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Neukirchner, Pascal
FM🇩🇪FIDE 12997927· Male· Germany· Born in 1999
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Pascal Neukirchner, a 27-year-old German FIDE Master, is rated 2341 — his current career high and sitting in the top 2% of German players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +54 Elo over the past 12 months. 61 rated games in the past year (≈48/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open, 2. Bundesliga West AUT 2025-2026 Round 9-11, and Oberliga Baden-Wuerttemberg 2025-2026 Maerz 2026. Also played 1 rapid (including 29. Active Chess Open Bensheim 2025) and 1 blitz events (including Wuerttembergische Mannschafts-Meisterschaft - Blitz 2026) recently.
Awarded FM in 2018 (age 19). At junior level, he reached #9, #31 and #51 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
2341
Standard
Rpd2278·Blz2291
All-time high
2341
at best
Nov 2025 · age 26
Nov 2025 · age 26
Activity
67
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
68 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 2%
#237 · German players · of 14,156
Career timeline
18 entries2025
All-time peak 2341
at age 26 · −8 from today
Nov 2025
Re-crossed 2300
at age 26
Jul 2025
500 career games
at age 26
Jul 2025
2023
Re-crossed 2300
at age 24
Mar 2023
2019
Re-crossed 2300
at age 20
Jul 2019
9th German U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2336
Mar 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+16
2325 → 2341
Tournaments
15
61 games
Score
35/ 6157.4%
28W23D10L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
15 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 4.5/7 | #2 | 2370 | +7.6 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6/9 | #111 | 2373 | +15.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/3 | #35 | 2270 | -4.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #57 | 2349 | +1.2 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 2.5/3 | #9 | 2503 | +13.2 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 2.5/3 | #2 | 2447 | +8.6 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #46 | 3053 | +7.6 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1.5/2 | #22 | 2417 | +3.8 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5.5/9 | #63 | 2248 | -20.6 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3/7 | #10 | 2167 | -32.6 |
Rankings
/
Germany
#237
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#1,908
in continent
World
#2,922
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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