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Arts, Stefan

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FIDEFIDE 12976725· Male· Germany· Born in 1985

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Stefan Arts, a 41-year-old German player, is rated 2099 and sitting in the top 7% of players worldwide. He has slipped back 40 Elo over the past 12 months. 12 rated games in the past year (≈4/year long-term). Recent appearances: Hennefer ELO-Sommeropen 2025 and 12. Krefelder Pfingst-Open 2025. He had 4 career breaks: 18 months (2016–2018), 26 months (2019–2021, COVID-19 included), 20 months (2021–2023) and 23 months (2023–2025). His peak of 2168 was reached at age 29 (Oct 2014).

Current rating

2099

Standard

Rpd—·Blz—

All-time high

2168

−69 pts below
Oct 2014 · age 29

Activity

5

games / yr avg.

12 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

Top 7%

#15,508 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

12 entries
2023
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 38
Jul 2023
Inactive for 23 months
paused at 2139 → returned at 2107
Jul 2023
2021
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 2137 → returned at 2130
Aug 2021
2019
Inactive for 26 months
paused at 2157 → returned at 2137
May 2019
2016
Best 12-month gain (+46 Elo)
2090 → 2136
Oct 2016
Re-crossed 2100
at age 31
Oct 2016

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Michael Weber 1,870
Hennefer ELO-Sommeropen 2025 · Aug 2025 · +4.2 Elo
Evolution
-40
2139 → 2099
Tournaments
2
12 games
Score
8/ 1266.7%
6W4D2L
Top 2 losses
1.[L]vsTimon Klein1,836·12. Krefelder Pfingst-Open 2025·R2·-16.5
2.[L]vsDakxwin Sutharjan1,849·12. Krefelder Pfingst-Open 2025·R4·-16.3

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Hennefer ELO-Sommeropen 2025
Open Swiss
Aug 20253.5/5#122019-7.8
12. Krefelder Pfingst-Open 2025
Open Swiss
Jun 20254.5/7#231904-32.0
Worst Elo result: 12. Krefelder Pfingst-Open 2025 (-32.0 Elo, finished #23).

Rankings

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Germany
#1,768
out of 15,291 players
Europe
#11,284
in continent
World
#15,508
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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World
Germany
1
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3
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2,645
3
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2,645
5
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2,635
6
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2,620
7
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2,593
8
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2,592
9
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2,591
10
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2,587
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1768🇩🇪Arts, Stefan2,099
Europe
1
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2,840
2
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2,767
3
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2,759
3
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2,759
5
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2,739
6
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2,735
7
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2,729
8
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2,717
8
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2,717
10
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2,708
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World
1
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2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,788
4
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2,780
5
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2,776
6
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2,767
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
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2,759
9
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2,754
10
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2,753
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15508🇩🇪Arts, Stefan2,099