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Buechel, Samuel

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FIDEFIDE 1322095· Male· Switzerland· Born in 1992

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Samuel Buechel, a 34-year-old Swiss player, is rated 1837 — just 23 short of his peak of 1860 (Jun 2024, age 32). He plays occasionally (6 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 17 months (2012–2013), 32 months (2014–2017) and 59 months (2018–2023, COVID-19 included). Recent standard appearances include SGM 2025-2026 (all leagues) Round 5-6, SGM 2025-2026 (all leagues) Round 4, and SGM 2025-2026 (all leagues) Round 1-2.

At junior level, he reached #16 and #25 nationally in U20 and U18.

Current rating

1837

Standard

Rpd—·Blz—

All-time high

1860

−23 pts below
Jun 2024 · age 32

Activity

4

games / yr avg.

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

Signature stat

#65,133

#65,133 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

12 entries
2024
Best 12-month gain (+131 Elo)
1729 → 1860
Jul 2024
All-time peak 1860
at age 32 · −23 from today
Jun 2024
Crossed 1800
at age 32
Mar 2024
2018
Inactive for 59 months
paused at 1719 → returned at 1730
May 2018
2017
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 25
May 2017
2014
Inactive for 32 months
paused at 1744 → returned at 1716
Aug 2014

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Leander Eyer 2,090
SGM 2025-2026 (all leagues) Round 5-6 · Feb 2026 · +6.2 Elo
Evolution
-15
1852 → 1837
Tournaments
4
6 games
Score
1/ 616.7%
0W2D4L

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
SGM 2025-2026 (all leagues) Round 5-6
Team
Feb 20260.5/2#8681806-2.0
SGM 2025-2026 (all leagues) Round 4
Team
Jan 20260/1#8831101-8.4
SGM 2025-2026 (all leagues) Round 1-2
Team
Nov 20250.5/2#7451748-5.2
SMM 2025 1.Liga round 4
Team
May 20250/1#2231138-7.8

Rankings

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Switzerland
#1,152
out of 3,418 players
Europe
#47,529
in continent
World
#65,133
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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World
Switzerland
1
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2,576
2
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2,546
3
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2,535
4
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2,523
5
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2,520
6
🇨🇭Pelletier, YannickFollow Yannick PelletierTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,514
7
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2,491
8
🇨🇭Georgiadis, IoannisFollow Ioannis GeorgiadisTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,483
9
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2,465
10
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2,462
...
1152🇨🇭Buechel, Samuel1,837
Europe
1
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2,840
2
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2,767
3
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2,759
3
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
5
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2,739
6
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2,735
7
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2,729
8
🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeFollow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
8
🇦🇿Mamedyarov, ShakhriyarFollow Shakhriyar MamedyarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
10
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2,708
...
47529🇨🇭Buechel, Samuel1,837
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,788
4
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2,780
5
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
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2,753
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65133🇨🇭Buechel, Samuel1,837