenchner Schachfestival (-18.8 Elo, finished #78).
Rankings
/
Germany
#478
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#3,554
in continent
World
#5,242
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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