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Sitzler, Matthias
🇩🇪FIDE 12981079· Male· Germany· Born in 1972
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Matthias Sitzler, a 54-year-old German player, is rated 1905 — his current career high. He is progressing steadily with +35 Elo over the past 12 months. 21 rated games in the past year (≈27/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include grenke Chess Open 2026 B-Open, 42. Open Untergrombach 2026 A-Open, and Deutsche Schach-Amateurmeisterschaft 2025-2026 Q1 C. Also played 1 rapid event (including PSB-Schnellschach-Grand-Prix 2025-2026 Landau) recently.
Current rating
1905
Standard
Rpd1759·Blz1843
All-time high
1905
at best
May 2026 · age 54
May 2026 · age 54
Activity
25
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
21 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#46,947
#46,947 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
6 entries2026
All-time peak 1905
at age 54
May 2026
2024
Best 12-month gain (+109 Elo)
1706 → 1815
Sep 2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 52
Mar 2024
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 52
Jan 2024
2023
Crossed 1800
at age 51
May 2023
First FIDE rating
1886 · at age 51
May 2023
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Evolution
+35
1870 → 1905
Tournaments
3
21 games
Score
12.5/ 2159.5%
11W3D7L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6.5/9 | #53 | 1953 | +15.6 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4/7 | #41 | 2012 | +24.6 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 2/5 | #43 | 1830 | -6.2 |
Rankings
/
Germany
#5,168
out of 15,291 players
Europe
#34,576
in continent
World
#46,947
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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