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Petzelberger, Ferdinand
🇩🇪FIDE 12979562· Male· Germany· Born in 1997
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Ferdinand Petzelberger, a 29-year-old German player, is rated 2111 — his current career high and sitting in the top 7% of players worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +48 Elo over the past 12 months. 17 rated games in the past year (≈9/year long-term). Recent appearances: grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open and Airport Open 2025. Also played 4 rapid (including 23. Garchinger Dreikoenigsturnier) and 7 blitz events (including CCM Blitz-Masters I) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 12 months (2016–2017), 47 months (2018–2022, COVID-19 included) and 47 months (2022–2026).
At junior level, he reached #80 nationally in U20.
Current rating
2111
Standard
Rpd2186·Blz2154
All-time high
2111
at best
May 2026 · age 29
May 2026 · age 29
Activity
6
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
17 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
Top 7%
#14,376 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
12 entries2026
Crossed 2100
at age 29
May 2026
All-time peak 2111
at age 29
May 2026
100 career games
at age 29
May 2026
2022
Inactive for 47 months
paused at 2063 → returned at 2084
Feb 2022
2018
Inactive for 47 months
paused at 2079 → returned at 2063
Feb 2018
2017
80th German U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2033
Oct 2017
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Evolution
+48
2063 → 2111
Tournaments
2
18 games
Score
11.5/ 1863.9%
10W3D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4.5/9 | #508 | 2204 | +27.2 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 7/8 | #2 | 2261 | +21.2 |
Rankings
/
Germany
#1,626
out of 15,291 players
Europe
#10,433
in continent
World
#14,376
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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